Interim Executive Director
CurrentWorking with a group of talented staff alongside our members and a community of stakeholders, the Coalition for a Better Acre is a membership-based community development corporation dedicated to resident empowerment and sustainable community revitalization for current and future residents of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley. We promote healthy, vibrant neighborhoods by developing resident leaders, affordable housing, and economic opportunities, and by responding to community needs through collective action. Founded in 1982 to preserve Lowell’s Acre Neighborhood during urban renewal providing affordable housing and offering a range of free programs that support financial stability and family and individual wellbeing. The Acre Neighborhood, in the Gateway city of Lowell, has been home to immigrants since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.