Berkeley, CA: Congratulations to Ed Roberts Campus (ERC), on its grand opening Saturday, April 9. ERC is a recipient of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing from NDC HEDC New Markets, Inc. For more information on this collaboration of seven disability rights organizations that share a common history in the Independent Living Movement of People with Disabilities, and their new, universally designed, transit-oriented campus at the Ashby BART station in South Berkeley, visit the ERC website and the ERC Facebook page.

Left to right: Front row: Michelle Morlan, NDC; Susan Henderson, ERC; Matt Reilein, SVP, JPMorgan Chase; Phil Kamlarz, Berkeley City Manager. Back row: Tom Nelson, ERC attorney; John Clawson, ERC developer; Dmitri Belser, ERC president; Scott Rodde, NDC.

For more information on NDC’s role in the project, see the earlier NDC blog post at http://nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org/blog/?p=1770.