SCLT and other local organizations with overlapping missions have been collaborating in new and creative ways, especially since the start of the pandemic, to support our state’s one in four families that still cannot meet their basic food needs.
SCLT’s New Headquarters to Invest in Healthy Food
[article reprinted from ecoRInews, 10/27/21]
By Caitlin Faulds/ecoRINews Staff
PROVIDENCE — A multimillion-dollar loan recently granted to Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) is set to improve the availability of healthy and affordable food in CentralFalls, Pawtucket, and South Providence for years to come, according to an SLCT spokesperson.
‘Social returns’ inspire unusual 404 Broad investment
A creative and significant loan brokered by the Conservation Law Foundation to support SCLT’s GROW! Campaign [for $2.158 M] was profiled in CLF’s newsletter, Conservation Matters. We are reprinting it here to bring attention to it with the hope that it will lead to other, similar partnerships.
Join us as our new Events Coordinator
Do you have event-planning experience, plus great organizational, customer service and problem-solving skills?
We’re hiring a Properties & Equipment Program Coordinator
The Properties & Equipment Program Coordinator is responsible for maintenance of all properties leased and owned by SCLT, including the organization’s headquarters, community gardens, urban farms, and rural properties, and all shared facilities and infrastructure at these sites.
Seeking a Sustainable Ag Coordinator
We’re hiring a Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator in partnership with TerraCorps, an AmeriCorps-affiliated environmental nonprofit that prepares emerging leaders to work in the environmental and conservation sectors.
We’re hiring a Finance Director
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance Director will be responsible for finance functions including all budgeting, financial reporting and forecasting.
Farms across RI got hands-on help from AmeriCorps crew
If you’re a homeowner, you know there’s always something needing to be repaired, rebuilt or replaced. If you run a land trust with 25 properties spread over 77 acres, that to-do list can seem endless.
Saturday youth jobs now offered in Providence & Pawtucket
We’re adding on to our fall Youth Program this year! Young people between 14-24 are invited to apply for Saturday jobs located at SCLT urban farms in Providence and Pawtucket.
Meet Josselyn, SCLT’s newest Advancement Team member
Josselyn Velásquez-Florián joined SCLT in April 2021 as our new development coordinator, working on donor relations, events, database management, grants and communications.
