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Editor's note: The Globality Studies Journal recognizes that English has become the lingua franca of much academic work in the global age, but not all work of interest is published in English. English pulls more and more scholarly work into its orbit; yet global history is not only debated in English. Local language publications also discuss global problems, phenomena, and processes. The following review of a Norwegian contribution is but one example of global affairs discourse outside of English. While GSJ cannot overcome the linguistic foreshortening of academic discourse, it can point to work of globality interest that is available in other languages. The journal appreciates and invites the help of its readers in that matter.
Every age has its own approach to the telling of history, both in regard to the sphere of investigation and theoretical perspective. How historians interpret and explain historical events changes continuously. However, certain interpretations are revised more quickly than others, such as events marked by intense politicizing.
The Cold War provides an excellent example of an event whose interpretive framework was suddenly transformed and circumscribed by a number of different interpretive frameworks and causal explanations. In past decades, traditionalists, revisionists, and post-revisionists have disagreed on the causes, features, advancement, and consequences of the Cold War. The most prominent issue has been the question of blame: the traditionalists blame polarization on the Soviet Union and the revisionists blame the United States. Was United States policy with regard to the Soviet Union mainly defensive or expansionist? Was the conflict primarily about power or ideology? Did foreign policy objectives stress greater security or domination? These questions are themselves highly politicized.
Oddbjørn Melle's Supermakter og kald krig-arenaer (Superpowers and Cold War Arenas) sheds fresh light on these issues. The book is a comprehensive work with high ambitions. Melle, historian at the University College in Volda, Norway, provides a thorough thematic and chronological examination of the 50-year period of the Cold War, which he defines as the years 1941-1991, and places the period in a broader context than other scholars. Melle makes good use of the concepts of time and space. Fernand Braudel set forth three perspectives on time: the long (la longue durée), also designated as structural time, the intermediate long (histoire conjuncturelle), and the shorter, event-related perspective (histoire événementielle). Melle argues that all three of Braudel's temporal perspectives apply to the study of the Cold War.
This is a broader and larger perspective that allows us to grasp the structural causes of the Cold War. The primary argument, demonstrated by the use of longue durée, is that the conflict represented a 50-year phase in the 500-year long process of modernization, influenced by capitalism, globalization, and most prominently Western hegemony. The relevant actors and their strategic interests during the Cold War are discussed with the assistance of the intermediate long perspective (histoire conjuncturelle). Finally, the shorter, event-related perspective (histoire événementielle) is used to investigate individual Cold War conflicts, such as the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis and the Vietnam War.
Melle calls attention to other dimensions as well. The two superpowers went to war in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Some of these conflicts derived from the Cold War's "field of force," but were also influenced to a large degree by regional contexts and conflicts. The Middle East represents the most complex example, where superpower rivalry, especially the West's attempt at hegemony and its need for oil, was confronted by Islamism, anti-colonialism, and nationalism.
Melle's survey is a synthesis of considerable previous research, including a long literature list and 1700 footnotes. One chapter is devoted entirely to the historiography of the Cold War.
The main interpretive framework — modernization expressed by capitalism, globalization, and the process that allowed the West to achieve hegemony — is convincing, and Melle's analysis of the United States is especially informative. However, by pointing to the United States as the main organizer of the conflict, Melle puts the other actor — the Soviet Union — in the shadow. He considers Soviet policy as mainly reactive and occasionally insignificant. His view of Soviet actions and policy in Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1949 is problematic. Soviet behaviour and policy in this period requires a more thorough analysis.
The author broadens our perspective on the Cold War; even so, he is, in light of the historiography on the subject, a revisionist. His work confirms how difficult it is to write political history in an apolitical form. Nevertheless, Melle's book is a convincing example of how historians may use an extended time perspective to increase our understanding of complex social processes. We ought therefore to hope for a swift translation of Melle's work from New Norse into English.
Cecilia Notini Burch reviewed Melle's book in the Swedish journal Historisk Tidskrift 129(4), 2009: 799–801. Her review was translated into English by Odd S. Lovoll, Professor Emeritus of History. The English translation was then revised by GSJ and approved by the author.


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Introducing the beautiful Langdale Estate. A delightful 35-acre estate set in the heart of the secluded Langdale Valley beneath the imposing skyline of the famous Langdale Pikes in the heart of the Lake District.
Today's visitors to the Langdale Estate are a little different to those who would have visited the original 17th Century woollen mill or latter gunpowder works… however, not wishing to disappoint, here you will now find two charming properties on the one estate; The Langdale Hotel and Brimstone, surrounded by breath-taking views and with all the luxury comforts you could possibly need.
The Langdale Hotel must be one of the best 4-star hotels in the Lake District with its great location in the heart of the Lake District National Park complimented by extensive leisure facilities and a choice of two options for eating, drinking and relaxing, Stove Restaurant and Bar and Wainwrights Inn both of which feature local produce and items from the Langdale Estate Smokehouse.
There is a choice of rooms which are laid out in a resort style, Ultimate Rooms are popular for special occasions and with boutique styling and design. The Waterside Rooms get close to the stunning Lakeland landscape with balconies over the cascading Great Langdale Beck and four poster beds with feature art. The Lakeland Signature Rooms take their design influence from the landscape with colours from slate, heather, tarns and a few surprises thrown in with the romantic gothic rooms (it is a romantic place after all).
Langdale offers a range of spa therapies and treatments for relaxing, invigorating or just for pampering … a spa treatment at Langdale is the perfect addition to any stay and are complimented by the great leisure facilities including swimming pool, sauna, hot tub, steam room and gym.
Recently opened, the Stove Bar and Restaurant at Langdale has something for everyone all day and evening merging great indoors and outdoors spaces. The Wine Room is a quiet oasis perfect for adults to enjoy intimate dining, the Mezzanine is a relaxing space with views of the hills, the open kitchen is a theatre and the bar is the place to be.
