Impact
We fulfill our mission by leveraging the thought leadership of our members to tackle challenging land use issues facing our region. Our current impact projects address issues of climate resilience, mobility, and housing accessibility.
Living with Heat
The Living with Heat project is a follow up to ULI Boston’s Living with Water report that was released in 2014. The Project provides design solutions for heat islands in the greater Boston area and is lead by the ULI Boston/New England’s Climate Resilience Committee. The Committee will provide the Metro Boston region with design and policy solutions to tackle the risks and vulnerabilities of rising extreme heat predicted by 2070. The committee chose to work in some of the most vulnerable regions susceptible to heat including East Boston, Lower Roxbury, Somerville, and the Everett/Chelsea border.
Technical Assistance Panels Impact Research
The Boston/New England District Council established its TAP program nearly 20 years ago. Over the years, we have conducted over forty TAPs and have assisted communities throughout New England with challenging land use issues. As a means to better understand the impact of the program, ULI Boston/New England commissioned research to study the long and short-term economic development and real estate implications of the TAP recommendations. The resulting report, “Reimagining Communities” can be found here.
To learn more, or apply to the ULI Boston/New England TAP program, click here to view the application.
Please contact Tim Moore at [email protected] with questions.
Pathways to Inclusion
The Pathways to Inclusion Initiative is a partnership between the ULI Boston/New England District Council, the Builders of Color Coalition, African American Real Estate Professionals (AAREP) New England and is designed to broaden ULI membership and expand the professional networks of minority developers and land use professionals in New England.
The Pathways to Inclusion program provides individuals of color a scholarship to the Fall Meeting in addition to a one-year ULI membership. This is a value of more than $3,600.
We have closed applications for the 2023-2024 Pathways Cohort. Applications will reopen in July, 2024
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee leverages the ULI brand to position our members to be a leading voice in creating a multiple solutions approach to housing affordability and transit mobility challenges threatening the region; with a focus on housing production, that enhances affordability and fosters inclusive communities. The committee fulfills its mission through research and policy convenings.
Commercial Real Estate Success Training (CREST)
ULI Boston/New England is proud to work with the our fellow commercial real estate associations; NAIOP Massachusetts and Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) on CREST, a 10-week summer internship program for diverse college students. The three commercial real estate associations seek to increase diversity in the industry and engaged their respective member firms in the mission.
Working with KAGE Growth Strategies who identified local area academic institutions and established relationships to recruit talented young students as interns with ULI, NAIOP, and CBA members. Participating academic institutions include: Bentley University, Brandeis University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Wellesley College. A variety of employers have participated in the CREST program. The firms include: AEW, Boston Investments, Boston Properties, CBRE, Cummings Properties, Davis Companies, HYM Investment Group, JLL, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Millennium Partners, National Development, Paradigm Properties, Samuels & Associates, Skanska, Suffolk Construction, Tishman Speyer, Trinity Financial, and VHB.
To learn more about this program, click here: https://crestinternship.com/