Ball Lane affordable housing project in Amherst gets $350K town boost
By SCOTT MERZBACH
Staff Writer
Published: 08-12-2024 4:04 PM
Modified: 08-12-2024 9:16 PM
AMHERST — A $20.5 million development in North Amherst featuring 30 affordable homes, each of which will be owned by families, is getting another influx of money from the town, a commitment that should ensure ground can be broken next spring.
The Amherst Affordable Housing Trust Fund voted unanimously Thursday to provide an additional $350,000 to Northampton nonprofit Valley Community Development for what is being called Amherst Community Homes: 15 duplexes to be constructed over 9 acres, situated between Ball Lane and Pulpit Hill Road and just off Montague Road/Route 63.
Jessica Allan, real estate project manager for Valley CDC, said that the commitment from the town, now totaling $1.48 million, is the “final funding push to get shovels in the ground.”
