As part of the development agreement for construction of the new hospital in the Navy Yard, funding is being made available for community groups and programs.
[UPDATED Thursday, Feb. 28, 1:03 p.m.] Spaulding Rehabilitation Network has promised the Charlestown community more than $1 million in funding support over the next five years as a sort of thank you for allowing the new building to be constructed in the Charlestown Navy Yard. At a public meeting held Monday, Feb. 25, representatives from the hospital presented plans for the mitigation funds, answered questions about parking, traffic and transportation and shared details about the facility’s cafeteria, which will be open daily to the public. “Overall, it was very positive, very upbeat,” Spaulding spokeswoman Rebecca Kaiser said of the meeting. “I think we were all pleasantly surprised that the community felt it was a very thorough, …
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Hospital reps hope to have a temporary certificate of occupancy by today.
Plans to relocate Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to the Charlestown Navy Yard are moving right along, with developers expecting to have a temporary certificate of occupancy in hand today. Rebecca Kaiser, director of government and community relations for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, shared an update on the project with the Charlestown Neighborhood Association at their Tuesday, Jan. 8 meeting. “Construction is 99 percent complete,” Kaiser told the council. “We’re hopeful to have the temporary certificate of occupancy by this Friday and then the official certificate of occupancy by Jan. 18.” The $220 million project involves construction of a new 300,000 sq. ft. medical facility at the corner of 16th Street and First Avenue in …
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Sean Boyle
10:13 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
I am very excited for Spaulding to finally be in Charlestown. They have been such good neighbors to the Charlestown community. Thank you for all you have done, especially for your support for the Townie Association Inc. more ›