Please join us in helping to welcome LISC AmeriCorps service member Teresa Willander to the WHALE team. Teresa is a recent Regis College graduate, hoping to pursue a career in advocacy and non-profit work. Immediately after graduation, she embarked on a 2000-mile…
A Connecticut man recently found a bible with connections to the family of Henry Martyn Robert, creator of Robert's Rules of Order and member of New Bedford's Historic First Baptist Church! Click here to read more, or here to learn more…
In the blaze of a VERY warm July afternoon sun, New Bedford's historic First Baptist Church enjoyed its ceremonial groundbreaking yesterday. Work on the steeple has been underway for several weeks, and downtown visitors will be able to watch the…
Visitors to downtown New Bedford may have noticed the work taking place on the First Baptist Steeple. South Coast Today has the latest! Click here to read the latest news.
WHALE is excited to announce that our donors can benefit from a credit of $150,000 for the Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC), from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).. The award was announced by State Rep Antonio Cabral…
WHALE is pleased to welcome Historic Preservation students from Roger Williams University's graduate level Interdisciplinary Planning Workshop to New Bedford to assess the condition of several vacant downtown buildings. As part of their coursework, each student must study the building…
Thank you to everyone who helped to make last night's ribbon cutting and Urban Soiree such a success! We couldn't have asked for a better group of people with whom to celebrate the grand opening of our latest historical restoration.…
The grand opening of our long-anticipated Co-Creative Center is right around the corner! Want to see this formerly vacant piece of New Bedford history come back to life? There's no better time than now to purchase your ticket for our…
After a competitive round, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation of Boston (LISC) has awarded WHALE and the Community Economic Development Corporation $50,000 of Section 4 funding to increase operational capacity of the two community development corporations based in New Bedford.…