The Pentucket Bank Charitable Foundation recently donated $12,500 to Lawrence Community Works.
The money will contribute to Lawrence Community Works’ Capital Campaign for the transformation of the DyeWorks mill building into the hub of a new neighborhood in the historic North Canal Mill District of Lawrence. The redevelopment of DyeWorks will include a new, expanded home for LCW’s successful Movement City Youth Program; full-service, culturally competent, Latinx-owned grocery store that would eliminate a food desert; and new outpost of the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center providing an urgent care facility, preventive health services and a low-cost pharmacy for city residents.
“This is a major undertaking for LCW. It involves a number of components, each benefitting various constituencies in the Lawrence area. As with anything this size and scope, funding is critical to success, and the Pentucket Bank Charitable Foundation is proud to be part of this effort that will provide tremendous value for so many members of our community,” said Pentucket Bank President and Foundation Board Member Eric G. Leuteritz.
The project will generate more than 50 new jobs. It is adjacent to approximately 315 units of affordable housing developed over the last 10 years by Lawrence Community Works and others and within one mile of over 13,000 residents, mostly low and moderate-income.