Stove offers a mixture of modern and traditional dishes, featuring seasonal and local produce. Enjoy which ever space you like the look of for breakfast and all day and evening menus. Special occasions, hungry walkers, families and friends there is space, food and drink fit for all.
Also on site, is Wainwrights' Inn. A traditional Lakeland Pub offering the finest local ales the area has to offer and a great menu. The bar at Wainwrights' is always well stocked with some of the best Ales the Lake District, Cumbria and further afield has to offer. You'll need to keep visiting though as they change them regularly to keep the tastes as up-to-date as possible and offer something new for the regulars.
Things not to be missed at Wainwrights' are the 'Beer Bat' – which gives you the chance to try 3 third pints of the beers & ales on offer, and the 'Slider' which includes three mini brioche rolls filled with pit smoked Pulled Pork, pit smoked beef Brisket and a mini Beef Burger… why not combine them both!
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Who are we to disagree… Brimstone rooms and suites are divine, combining Lake District luxury with boutique brilliance. As the 'grown up sister' of the Langdale Estate, Brimstone is much more suited for couples. Discover a hotel, within a hotel, where influences from the Lake District landscape collide with luxury and indulgence like you have never seen before.
Each room and suite has a bathing experience to spark your passion and excite your senses. Wood burning stoves are in most rooms and mini bars stocked with locally produced beers and spirits are for your sustainable pleasure.
They really don't want you to lift a finger when you're here. From complimentary refreshments in the Reading Room including wine, bottled beer, great coffee, fine tea and scrummy snacks all day and all night, to the 24/7 Hosts on hand to meet your every need.
Your Host will park your car, bring in the cases, get the fire started, organise an itinerary of activities, deliver room service or organise time in the spa… you will be scratching your head to think of things to do yourself!
As a Brimstone guest you have access to the spa at Langdale, Wainwrights Inn and Stove restaurant, although there is an exciting new spa heading to Brimstone (arriving Autumn 2016).
If you are looking to explore the best of the natural world on your doorstep but couldn't quite squeeze everything into the case, then fear not… pop into The Bootroom for a selection of waterproof jackets, trousers, boots and rucksacks to borrow – courtesy of Berghaus – to make sure you are kitted out for any expedition.
A real gem in the heart of the lakes that will live long in your heart and have you returning for more.
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Media inquiry or public records request? Contact Director of Public Affairs Rus Lodi at firstname.lastname@example.com or 857-317-8523.
The executive/legal team oversees all aspects of MHP.
Executive Director
Email | 857-317-8585
Clark Ziegler is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, a quasi-public state agency that finances affordable rental housing, provides mortgage financing for first-time home buyers, provides technical assistance for housing and neighborhood development, and is a major contributor to state housing policy. He has been with MHP since its inception in 1985 and has been chief executive since 1990. During his tenure MHP has delivered financing or technical assistance in nearly every city and town in the Commonwealth, including financing for more than 23,000 units of affordable rental housing and more than 20,000 affordable homes for low-income first-time buyers. In total MHP has delivered $4.9 billion in below-market financing either directly or through participating banks.
Between 1976 and 1981, Mr. Ziegler was in Washington, DC as an LBJ Intern, legislative assistant and then administrative assistant (chief of staff) to Massachusetts Congressman Robert Drinan, where he specialized in energy, environmental, budget and tax policy and staffed the House Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources. From 1983 to 1985 he was Deputy Director of Development and Public Affairs at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Mr. Ziegler serves as a governor's appointee on the board of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, which provides financing and technical assistance to community-based nonprofits across Massachusetts. He chairs the board of the Housing Partnership Fund, a federally-certified community development financial institution and a lending affiliate of the Housing Partnership Network, an organization that brings together the nation's leading housing and community development nonprofits. He also serves as a director of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, which represents leading banks and nonprofit loan funds across the U.S. engaged in community development lending.
As an Ipswich resident Mr. Ziegler served as chairman and as a 15-year member of the town's Finance Committee, overseeing local spending on municipal government and public education and making recommendations on zoning and all other matters before town meeting. In 2006 he received the Community Service Award from Citizens Housing and Planning Association and in 2011 the Boston Globe named him one of the top ten innovators in Massachusetts.
He has a bachelor's degree from Hampshire College and a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard University.
General Counsel
Email | 857-317-8530
Danielle Kinkel is MHP's general counsel and a member of MHP's executive team. She is responsible for guiding MHP's legal affairs in all internal and external matters as well as participating in strategic planning and goal-setting for MHP, a self-supporting, non-profit quasi-public agency that creates and preserves affordable housing.
Prior to MHP, Danielle was a real estate attorney at Nolan Sheehan Patten (NSP) in Boston from 2009 to 2018. She began as associate and was named partner in 2016.
At NSP, Danielle was responsible for managing and supervising legal teams through the structuring and closing of complex affordable housing finance transactions. She also advised governmental, quasi-governmental, non-profit and institutional lenders on a variety of housing and real estate development subjects, including zoning and permitting matters, housing subsidy statutes and regulations, tax credit structures and compliance, leasing and condominium regimes, real estate conveyancing issues, corporate entity formation and 501 (c)(3) applications.
She is past co-chair of the Housing and Community Development Committee of Commercial Real Estate Women of Boston (CREW Boston) and is an active member of the Affordable Housing Committee of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association, the Young Professionals Group of Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), and the American Bar Association's Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development.
Her community service activities include pro bono representation of 3L Place, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to providing lifelong educational opportunities and ongoing support for adults with autism. She also provides ongoing pro bono representation of clients through Lawyers Clearinghouse and has provided pro bono legal representation to victims of Hurricane Katrina on matters such as clearing title to "heirs' property" and filing grant applications for funding to rehabilitate and reconstruct damaged homes
She has a bachelor of arts degree in history and philosophy from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in education policy from Boston College and a law degree from Northeastern University.
