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2023 Year in Review

It’s been another productive and exciting year at AHF. As we look out of our office windows at the Charles River Speedway, we can see the historic marketplace’s central...

Welcome to Summer at The Speedway

Photo by Christian Phillips With summer just around the corner, it’s time for an update on the Charles River Speedway! It can be tough to point to anything anniversary-related...

Historic Boston Gets $250K AHF Loan For Upham’s Corner Rehabilitation Project

MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE USE May 23, 2033 HISTORIC BOSTON GETS $250K AHF LOAN FOR UPHAM’S CORNER REHABILITATION PROJECT Abandoned Trolley System Building Now Houses ‘Comfort Kitchen’ BOSTON...

Speedway Progress Update: November 2021

Rounding things out, we were so pleased to have the opportunity to talk about The Speedway as a historic preservation case study with Preservation Mass earlier this fall. AHF’s...

The Speedway Progress Update: May 2021

6. New Tenant! We’re trilled to welcome our first creative operator to The Speedway! Joining Notch at the complex will be Tipping Cow, a Somerville-based manufacturer of gourmet, allergen-free...

AHF Rebrands to Reflect Shifting Focus to Historic Property Redevelopment

In addition to rebranding, AHF is moving its offices out of the basement of Old City Hall and into the newly rehabbed Charles River Speedway. This decision is partly an adaptation...

From WBUR – “How Virtual ‘Hell Nights’ – And A Lot of Cans – Are Helping Massachusetts Breweries Survive This Brutal Winter”

March is finally here, but Massachusetts craft brewers are still struggling to reach the end of this long, cruel, pandemic winter. We reached out to a few brewpubs, tap...

What 2020 Meant for AHF and What’s Next in 2021

The Speedway from above. Courtesy of Jason Baker. The Speedway viewed from above. Courtesy of Jason Baker. “I think this virus is actually going to be a pretty...