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New Projects Fund
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The Trust repurposed a blighted property in the heart of Falmouth’s popular downtown area and restored its value to the community.
Odd Fellows Hall @ One Chancery Lane
Originally constructed as Falmouth’s Village Grammar school in 1856, Odd Fellows Hall @ One Chancery Lane is a cherished local icon that had been in disuse for decades. Falmouth Housing Trust acquired the property in 2015 for the purpose of rehabilitating the building and converting it into affordable housing.
The building’s most notable feature is its facade with portico, porch, and two story columns. While maintaining the original appearance of these historically significant features with energy efficient substitutes, Falmouth Housing Trust has converted
this neglected landmark into four modern, code compliant affordable rental apartments.
The first of its kind in Falmouth, this project is an innovative, sustainable approach toward solving our local housing crisis.
This Project…
√ Increased the Town’s affordable housing inventory
√ Helps retain an important low-to-moderate income workforce that provides many essential services
√ Maintains the character of the community
√ Protects our limited natural resources from unnecessary new construction
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
“We had the good fortune to find people and organizations that saw the value in this project. One Chancery Lane was built by The Valle Group, who understood the project and its difficulties and stayed with us through thick and thin. The project was supported by the diligent work of our attorney, Laura Moynihan, and our Clerk of the Works, Jim Vieria.” ~ Addie Drolette, Board Member
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO GAVE TO THE ODD FELLOWS HALL @ ONE CHANCERY LANE PROJECT
On behalf of The Falmouth Housing Trust Board of Directors and the clients we serve, we would like to thank all of our donors for their generous gifts and pledges. Your commitment to this project is greatly appreciated.
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Steven and Ginny Angelo
Robert and Jeanie Antonucci
Austin Foundation
Robert and Joan Bates
Kim Bedford
Dennis and Mary Belanger
Karen Bissonnette
Douglas Brown and Robin Brereton
Kenneth and Nicolette Buckland
Caithness Foundation
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
Charitable Foundation Trust
Cape Cod Foundation
The Falmouth Fund
Cape Cod Foundation
The Willett Fund
Cape Cod Foundation,
The Mary & Redwood Wright Fund
David and Victoria Chapman
Michael and Beth Ann Ciarletta
Tucker Clark
Christopher Conn
Anne Connolly
Emily Kellendorfer
Kelley Foundation, Inc.
Molly Cornell
Sally Manny Cross*
Cutter Financial Group
John and Ellen Driscoll
Mark and Sally Dalpe
Paul and Maria DeWeer
Eastern Bank
Charitable Foundation
Charles Eastman
Jim and Jean Estes
Falmouth Affordable Housing Fund
Elizabeth Foley
Ned and Jan Forrester
Future Hope Foundation
Pup Gould
Peter and Karen Hargraves
Ralph Herbst
Trish Herlihy
Leonard and Patricia Johnson
Frank Kilduff
Ruth Lank
Susan Lawrence
Russel Lemcke and Meg Becker
Pete* and Vicky Lowell
M. Duffany Builders
John and Denise MacKerron
Martha’s Vineyard Bank
Charitable Fund
Joseph A. and Linda Martinho
Kevin and Brooke McCarthy
Michael and Carolyn McNaught
Leonard and Stephanie Miele
Natalie Miller
Amy Dussault Millisor
Dana and Eileen Miskell
Carey and Martha Murphy
Joseph and Susan Netto III
Hank Newman
Joanne O’Sullivan and Mark
Carignan
Matthew and Louise Patrick
Pamela and Christopher Polloni
Brent and Rebecca Putnam
Matthew and Suzanne Rochleau,
The Clam Man
Seth and Susan Roman
Thomas and Judy Sbarra
Cynthia Schneider
Jim and Kimberly Taylor
Thomas and Karen Tierney
James Tietje, Patriot Party Boats
Maurice and Shirley Tripanier
Ivan and Virginia Valiela
James Vieira
Irving and Vida Wagner
Dr. Brooks Watt and Karen King-Watt
Linda Ames-Weiner
Anne Wellman
David Willard
Mary and Redwood Wright*
Alec* and Judy Ziss
*Deceased
Lori Andrews
Maro Titus has a deep connection to the Falmouth Community that dates back to her childhood, shaping her passion for the area. Leveraging her successful career in healthcare administration, Maro has transitioned her expertise to Kinlin Grover Compass Real Estate. As a dedicated agent, she strives to understand each client’s unique needs, bringing a wealth of marketing knowledge and enthusiasm to the real estate practice. With a background in executive leadership encompassing strategic planning, government affairs, and business development, Maro’s professional journey is marked by a commitment to excellence.