Email | 857-317-8534
Loan Closing Specialist
Email | 857-317-8522
Executive Assistant
Email | 857-317-8527
This team deals with all internal and external MHP communication and marketing efforts and houses MHP's Center for Housing Data. All media requests for information go through the Director of Public Affairs.
Director of Public Affairs
Email | 857-317-8523
Ruston Lodi joined MHP in 2001. He is responsible for producing and delivering housing information and resource materials to local officials, for-profit and non-profit developers, lending partners, the general public and the media.
Prior to joining MHP, he worked for Community Newspaper Company as editor-in-chief of four daily and 22 weekly newspapers that he helped integrate into single news operation under the flagship MetroWest Daily News. After graduating from Colby College he began his career in 1979 as a news reporter at the MetroWest Daily News (then the Middlesex News). In 22 years at the paper, he worked as a news writer, sports writer, sports editor, news editor, managing editor and editor-in-chief.
Director of Policy
Email | 857-317-8524
Calandra (Callie) Clark joined MHP's public affairs staff in 2008 and worked in policy analysis, research, messaging and communication strategy. In early 2017 she became Co-Director of MHP's newly created Center for Housing Data and in 2019 became the Director of Policy.
Callie has extensive experience in policy analysis and web strategy and in crafting presentations for legislators, local public officials and other public audiences. She has a bachelor's degree in international development from Clark University and a master's degree in urban and regional policy from Northeastern University.
Director of Research & Analytics
Email | 857-317-8561
Tom Hopper joined MHP in 2006 and worked in risk management, operations and analytical development over the next decade. In early 2017 he became Co-Director of MHP's newly created Center for Housing Data and in 2019 became Director of Research & Analytics.
Tom has developed database systems, designed metrics, and created data tools and analytical reports that provide insight into project financial performance, credit quality, and risk management. He has led public policy research efforts on topics such as transit-oriented development, housing production, land use, gentrification and housing costs. Tom has a bachelor's degree in economics, a master's degree in city planning from Boston University, and a master's degree in urban informatics from Northeastern University.
Data & Communications Analyst
Email | 857-317-8528
This team supports communities, local housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations in their efforts to create affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.
Director of Community Assistance and Strategic Partnerships
Email | 857-317-8580
Susan Connelly joined MHP in 2004 after 17 years in real estate development and management. As the Director of Community Housing and Strategic Partnerships, she is responsible for overseeing MHP's support of municipalities, non-profits, public housing authorities and community groups in their efforts to promote community-based affordable housing.
Her responsibilities include managing MHP's technical assistance to communities as well as trainings and workshops that address current issues in the affordable housing field. She also works collaboratively with other stakeholders on state level housing policies.
Ms. Connelly is a Cambridge Housing Authority commissioner. She has also served in various leadership roles at the Mel King Institute for Community Building (MKI), including as a member of its steering, curriculum and real estate committees. In 2019, MKI recognized Connelly with a Champion Award for her support of training programs for people in the community development field. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont.
Assistant Director of Community Assistance
Email | 857-317-8582
Senior Planner
Email | 857-317-8514
Senior Program Manager
Email | 857-317-8525
Program Coordinator
Email | 857-317-8517
This team uses lines of credit from banks and other sources to make long-term, fixed-rate loans for affordable rental housing. Since 1990, MHP has provided over $1.2 billion in loans and commitments for the financing of more than 25,000 units of rental housing.
Managing Director
Email | 857-317-8570
Mark Curtiss joined MHP's staff in 1991 and was named Managing Director in 2003. In this role, he is responsible for managing MHP's $1.2 billion loan fund, including oversight of loan underwriting, loan origination, portfolio management, loan workouts, and program development. He is the architect of MHP's rental housing loan programs including permanent financing, tax credit bridge financing, lines of credit, and credit enhancement for tax-exempt bonds, and he is directly responsible for the growth of the loan fund from its inception to over 19,000 units financed with no loan losses in the history of the portfolio.
Curtiss previously worked at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, where he researched national housing trends for the "State of the Nation's Housing" report and analyzed innovative mortgage products for Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani and Denise DiPasquale. Prior to that, he worked on the Secretary's staff at the state's Executive Office of Communities and Development. Curtiss was recognized by the Boston Business Journal in 2002 as one of the 40 outstanding professionals in Massachusetts under the age of 40. He received his master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School and his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Director of Lending
Email | 857-317-8550
David Rockwell has more than 30 years of community development and lending experience and joined MHP's staff in 1996. He was named director of lending in 2003 after previously serving as assistant director of lending. Prior to MHP, he had been a Vice President for Commercial Real Estate at Fleet Bank and before that at Shawmut Bank, where he had been recruited in 1991 to establish the bank's Real Estate Community Investment Unit.
He previously served as Development Director for the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Roxbury and began his banking and lending career at the former Bank of New England, where he had eight years' experience in real estate lending. He was recently appointed to the Housing Advisory Board and Housing Opportunities Task Force for the Town of Brookline and also serves on the Boston Advisory Board of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. He is a Yale graduate and earned a master's degree in city and regional planning at Harvard University.
Senior Relationship Manager
Email | 857-317-8556
Nancy McCafferty joined MHP's staff in 2003 as a loan officer, in 2008 she was promoted to senior loan officer and in 2015 to senior relationship manager. As senior relationship manager, she is responsible for the strategic oversight of new and existing client relationships, identifying/analyzing financing opportunities that meet client business objectives, and maintaining detailed knowledge of MHP's financing programs.
Prior to joining MHP Nancy specialized in the underwriting, acquisition and management of affordable multifamily properties participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. Nancy's career began in the late 1980's in commercial real estate where she held both property management and development positions at Trammell Crow Company, Spaulding & Slye (known today as Jones Lang LaSalle) and Winthrop Financial Company.
