Linda Laban Realestate.boston.com correspondent
Community-focused, environmentally friendly living.
That’s how Hall and Moskow Property Management and Development describes its ambitious net-positive Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport, which recently completed phase one.
Purposefully designed to address the three largest drivers of CO2 emissions housing, food, and transportation the 4.5-acre site will eventually include 48 market-rate one-, two-, and three-bedroom rental units and, unusually, an affordable 10-room communal shared-kitchen residence.
Another unusual amenity is its onsite community-supported agriculture.
“A huge part of the site is edible landscape,” developing partner Keith Moskow said. “We have a large commercial greenhouse that is also solar-run and an on-site farm manager. Residents can participate in a work-exchange plan for the CSA, too.”