Marie Bigelow retired in 2014 from Corporate Banking in Boston after 28 years, mostly with BankBoston, Citizens, and Santander Bank. Her banking experience is primarily as a Senior Credit professional with experience in diversified lending arenas including Non-Profit, Large Corporate, Middle Market, Asset Based, Leveraged Finance and Commercial Real Estate Lending. She brings strong financial analysis, real estate finance, and loan structuring experience to her new role at FHT.
David Sutkowy has lived in Falmouth since 2020. 
Director, Addie Drolette, is a Falmouth native and makes her home in East Falmouth. Most of Addie’s professional career has been spent serving the mortgage financing needs of the community of Falmouth. She is presently a Senior Residential Loan Officer with Martha’s Vineyard Bank. 
Savannah Fabbio lives in East Falmouth with her husband Jay and is a Mortgage Loan Officer for Shamrock Home Loans in Osterville. Prior to this she was an Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager for The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod and Assistant Manager at Citizens Bank.
Dave Garrison and his wife, Lori, moved to Falmouth in 2014 after full and interesting careers in Washington DC. Dave was raised in the Boston suburbs. He has been coming to the Cape every summer since 1944. 
After completing a 35 year career in marketing and communications, most recently as Senior Vice-President of Marketing for Dunkin’ U.S. – with previous marketing leadership roles at The Gillette Company and Ocean Spray Cranberries – Tom Manchester currently sits on the board and is an investor in a start-up business, The Mobile Locker Company and is also an instructor for Sports Marketing at Stonehill College. 
Sudie Gifford comes to our board with an extremely varied background in arts, education, finance, public relations, and charity work.
Susan Roman is the Owner of 
Troy Clarkson is an author and speaker with more than a quarter-century of experience in positions of leadership in government and public service. He has been actively involved in his beloved Falmouth since his teen years, when he wrote and published ‘The Cove Chronicle,’ a newspaper that he sold door-to-door for a quarter and that documented the lives of his friends and neighbors.
Kevin McCarthy joined the board of directors of the Falmouth Housing Trust in 2012. Kevin’s entire career has been spent pursuing various “oceans” related endeavors, first as a professional diver, followed by various senior level management positions at a number of oceanographic manufacturing companies, including Klein Associates and Teledyne Benthos. He holds a B.S. from Northeastern University and an M.B.A. from Suffolk University. In 2000, he joined Hydroid LLC, a startup subsea robotics company that was founded to commercialize the REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle technologies developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 2008, the company was acquired by the Norwegian company, Kongsberg Maritime. Kevin retired from his position of Vice President of Marketing in 2010 to devote more time to his passion for wildlife photography. Some of his work can be viewed at: www.McCarthyNatureImages.com.
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Joanne O’Sullivan is a real estate attorney who has been practicing law in Falmouth since 1995. She is a self described “wash-ashore” living on Cape Cod for close to 20 years. Joanne grew up in South Boston, and graduated from the University of Chicago and Boston College Law School. Attorney O’Sullivan has been a sole practitioner for the past six years. She is married and her children are enrolled in the Falmouth Public Schools. Ms. O’Sullivan joined the FHT Board of Directors in 2009 and became Vice President in 2011.
Kenneth Buckland and his family; wife Nicolette and two boys, moved to Falmouth during Hurricane Gloria in 1985. They moved to town so that Ken could take the position as the Town Planner.
Joan Bates has lived in Falmouth with her husband, Robert, since 2002. Prior to that, the couple lived in Newton. Joan’s 25-year professional career was in special education and nonprofit management.
Beth Ciarletta grew up in rural New Jersey then moved to Raleigh, NC for eighteen years where she met her husband Michael, co-founded a business, married and began their family. She relocated to Falmouth in 2012 with her husband to raise their children in a smaller community-based town, and to be closer to family. Her husband’s family lives in Norwood, MA and vacationed in Falmouth and on Cape Cod for many years.
Carey Murphy lives in Waquoit with his wife of 31 years, Martha. Their three adult sons are all employed in the ski business, a sport that Carey loves to spend his winter months enjoying. They recently sold their retail business, Kensington’s at Mashpee Commons, after owning and operating it for 29 years.