Nancy earned a bachelor's degree in business finance at UMass-Lowell and received certification as a real property administrator at Bentley College. She currently serves on the boards of Fidelity House and Human Services and Local Initiative Support Corporation. In the past, she has served on the board of the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development as well as CREW Boston (previously known as New England Women in Real Estate) and has chaired several committees within each organization.
Chief Credit Officer
Email | 857-317-8557
Megan Mulcahy joined MHP's Lending Team in June of 2000, and is responsible for ensuring the credit quality of all MHP loans, managing MHP's capital sources, and maintaining MHP's loan policies and procedures.
She has extensive experience working with non-profit community based housing developers and large for-profit national housing developers. She has worked with various projects and housing types including 40B-permitted housing, taxable debt, tax-exempt bond financing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, working capital credit lines, mixed-use developments and sustainable housing. She is experienced at underwriting affordable developments with all MHP's capital sources - bank funds, FHA, and Fannie Mae.
Mulcahy came to MHP after graduate studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that, she was the project manager for Buchanan & Associates, an environmental and land use law firm located in Boston. She earned her undergraduate degree in politics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and is a member of Commercial Real Estate Women of Boston (CREW Boston), where she participates in the working group for housing and community development.
Senior Loan Officer
Email | 857-317-8559
Amanda Roe came to MHP in 2005 and is responsible for marketing MHP's lending programs to prospective borrowers, and underwriting and closing permanent affordable housing loans throughout Massachusetts. Prior to joining MHP she worked for 15 years at the City of Boston's Department of Neighborhood Development on a range of affordable housing programs including homeowner and rental rehabilitation initiatives, supportive service housing development and contract management, neighborhood planning for city-owned vacant land, and financial analysis and project management of approximately 1,000 units of rental and homeownership units developed across the neighborhoods of Boston.
She also managed several important grant programs such as the Housing Counseling Program, Tenants At Risk Program, and the HOME Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Program. Prior to that, she worked at the Bromley Heath Public Housing Development conducting a land use survey, and writing and administering grants. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from McDaniel College, and earned her Master's Degree in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University in 1989.
Senior Loan Officer
Email | 857-317-8552
David Hanifin has been a senior loan officer at MHP since 2012. He specializes in providing permanent financing for the development and preservation of affordable and mixed income rental housing. Prior to joining MHP, he served as a development officer with Rhode Island Housing (RIH), which is Rhode Island's housing finance agency as well as its allocating agency for low income housing tax credits. He worked as a construction and permanent lender at RIH for eight years, specializing in the debt financing of tax credit projects.
Prior to his work in RI, Hanifin lived and worked in the Boston area for 18 years, working most recently as a senior project manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He is also an attorney who worked as assistant corporation counsel for the Boston Public Schools and as senior staff counsel at the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission before he became involved in planning and affordable housing finance.
David has a law degree from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in industrial economics from Union College. He has also been very involved as a board member and volunteer in a number of non-profit organizations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He currently serves as a member of the Urban Land Institute's Housing and Economic Development District Council.
Senior Loan Officer
Email | 857-317-8575
Alice Wong re-joined MHP's Lending Team in February 2016 and is responsible for the origination, underwriting, and closing of multi-family affordable housing loans. In her earlier position at MHP, she was Deputy Director of Lending as well as Senior Project Manager, Community Housing Initiatives.
Wong has more than 25 years of experience in affordable housing and development in Massachusetts and New York. Prior to joining MHP, she worked for Urban Edge Housing Corporation, a Boston community development corporation, closing their first New Market deal combined with Low Income Housing tax credits and public and private debt, as well as helping oversee a portfolio of over 1,300 units. For the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD, she was the project manager of the roll-out of HomeBASE, a program to serve formerly homeless and at-risk families. Alice earned a BA in Sociology at Yale and a Master's in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Loan Officer
Email | 857-317-8551
Steve most recently worked as a Vice President at Berkeley Point Capital, one of the largest multifamily lenders in the US, where he managed a $10 billion real estate loan portfolio with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA financing. Over his 20 years at Berkeley Point (and its predecessors Deutsche Bank Mortgage and Berkshire Mortgage), Steve was involved in the management of a complex $500 million Fannie Mae credit facility, he helped manage the growth of the asset management business from $5 billion to $58 billion, and he was involved in the underwriting of multifamily loans. Steve has also worked at Winthrop Financial Associates as a real estate financial analyst and at State Street Corporation as an information analyst and fund accountant.
He has a Master's degree in Economics from Boston College and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Holy Cross.
Senior Lending Analyst
Email | 857-317-8554
Lending Analyst
Email | 857-317-8543
Lending Assistant
Email | 857-317-8553
Lending Assistant
Email | 857-317-8532
This team provides support for the life of our permanent mortgages.
Director of Portfolio Management
Email | 857-317-8563
Cynthia Mohammed joined MHP's staff in 1998. She had previously been an associate in the audit group at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, where she worked for a variety of public, private and nonprofit clients. Cynthia earned a bachelor's degree in public policy at Brown University and has also done graduate work in accounting at USC. She was named deputy director of portfolio management in 2016 and director in August, 2018.
Deputy Director of Portfolio Management
Email | 857-317-8581
Kathryn Riley joined MHP in 2017 as a senior portfolio manager and was named deputy director of the PM team in 2018. Prior to MHP, she worked for 16 years at John Hancock Realty Advisors, where she managed a diverse portfolio of affordable housing real estate investments. Prior to that, she held similar positions at First Partners and Boston Capital. She received her bachelor's degree from Boston College and a master's in finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Senior Advisor/Senior Portfolio Mgr.
Email | 857-317-8560
Geoff MacAdie has more than 25 years of experience in real estate and affordable housing. He joined MHP's staff in 1998 and was Director of Portfolio Management from 2004 to 2018. He had previously managed a large affordable housing portfolio in Maine for the Insignia Residential Group and worked as an asset manager for residential properties at Fleet/Recoll. He has also managed his own real estate management consulting firm. He has an MS in Urban Affairs/City Planning from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in urban affairs from the University of Connecticut.
