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Eastern Bank Announces DPV Transportation (DPV) As A Commercial Banking Customer

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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Eastern Bank is pleased to announce global ground transportation company DPV Transportation, Inc. (DPV) as a new commercial banking customer.

Key Points: 
  • Eastern Bank is pleased to announce global ground transportation company DPV Transportation, Inc. (DPV) as a new commercial banking customer.
  • After working with Eastern Bank as a small business banking customer during its start-up, DPV is now transitioning to the bank’s commercial banking portfolio.
  • By working with community-focused banks like Eastern Bank, we are able to create financing packages that meet the needs of our clients.”
    Greg Buscone, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer of Eastern Bank, added, “MassDevelopment leads important work involving the expansion of businesses in our community, and we appreciate their additional financing as we proudly announce DPV Transportation as a commercial banking customer.
  • The Commercial Banking team advising DPV Transportation includes Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer Greg Buscone; Senior Vice President and Commercial Group Director Dan Field; Senior Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager David Nussbaum; and Commercial Portfolio Manager Tom Barcikowski.

Lauren A. Liss Named 2023 Massachusetts 'Go To' Lawyer for Environmental and Energy Law

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
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BOSTON, Dec. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lauren A. Liss, senior counsel in the Environmental, Energy, and Real Estate practices in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office, was named a 2023 "Go To" Lawyer for Environmental and Energy Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Liss and her fellow honorees are featured in the publication's Dec. 25 issue.

Key Points: 
  • Lauren A. Liss, senior counsel in the Environmental, Energy, and Real Estate practices in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office, was named a 2023 "Go To" Lawyer for Environmental and Energy Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
  • BOSTON, Dec. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lauren A. Liss , senior counsel in the Environmental , Energy , and Real Estate practices in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Boston office , was named a 2023 "Go To" Lawyer for Environmental and Energy Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly .
  • Liss focuses her practice on environmental and energy law and policy as well as real estate development.
  • Liss has also served as general counsel and deputy secretary for Environmental Policy at the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SLC Management announces new co-heads of Private Fixed Income business

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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and TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - SLC Management, the US$273B (C$361B) institutional fixed income and alternatives asset manager, is pleased to announce changes to the firm's Private Fixed Income (PFI) team.

Key Points: 
  • and TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - SLC Management, the US$273B (C$361B) institutional fixed income and alternatives asset manager, is pleased to announce changes to the firm's Private Fixed Income (PFI) team.
  • Sam Tillinghast, Head of Private Fixed Income, SLC Management, has announced his intention to retire, effective December 31, 2023.
  • Liz Thorne, Managing Director, Private Fixed Income and ESG, SLC Management will lead the Corporate Private Placements team and Petra Wendroth, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Private Fixed Income, SLC Management, will lead PFI Portfolio Management for clients in the U.S. and Canada.
  • Ms. Wendroth joined SLC Management in 2012, specializing in structuring and underwriting private fixed income investments, including senior middle-market corporate loans and infrastructure transactions as well as managing various private fixed income portfolios.

2Life Communities Breaks Ground at Opus Newton, New Middle-Income Senior Living Option

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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NEWTON, Mass., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 2Life Communities broke ground Monday morning at Opus Newton, a middle-income senior living development that the organization's leaders believe is a promising model to help address the growing need for middle-income senior living across the country. The groundbreaking takes place a year ahead of schedule, with 95% of the 174 available apartments already pre-sold, a remarkable feat in today's business development environment.

Key Points: 
  • 174-apartment development breaks ground a year ahead of schedule, establishes framework to help address growing need
    NEWTON, Mass., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 2Life Communities broke ground Monday morning at Opus Newton , a middle-income senior living development that the organization's leaders believe is a promising model to help address the growing need for middle-income senior living across the country.
  • "The way we view aging is shifting and so should the care and living options surrounding it," said 2Life President and CEO Amy Schectman.
  • 2Life partnered with the JCC to offer an intergenerational living experience and allow them to tap into the vibrant surrounding neighborhood.
  • 2Life hopes to expand the Opus model across Greater Boston and is actively seeking partnerships with like-minded organizations to bring this much-needed model to new communities.

