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Mark your calendars, as you are cordially invited to the premiere of our Celebrating Community at Energy Square! Join us on April 1st at 6 PM for a virtual celebration and discover the story behind the new Kingston Midtown building that is now the home to 79 people. Enjoy special dance and drumming performances by the Center for Creative Education.
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Energy Square houses 57 mixed-income-apartments that are now home to 79 people! The first floor of the five-story building is occupied by local nonprofit, Center for Creative Education (CCE), whose mission is to enrich the social and cultural awareness of youth through arts, wellness and education. Other commercial tenants include The DRAW, an intergenerational art education project by Kingston Midtown Arts District (MAD), and CCE sub-tenant, Seasoned Delicious, who are bringing Caribbean flavor to Kingston with their cafe and shop. The innovative building design includes solar and geothermal technology that achieves the construction highwater mark of 'Net-Zero for Living."
Energy Square sparks innovation into Midtown Kingston. RUPCO partnered with New York State Homes & Community Renewal, City of Kingston, and multiple private investors to bring to life a $22M mixed-use development. The new five-story building houses 57 mixed-income apartments managed by RUPCO; as well as 11,000 square feet of civic and commercial space that is now the new home of the Center for Creative Education (CCE), whose mission is to enrich the social and cultural awareness of youth through arts, wellness and education. Other commercial tenants include The DRAW, an intergenerational art education project by Kingston Midtown Arts District (MAD), and CCE sub-tenant, Seasoned Delicious, who are bringing Caribbean flavor to Kingston with their cafe and shop.
RUPCO also teamed up with local nonprofits Center for Creative Education and Family of Woodstock, to provide a robust supportive services programming for seven units set aside for homeless young adults ages 18 - 25. These programs are funded through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI), which provides a rental and operating subsidy through the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.
Energy Square is the first Net-Zero for Living affordable housing project in upstate New York. Its innovative design combines a geothermal ground source heat pump system with a solar PV system to produce enough energy to meet electricity usage for the entire building, providing additional cost savings to low-income and nonprofit tenants.
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