Senior Portfolio Manager
Email | 857-317-8565
Peter Fraser's career has traversed the private, public and non-profit sectors. He has over 15 years of finance and asset management experience in real estate debt and equity investments in addition to public policy/finance experience gained from working in state government. He joined MHP's Portfolio Management Group in 2004 and as a Senior Portfolio Manager is responsible for managing a portfolio of multi-family/mixed use permanent and participating loans.
Fraser has extensive experience underwriting and managing commercial real sate loan portfolios as a real estate lender in the Boston and Washington, D.C. markets. He has served as an asset manager with MetLife Real Estate Investments and KB Realty Advisors, a CA based pension fund advisor where he managed a diversified 3.6 million sf office, retail and multi-family portfolio. Peter is involved in the Greater Boston Real Estate Finance Association and an active participant in Habitat for Humanity. He received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Senior Portfolio Manager
Email | 857-317-8566
Portfolio & Compliance Manager
Email | 857-317-8568
Loan Servicing Coordinator
Email | 857-317-8529
Portfolio Operations Associate
Email | 857-317-8567
Portfolio Analyst
Email | 857-317-8583
This team manages the ONE Mortgage Program which, combined with our previous SoftSecond Mortgage Program, has helped over 21,000 low- and moderate-income families purchase their first home.
Director of Homeownership
Email | 857-317-8516
Elliot Schmiedl re-joined MHP in March 2016 as the Program Manager for the Homeownership Department and was promoted to Director of Homeownership in August 2016. He is responsible for advancing homeownership priorities and goals, including marketing the ONE Mortgage Program and managing the homeownership team. In his earlier position at MHP, he was a Senior Program Associate, working with lenders and non-profit community partners to administer the SoftSecond and ONE Mortgage Programs.
In addition, Schmiedl served as the Division Director for Family Services at the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, a community-based social service non-profit organization. In this role he oversaw all facets of their Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter program, HomeBASE, and the Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC), including its homelessness prevention, first-time homebuyer and foreclosure prevention programs.
Schmiedl is also involved in Framingham town government as a former Town Meeting member and current Democratic Town Committee member. He holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Northeastern and a Master's in Public Administration from Suffolk.
Operations Manager
Email | 857-317-8519
Project Manager
Email | 857-317-8526
Senior Program Associate
Email | 857-317-8545
Program Associate
Email | 857-317-8515
Program Administrator
Email | 857-317-8542
This team combines to run the day-to day-operations and track MHP's overall financial performance.
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
Email | 857-317-8510
Charleen Tyson brings a wealth of experience to MHP as a finance executive in both the non-profit and public sectors. Prior to joining MHP, she served for three years as executive vice president and CFO for MassDevelopment. In this role, she managed finance and accounting, human resources, administration and technology for this quasi-public economic development agency with $600 million in total assets.
Before MassDevelopment, she had been director of finance at the New England Aquarium, controller at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/Angell Memorial Hospital, and held various positions with the Massachusetts Teachers Association.
In her spare time, Tyson serves as treasurer of the Elizabeth Stone House in Jamaica Plain, which provides shelter and transitional housing for battered women. She also serves on the South Shore Charter School Board of Trustees, and on the finance committee for the Town of Hull. She received her MBA from Simmons College School of Management and did her undergraduate work in business management and science at Bridgewater State.
Director of Financial Planning & Reporting
Email | 857-317-8513
Karen English joined MHP as Controller in August 2005 and is responsible for managing financial operations, processes and internal controls. She brings 15 years of accounting and operations management experience. Prior to coming to MHP, Karen served as interim CFO and as an Accounting Manager for two non-profit organizations. As a consultant, she developed systems which provided the management tools necessary to provide detailed financial reporting on a $200 million office/residential/retail project.
Her experience also includes forensic accounting, start-up infrastructure development, and creating financial models used in acquisition analyses and budgeting. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her CPA while at KPMG Peat Marwick.
Chief Accountant & Treasury Manager
Email | 857-317-8512
Administration & HR Manager
Email | 857-317-8511
Staff Accountant/Budget Assistant
Email | 857-317-8562
Executive Assistant
Email | 857-317-8531
Email | 617-330-9955
Information Technology Manager
Email | 857-317-8573
Information Technology Coordinator
Email | 857-317-8574


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by Kim Calvert, La Salle University student and Wyck's Summer 2018 Communication Intern
August 9, 2018
Wyck is happy to welcome Tess Frydman as our new Director of Interpretation and Public Outreach! Tess is so excited to be working at Wyck, since her dream has always been to work at a historic site. Tess' passion with history started when she was very young; she was very interested in her family history, and that her grandfather was a Holocaust survivor. Tess has always had a fascination with how history shapes the present. She is most interested in cultural history, the daily life and how people made do with what they had, and the fact that history has not one narrative but a million different stories to discover.
Tess is a recent graduate of the Winterthur program at the University of Delaware, which has strong connections with Wyck. She also graduated from Smith College with a major in American Studies, a minor in History, and a concentration in Museum Studies. Tess has experience as a Museum Guide at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library; Museum Educator at the Kansas Museum of History; Teaching Assistant and Collections and Interpretation Intern at The University of Delaware and Newcastle Historical Society; and as Educational Programmer at Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. This experience working with the public and implementing successful programs has well prepared Tess for her role at Wyck.
Additionally, Tess has worked on some impressive projects such as the Delaware Abandoned Cultural Property Legislation, Fall Fundraising Event Proposal for Watkins Historical Society, Museum S.W.A.T, Upstate Historical Tour, and Object Pamphlets for Potential Use in the Winterthur Museum Galleries. She is excited that her projects at Wyck will allow her to dip her toes into fundraising and give her new responsibilities, such as communicating with vendors and working with several board committees. She is looking forward to working on the digitization of the collections, along with the important process of understanding the scope and uniqueness of our collection's holdings here at Wyck.