Boston Children's Museum Opens New Exhibition, You, Me, We

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Monday, November 28, 2022
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BOSTON, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Boston Children's Museum announces the opening of its new You, Me, We Exhibit. In response to, and in support of, needs expressed by parents and caregivers, You, Me, We, offers adults thoughtful guidance and tools to engage with children as they begin to perceive, explore, and question topics such as identity and fairness.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Boston Children's Museum announces the opening of its new You, Me, We Exhibit.
  • Special thanks to the many community members and Boston Children's Museum staff (past, present, and future) who contributed to this exhibit.
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    The Museum is open Wednesday Sunday with two set daily time slots, 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:30-4:30pm.
  • Adults, $20, children (1-15) and senior citizens, $20; children under 12 months and Museum members are always free.

Eastern Bank Foundation Honors The Brockton Redevelopment Authority With Community Advocacy Award

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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Eastern Bank Foundation is pleased to announce Robert Jenkins, the former, longtime Executive Director of the Brockton Redevelopment Authority (BRA), as a 2022 Community Advocacy Award honoree for their support of small business owners and revitalization efforts in the City of Brockton.

Key Points: 
  • Eastern Bank Foundation is pleased to announce Robert Jenkins, the former, longtime Executive Director of the Brockton Redevelopment Authority (BRA), as a 2022 Community Advocacy Award honoree for their support of small business owners and revitalization efforts in the City of Brockton.
  • Under Mr. Jenkins leadership, the Brockton Redevelopment Authority has been instrumental in the current downtown Brockton economic and development revitalization efforts.
  • The celebration of Easterns Community Advocacy Award coincides with the Eastern Bank Foundations commitment to economic inclusion and mobility through its philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, including to advance equity in the small business ecosystem.
  • Read more about all of the 2022 Community Advocacy Award honorees at: https://www.easternbank.com/communityadvocacyawards
    Created in 1994, the Eastern Bank Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank.

Wells Fargo Foundation Aims to Grow Diverse Housing Developers with $40 Million Donation

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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To help address this gap, the Wells Fargo Foundation announced Growing Diverse Housing Developers, a $40 million grant initiative focused on expanding the growth and success of real estate developers of color, including Black- and Latino-owned firms.

Key Points: 
  • To help address this gap, the Wells Fargo Foundation announced Growing Diverse Housing Developers, a $40 million grant initiative focused on expanding the growth and success of real estate developers of color, including Black- and Latino-owned firms.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220629005256/en/
    Real estate developers Dr. Gina Merritt and Julissa Carielo join the Wells Fargo Foundation Growing Diverse Housing Developers program.
  • Through Growing Diverse Housing Developers, we can help strengthen diverse housing developers, enabling them to grow their businesses, and at the same time, offer communities more affordable options for renters and homeowners.
  • With a $10 million grant from Wells Fargo, RDF launched the J. Tommy Espinoza Growing Diverse Housing Developers Fellowship , a four-year professional development program for Latino and Black-led real estate firms.

Greenberg Traurig Continues to Expand Global Energy Capabilities with D.C. and Boston Energy Project Finance Team

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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WASHINGTON, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its growing Energy & Natural Resources Practice with the addition of Shareholders: Audrey Louison, former co-chair of Mintz's Projects & Infrastructure Practice, who will be based in Greenberg Traurig's Washington, D.C. office, and Eric Macaux, also a former partner at Mintz, who will be based in the Boston office. Both Louison and Macaux advise clients at the cutting-edge of energy transition projects.

Key Points: 
  • Greenberg Traurig has attorneys around the globe with the experience and skills to handle this broad array of factors involved in energy transition projects.''
  • Louison and Macaux join Greenberg Traurig just days after the firm launched its Asia Energy & Infrastructure Practice with a highly integrated team of four new shareholders.
  • Louison and Macaux are just the latest prominent energy attorneys to join Greenberg Traurig in the United States, adding to the formidable project finance team being built with Jeff Chester in Los Angeles and John Eliason in Washington, D.C. the global co-heads of Energy Project Finance.
  • Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab and net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage.

