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| | Fitchburg State College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Thanks to a $400,000 HUD grant, Fitchburg State has established a Community Outreach Partnership Center that helps area residents strengthen their communities by learning new technologies, expanding health care, improving schools and increasing volunteerism. |
 | | Fitchburg States Volunteer Center, a clearinghouse for student community projects, conducts a number of special projects throughout the year, including tree planting, Christmas parties, an Easter egg hunt for area children, a youth heroes conference for high school students and a Hunger Cleanup Day. |
 | | The project, which has attracted nearly $25 million in state, federal and college funding, includes the colleges new recreation center, a new intermodal transportation center completed in 1996, a new central fire station and a streetscape project that includes brick walkways, period street lamps and landscaping. |
| www.bridgew.edu /NewsEvnt/ACCQ/fitchburg.htm (182 words) |
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