Tess said that there are similarities and differences in working at her previous jobs and working at Wyck. For similarities, she said that she has the same tasks with preservation and collection management, as well as reaching out to the community in order for the historic sites to stay relevant. What is different is the sense that she gets to work IN the historic house and not in an office. She is constantly seeing the living spaces of the residents, which makes it a very active on-sight job.
"It was perfect timing to have this position open up when it did. After I was shown the collections it was hard to walk away from," Tess said.
Wyck and Tess are both so happy to have her here. Tess is thrilled about the potential of the collections and "the opportunity that one doesn't get at most places: to learn about historic life-ways here at Wyck". You can meet Tess at Philadelphia Honey Fest on September 8th at Wyck!


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November 7, 2007
Equinix Opens Fourth N.Y. Area Data Center with Leading Global Investment Bank as Anchor
Secaucus, NJ — November 7, 2007 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced the grand opening of its fourth Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) center in the New York area (NY4). The announcement comes as the demand for premium data center colocation and network exchange services in the New York region continues to accelerate.
The first phase of the $95 million NY4 center, located in Secaucus, NJ, is 50 percent reserved by customers, primarily from within the rapidly growing financial services industry in the region. NY4 opens with a leading global investment bank as anchor customer and ICAP, a premier global interdealer broker, is among the financial services companies in the center as well. Based on the center's success to date, Equinix has begun the design and planning stage of a potential Phase II expansion of NY4.
Located near Equinix's existing NY2 center, the new center is Equinix's largest in the U.S. to date at 340,000 square feet - the size of five football fields. At full build out, the center will feature a total capacity of approximately 4,700 cabinets with an annual revenue capacity of between $95 million and $110 million. It is directly linked to the three other New York area IBX centers through redundant dark fiber links managed by Equinix.
"Today's grand opening of our NY4 center provides further proof of Equinix's ability to execute on large-scale builds and fill them quickly with strong customer demand, especially from the financial services market," said Steve Smith, president and CEO of Equinix. "We look forward to continuing this brisk pace of growth as the global market demand for premium data center and colocation services continues to outpace supply."
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of IXEurope into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; the results of any litigation relating to past stock option grants and practices; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.


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DARTMOUTH, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth senior Alicia Kutil (Franklin, Mass.) landed a pair of noteworthy nominations for her two-game performance this past week, being tabbed the Little East Conference and New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Week as announced on Monday.
It was the second time this season she found herself as the NEWBA's nominee, and third time for the conference. The Corsairs have made a habit of weekly awards this season, collecting nine so far, including four consecutive Player of the Week nods.
Kutil achieved the recognition in impressive fashion during a week filled with personal-highs. She led the team through the week with 64 points and 33 rebounds while adding five assists and three blocks. In the LEC, Kutil ranks third in points per game (20.0) and rebounds per game (8.3) and is first in the conference with a free-throw percentage of 86.1%. She is also in the top-ten for field-goal percentage at 49.8%. The senior has started every game this year, and has posted double-digits in 17 contests with 10 of those being 20-plus point performances.
On Wednesday against Rhode Island College, she tied a previous best in scoring with 31 points on a deadeye's 11-of-18 shooting. On the glass, she pulled down 15 rebounds to help the Corsairs control the paint. But there was more in the tank for the forward on Saturday at Western Connecticut, as she set new career-marks for points and rebounds with 33 and 18 respectively to collect her 14th double-double in the Blue and Gold.
With assistance from recent scoring outbursts of 10-plus in each of the last five contests, Kutil moved herself into fifth all-time for scoring with 1,226 points, surpassing Colleen Moriarty '13. The program-record is held by Cathy Johnson '86 with her total of 1,323 points.
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Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. — Ed Howe
The gestation period had only been three months — from the date I conceived my little one to the moment she was delivered. During that time, my friends, whom I'd infected with my excitement, would ask me to predict the exact delivery date. But, as those sorts of things go, even after numerous consultations with experts, I was unable to suggest anything more precise than a two-week window.
"I'm thinking of throwing you a shower," said my friend Jen, two months before the big day. Assuming she was kidding, I laughed it off. When she mentioned it again, I giggled at her continuing joke. But the fourth time she offered, I realized she was serious, and why not? A shower is celebration-inspired consumerism at its least apologetic. An event that unabashedly declares, "A welcome addition will soon enter this woman's life; therefore, you must select and purchase for her an item from this list she has so kindly assisted in compiling!" Then it hit me — Jen had been joking; I had just been too obtuse to catch her more developed lead-up to an even grander punch line.
"I think I might take you up on the shower thing. I've even started to figure out what to register for," I said to Jen while hiking with her in Torrey Pines.
"Shh, David might hear you, and that would be bad luck," she said.
Mirroring Jen's mock seriousness, I said, "Don't worry, he's behind me, my words are lost to the ocean breeze. Isn't that right, David?" I said, in a slightly raised voice.
"What?" David huffed, more from frustration than exhaustion.
"Nothing, beh beh," I responded, flipping my head to flash my love an adoring smile. Facing forward to Jen, I said, "See? Now, what was I saying...right, there's this catalog. I'm only thinking of the things I need, of course, things I couldn't possibly afford at this juncture, what with all the new financial responsibility I'm taking on. It's not like I'm simply being greedy, you know. It's just that I had no idea that a basic check up could cost so much. Oh, and I also came up with a few games we might play at the party."
Jen smirked, perhaps remembering our conversations about the banality of such games, and my countless rants against the myriad vulgarities of gift registration. The subject was dropped in the next moment, as Jen pointed out a slate-colored bunny munching on a blade of grass just ten feet away from us.
My decision to dispense with the child-rearing phase of life allows me to spend what, to those who have chosen to breed, may seem a disproportionate amount of time and money on other subjects of my choosing, be it myself, my friends, or, most recently, my new car. Each day, after custom ordering my Mini Cooper Sport from England, I checked on its progress. I knew when it was being built, when it was placed on a ship to New York, when it was loaded onto a truck to be driven across the country, and when it was delivered to the dealership in Escondido. I picked it up and drove it home to meet its father, David, who was waiting to greet the new addition to our parking garage.
