As seen in Lowell’s revitalization over the past decade or so, Fitchburg is starting to witness an artistic renewal with the Fitchburg Arts Community project, which will produce 68 units of artist-preference affordable housing, studio space, and gallery space.
An artists’ district has already proven its worth in one former mill town turned Gateway City, and now Fitchburg is well on its way to fulfilling a similar blueprint.
That’s what construction on the Fitchburg Arts Community project represents, as it moves toward its late 2024 or early 2025 completion date.
NewVue Communities, a Fitchburg-based community development company, along with the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) have partnered to redevelop and repurpose the former B.F. Brown Middle School, the former Academy Street School Annex, and the former city stables into 68 units of…