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $1.5 Million Mass. Manufacturing Innovation Initiative Grant to North Andover's 6K

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Thursday, April 7, 2022
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a new $1.5 million grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) to 6K, which will boost the company's cutting-edge production of advanced materials that are used in additive manufacturing and in the production of batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. 6K's cutting-edge UniMelt® microwave technology is "quintessentially Massachusetts" in terms of its innovative, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly characteristics, which recycles scrap materials or used metal powder or parts that would otherwise have gone to landfill, and instead transforms it into premium metal powder used in 3D printing for the production parts used in aerospace, defense, medical, and automotive applications. 6K has also announced a new 33,000-square-foot battery center of excellence pre-production facility in North Andover, which will be one of the largest battery material production facilities in the United States.The grant was announced by Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy during an event at 6K's new battery material production facility, which was followed by a tour of 6K's proprietary UniMelt® advanced production plasma systems. The state grant will fund the purchase of one new UniMelt system, a technology that is designed by 6K and will be manufactured by Helfrich Brothers Boiler Works in Lawrence with components from AVS, Inc. in Ayer, highlighting the strong in-state supply chain. During his testimony to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy in January 2022, Governor Charlie Baker highlighted 6K as a standout company, noting their "incredible, innovative work" in the battery supply chain.  

Key Points: 
  • "M2I2 allows us to target support toward companies that, like 6K, are committed to growing their operations here in Massachusetts,"said Governor Baker.
  • "The Commonwealth supported the growth of 6K through early investments made by MassDevelopment and we're continuing that support with this new advanced manufacturing grant from the M2I2 program,"said Lt.
  • "This M2I2 grant will allow 6K to grow its North Andover home for innovative green technology,"said Representative Christina Minicucci.
  • CAM managed programs include the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2), the MassBridge manufacturing training program, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program (MMAP),and the mamanufacturing.com portal.

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $1.5 Million Mass. Manufacturing Innovation Initiative Grant to North Andover's 6K

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Thursday, April 7, 2022
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a new $1.5 million grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) to 6K, which will boost the company's cutting-edge production of advanced materials that are used in additive manufacturing and in the production of batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. 6K's cutting-edge UniMelt® microwave technology is "quintessentially Massachusetts" in terms of its innovative, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly characteristics, which recycles scrap materials or used metal powder or parts that would otherwise have gone to landfill, and instead transforms it into premium metal powder used in 3D printing for the production parts used in aerospace, defense, medical, and automotive applications. 6K has also announced a new 33,000-square-foot battery center of excellence pre-production facility in North Andover, which will be one of the largest battery material production facilities in the United States.The grant was announced by Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy during an event at 6K's new battery material production facility, which was followed by a tour of 6K's proprietary UniMelt® advanced production plasma systems. The state grant will fund the purchase of one new UniMelt system, a technology that is designed by 6K and will be manufactured by Helfrich Brothers Boiler Works in Lawrence with components from AVS, Inc. in Ayer, highlighting the strong in-state supply chain. During his testimony to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy in January 2022, Governor Charlie Baker highlighted 6K as a standout company, noting their "incredible, innovative work" in the battery supply chain.  

Key Points: 
  • "M2I2 allows us to target support toward companies that, like 6K, are committed to growing their operations here in Massachusetts,"said Governor Baker.
  • "The Commonwealth supported the growth of 6K through early investments made by MassDevelopment and we're continuing that support with this new advanced manufacturing grant from the M2I2 program,"said Lt.
  • "This M2I2 grant will allow 6K to grow its North Andover home for innovative green technology,"said Representative Christina Minicucci.
  • CAM managed programs include the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2), the MassBridge manufacturing training program, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program (MMAP),and the mamanufacturing.com portal.