David pampers the car more than I do. He can hardly pass by the miniature machine without taking a soft cloth to some part of it, gently massaging away a fingerprint here, a black smudge there. I express my affection in other ways, like dressing my beloved new thing like me — that is, in red and black, the dominant colors of my wardrobe. Regardless of our different ownership styles, the fact remains that David and I are both enamored with our new toy.
After two weeks of exploring the streets around its new home, the dust-covered Mini was in need of soap and water. David insisted on joining me for this momentous occasion. Just after we pulled into the carwash, a white Mini pulled up next to us. David and I got out of ours and a man and woman exited theirs. Smiles were exchanged and then each couple noted the other's matching dealer plates. "Hey, no way, yours is new too?" I said, bridging the grinning gap of silence. I learned the cars had been purchased from the same dealer within a week of each other. The four of us made our way into the store, where cards and air fresheners are sold on one side, while on the other, people peer through windows to watch their vehicles go through the automated wash.
"So what's its name?" asked the woman.
"I'm Barbarella, and this is David," I said.
"Oh, yes, sorry, I'm Barbara, and this is Frazer. And there," she said, gesturing through the window at the cream-colored car, "is Pepe." She raised her brows in expectation.
"Oh, its name, right," I said. "We don't have a name for her." Her disappointed expression made me feel remiss. "I mean, not yet." I breathed a sigh of relief as the smile returned to her face.
"People at work think I'm crazy the way I talk about Pepe," she said. "But that's how I feel when they talk about their kids, so..."
"I totally know what you mean," I said. I was beginning to like these people.
"I noticed you have a 'she'; that's nice. Is this her first bath, then?" I nodded, and the four of us turned to monitor the Minis as they passed slowly by the window. David used his iPhone to take a picture of ours.
It's common for two adults to make each other's acquaintance because their children befriended each other at school or in the park. Without knowing a thing about each other, the parents socialize. Because of similar life circumstances, other commonalities are virtually assured and the two gravitate easily toward points of intersection. It's harder for people like David and me, with our tendencies toward counterculture pursuits, to find likeminded others to whom we can relate.
I was considering all of this when, as if reading my mind, Barbara said, "We should schedule a play date!"
"You mean like take them for a ride to Julian or something? That sounds lovely. It would be their first road trip," I said.
"Or," said my new friend and fellow Mini mother, "the four of us can go have dinner or wine, like normal people."
"I'm about as normal as I want to be," I said, and handed her my card. "Please, email me." I thought it might be nice to learn something, anything about these people before setting off on a day trip. "I have an idea — why don't the two of you come over to our place? You like wine and cheese?"
"We love it," said Frazer, in a Scottish brogue I hadn't picked up on when he'd first said hello.
"Great, then. Shoot me an email and we'll set a date." The guy standing next to my car waved a blue towel in the air. "That's us," I said. "Better go before she suffers separation anxiety." When I reached my car, I turned and waved goodbye to our new friends, and, as we pulled away, I beeped bye-bye to Pepe.
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"Uh, I have a bunch of children that have names. I don't name my tools."
"You're missing out," he said. "Tools are way better than kids. They never talk back, they don't make messes, and they don't do ridiculous things like smile at you like and say, 'I love you DaDa.' Tools don't wear cute clothes. Tools don't keep you young and teach you to be less selfish. Tools don't sing and dance spontaneously. Tools don't awe you every day with their growing minds and imaginations. Tools don't say funny things that make you laugh. Tools don't..." Willie the Crescent Wrench's Dad broke into tears at this point, stumbled out to his pickup (named Burt), drove home, and drank himself into a stupor.
Wow, that sucks for Willie the Crescent Wrench's Dad. He should have reminded himself that tools also don't suck your bank account dry, tools don't convert your entire home into a tool shed, tools don't keep you awake at night, tools don't occupy your entire life and don't require 24/7 attention, making it difficult for you to take extended vacations and spontaneous excursions with friends, tools leave a minimal carbon footprint, and tools don't throw tantrums. I assure you, not everyone who prefers tools to children is crying at the end of the day.
Congratulations on your little addition to the family! Lets hope she never learns to roll over ;-)
Some tools, automobiles for example, leave rather large carbon footprints, don't they? They've also been known to suck bank accounts dry (thereby making it impossible to take extended vacations.)
People who prefer tools and toys to children may not cry over that fact at the end of each day, but they will at the end of their last day on earth.
If you don't want kids, fine. I think you'll regret it, but what the heck, you're a big girl (though not as big as you used to be :)) and can weigh the risks yourself. But please, don't name your car like that misguided lady at the car wash. Don't name your furniture, shoes, kitchen utensils, or crescent wrenches either. Nothing says, "I should have had kids" like naming inanimate objects.
P.S. A single hug and "I wuv you Mama Babawewa" from a little Barb or David is better than any extended vacation ever was. Believe me, I've had both. P.P.S. I wuv your column.
Thank you for reading, Joaquin, and for sharing your opinion. I do not require a miniature me saying "I love you" in order to feel complete in this world, though I certainly appreciate the joy many others get from parenthood, including my sisters, whose children (my nieces and nephews) I love very much. Just as I respect their decision to have children, they respect mine not to. Regarding regret, I point you to the quotation I chose to begin this article: "Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other." There are two sides to every coin, and it seems that both you and I are quite content with the sides we've chosen. Thus, I believe in this case, we can agree to disagree.
Not everyone who chooses to remain childless feels regret from that decision...and not everyone who's had a child feels fullfilled. Joaquin - be happy with your decision to have kids and leave it at that. I often wonder why people who have kids push others to do the same...it's not as though we have a shortage of humans...and there's no way you could know what's best for the rest of us...so...? That said, your Mini really is a cute car...I love it.
