Pressley, Cambridge Community Center Celebrate $1 Million Delivered for New England’s First Resilience Hub

June 18, 2026 Pressley, Cambridge Community Center Celebrate $1 Million Delivered for New England’s First Resilience Hub Federal Dollars Are Supporting City of Cambridge’s Emergency Preparedness and Climate Resilience Photos (Dropbox) CAMBRIDGE – On Tuesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) convened community partners and local legislators in the City of Cambridge to celebrate the $1,000,000 in federal community project funding she delivered for Cambridge Community Center, Inc. The federal dollars secured by the Congresswoman, which passed under a previous spending bill signed by President Biden, are helping the Cambridge Community Center install a clean, resilient energy system to prepare for power outages and climate-related disruptions. These investments will allow them to operate independently of the electric grid and ensure residents have a familiar, accessible place to turn during moments of crisis. During her visit, the Congresswoman participated in a visit with community members accessing the building’s programming and held a roundtable discussion with Cambridge Community Center leadership, staff, community members, and climate justice advocates. “I am so proud to deliver this $1,000,000 investment to establish Cambridge Community Center as New England’s first Resilience Hub,” said Rep. Pressley . “Not only will the Resilience Hub support Cambridge’s emergency preparedness and climate resilience goals, but it will also uphold the Center as a trustworthy, essential pillar of our community. I’m grateful to Rep. Decker, City Manager Huang, and Darrin Korte and all the staff and community members at Cambridge Community Center for your partnership in making this dream become a reality.” “Congresswoman Pressley and I share a belief that true resilience is built by investing in both people and place. Together, we’ve secured millions of dollars for the Cambridge Community Center because strong communities are built not only through infrastructure, but through investments in families, behavioral health, and the environments that allow people to thrive.” – State Representative Marjorie Decker “The City of Cambridge has worked closely with the Cambridge Community Center to become the first resilience hub in New England. With the assistance of a federal grant, the Community Center will be able to install solar panels, a backup generator, and a battery storage system. This will give a valued community partner the ability to operate off the grid during extreme weather situations, while ensuring the continuity of critical services for residents most in need.” – Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang “Congresswoman Pressley’s $1 million investment in the Cambridge Community Center’s Resilience Hub is a major step toward making sure our community has a trusted place to turn during moments of crisis. For nearly a century, CCC has been a place where children, families, seniors, and neighbors come for care, connection, food, and support. This funding helps strengthen our ability to keep showing up for the community during extreme heat, storms, power outages, and other emergencies. We’re deeply grateful to Congresswoman Pressley for believing in this vision and for helping ensure that resilience is rooted in the relationships and community institutions people already trust.” – Darrin Korte, Executive Director, Cambridge Community Center Photos from the event are available here . Photo Credit: Congresswoman Pressley’s office Founded in 1929, Cambridge Community Center has served the Cambridge community for nearly a century. Today, the Center supports children, families, seniors, youth, and neighbors through out-of-school time programs, teen programming, behavioral health services, food and supply distribution, community events, and other supports. Cambridge Community Center is already a place where residents come for care, connection, food access, information, and support. The Resilience Hub project is about strengthening that existing role so the Center can continue to show up for the community, especially during emergencies. The project includes clean and resilient energy improvements, including solar power, battery storage, and backup generation, as well as related building upgrades that will help Cambridge Community Center operate more reliably during power outages and climate-related disruptions. These improvements are part of a broader effort to make Cambridge Community Center’s historic facility more resilient, sustainable, and prepared to serve the community in a changing climate. Rep. Pressley has secured approximately $50 million in federal community project funding for the Massachusetts 7 th since Fiscal Year 2022. On May 6, 2026, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea to celebrate the $922,000 in federal community project funding she delivered for Roca, Inc’s “Managing Trauma in Corrections” program . The federal dollars secured by the Congresswoman, which passed under a previous spending bill signed by President Biden, helped create the new program at Roca, which supports young people cycling through incarceration and correctional officers addressing and mitigating trauma. On September 23, 2025, Rep. Pressley visited Chinatown to celebrate the $425,000 in community project funding she secured for the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center . On March 27, 2025, Rep. Pressley visited East Boston to celebrate the $1 million in federal funding she delivered to expand the Digital Literacy (DigLit) Initiative in Boston, a critical program that helps workforce development programs address digital literacy gaps. On October 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph for the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Turner Free Mobile Library , a bookmobile carrying books, movies, Wi-Fi, and other resources for community members, made possible by the $524,000 she delivered in funding for the library and STEM programming. On October 10, 2024, Rep. Pressley joined Just A Start, elected officials and community advocates and members for the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, a 70,000-square-foot facility designed to address the evolving needs of the community. On June 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Boston Medical Center (BMC) to celebrate $370,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support BMC’s Violence Intervention Advocacy Program. On June 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea HealthCare Center to celebrate $1,150,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) efforts to address the statewide shortage of bilingual, culturally diverse mental health providers for immigrant and limited English proficiency communities. On April 22, 2204, Rep. Pressley and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) visited Nubian Square in Roxbury for a roundtable discussion to celebrate the $1,000,000 million in federal funding they secured for the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA). On March 28, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Roxbury to celebrate the $1,000,000 in federal funding she secured to provide emergency childcare support for families experiencing homelessness in the City of Boston. In February 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea City Hall for a roundtable and press conference to celebrate the $750,000 in federal funding she secured for the City of Chelsea’s and City of Everett’s Island End River Coastal Flood Resilience Project . In January 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Somerville to celebrate the $2.4 million in federal funding she secured to support the community-led transformation of the Clarendon Hill housing community , an ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse neighborhood. In December 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Brighton to celebrate $400,000 she delivered for Amplify Latinx’s ALX Small Business Program . In November 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Roxbury Community College (RCC) to celebrate $1 million in federal community project funding she secured for Northeastern University’s Roxbury Associate’s to Master’s Workforce Accelerator (RA2MWA). In June 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea to celebrate $2,000,000 in federal community project funding she secured to improve the Broadway Corridor —home to an array of BIPOC-owned small businesses, vibrant public spaces, high frequency public transit routes, and dense residential housing. In April 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph to celebrate $524,000 she secured for Randolph Public Schools to support a mobile library and STEM programming. In March 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Dorchester to celebrate $250,000 in new Community Project Funding she secured for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston ’s one-to-one mentoring and enrichment programs for girls. In February 2023, Rep. Pressley visited the African Community Economic Development of New England (ACEDONE) to celebrate the $643,003 in community project funding she secured for ACEDONE to support small businesses in predominately Black, brown and African immigrant communities. In October 2022, Rep. Pressley visited The Dimock Center in Roxbury to celebrate $1 million in federal community project funding she secured to support substance use treatment and programming at the health center. In August 2022, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph to deliver $275,000 in federal community project funding for culturally responsive resources and digital literacy tools for Randolph Public Schools. In June 2022, Rep. Pressley visited the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology to deliver $300,000 in direct federal funding for the development of a Clean Energy Building Automation Systems certificate and associate degree program. In May 2022, she visited Bunker Hill Community College to celebrate the $1,000,000 in federal community project funding she secured to expand the City of Boston’s Tuition-Free Community College program. In April 2022, she visited Randolph to deliver $1,000,000 in federal community project funding for a new school-based community health center at Randolph High School. In March 2022, she visited La Colaborativa in Chelsea to celebrate the $300,000 in federal community project funding that she delivered for La Colaborativa’s COVID Employment Recovery Program. ### Back to News Next Article Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email