"I often wonder," says Jen, "why people who have kids push others to do the same."
Push is such an ugly word. I prefer encourage. The answer to your question, Jen, is we encourage you to have kids because we've found so much joy and fulfillment in it, and we want you, our childless friends whom we love, to experience that same joy and fulfillment. Bear with us, we mean well.
BTW, there's more to that joy and fulfillment than the happiness of watching a three-year-old dance around the living room or receiving a hug from said three-year-old. There's also the joy of learning to live your life for others. The joy of becoming less and less self-centered and more and more devoted to other people, the joy of learning the meaning of the old expression, "It is in giving that we receive."
While we're discussing things we wonder about, I wonder why someone would refer to a thing someone purchased as an "addition to the family." Families are made of people, not consumer items.
Finally, regarding the opening quote, it doesn't take into account the fact that people with babies were once people without them and therefore they have the more informed view point.
Hey Joaquin, before you run around telling people that having kids will make them happier, do some research...you might be surprised by what studies have found regarding parenthood and happiness.
Back in the late 80s, for example, the National Survey of Families and Households tested 9,000 American adults and found that, as a group, parents reported significantly higher rates of depression versus childless adults. This was especially true of parents with young children. On the other hand, "empty nesters" whose kids were full grown reported the same levels of depression as childless adults.
So here's the scientific verdict, which has been confirmed by dozens of subsequent studies: on average, having kids doesn't make people any happier, even when the kids are full grown - and while the kids are younger, parenthood is more likely to bum you out than to make you smile.
Put that in your crib and rock it, daddy-o.
Joaquin suggests,
"BTW, there's more to that joy and fulfillment than the happiness of watching a three-year-old dance around the living room or receiving a hug from said three-year-old. There's also the joy of learning to live your life for others. The joy of becoming less and less self-centered and more and more devoted to other people, the joy of learning the meaning of the old expression, "It is in giving that we receive.""
To which I scratch my head and think, Hmmm... I'm pretty sure Mother Theresa never had children.
So my earlier comment reads a lot jerkier than i intended. Didn't mean to cop the attitude. With the statistic I was just trying to point out that parenthood might not be for everybody. There are certainly folks who thrive from it, like Joaquin, and when that's the situation, everyone wins. My caveat is just that if you're not certain it's for you, or if you're certain it's not for you, the decision deserves a real good thinkin' over.
lightness is spot on, too...there are loads of ways to pursue the noble goal of serving others. Babysitting for your friends with kids comes to mind.
First I would love to be the first to commend Joaquin for going up to bat for those of us who have chosen the parenthood route. Yay, Joaquin! And well said at that. Second, how silly to suggest that Mother Theresa did not have any children. Birthing children through labor is not the only way to enter this journey. She would certainly have disagreed with your unenlightened-Lightness. In my opinion. As for the statistics of happiness in life... if motherhood has taught me anything it is that children pretty much force us to be exactly who we are, for better or worse. If you're a "jerk" (as I was forced to substitute here), there will be no hiding that fact once you have another life to care for. All of the energy that you have spent hiding that fact will be used (hopefully) while meeting the needs of your offspring. To this I commend all "jerks" who decide to not have children-- The world thanks you!! There might not be a statistic that takes into account the way in which our lives are enriched throughout this joyous/ arduous venture. If there was, most likely we'd be too busy to note what it had to say. I keep up on current events but leave the petty stuff to those with nothing else to do.
I think having a child is such a great experience I'm planning to do it again someday soon, but from my "informed viewpoint" (by Joaquin's standard) I don't think everyone without children will regret it some day or that they need to have a child to find out what giving really means. So unless you're a parent you don't know how to be selfless? That's a judgement call I'm not willing to make on someone.
Time with my daughter is amazing, entertaining, and inspiring. Are there also times on a Saturday night I'm up to my elbows in soap bubbles and rubber ducks and have a sad pang for sushi and a fruity martini? Of course, but that's the tradeoff I've personally made and am content with and I know it's not for everybody. Live and let live is my motto.
Your new car is really cute, Barbarella! I think it's so cool how you can customize them to match your style.
Dear obvious,
I think that to some extent we agree -- with, or without, children people are not one thing or another but fall somewhere on a spectrum from saint at one end to jerk on the other.
I think you may have taken my comment regarding Mother Teresa wrongly. My point was that, as Joaquin said, "learning to live your life for others. The joy of becoming less and less self-centered and more and more devoted to other people, and "It is in giving that we receive." does not require having children. If one desires to be a selfless person, a person dedicated to helping others, a person who takes joy in giving rather than receiving, then that is what one does. It has nothing to do with whether or not one has children.
Like jen and snackycakes, I am not opposed to other people having children -- loving them, teaching them, marveling at them, enjoying the patter of their little feet in the house, or whatever other satisfactions one may derive from child rearing, but it is not for me.
And just as I respect a person's decision to have kids, and believe them when they talk of the joy and satisfaction they get from raising a child, I would appreciate that one not be so presumptuous and condescending as to imply that I do not have the intellectual capacity to know what brings ME satisfaction and fulfillment in MY life and, even worse, to have one suggest that they know better than I do. It would be like a meat-eater suggesting to a vegetarian that they cannot possibly have a satisfying life without eating meat.


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From the Caribbean to the Pacific, Fish the Best of Costa Rica.
Come see how diverse and beautiful our Costa Rican coasts are! Try your luck coast to coast fishing Costa Rica. On the Caribbean coast you'll fish for giant tarpon and snook. You'll then fly across the country, to the Pacific Coast and look for sailfish, marlin, dorado and roosterfish.
This vacation will let you see an incredible array of wildlife and natural beauty. And enjoy world class sport fishing, of course. Simply put, this is one of our favorites and an absolute must for any angler!
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- Exclusive Airport 'Meet and Greet' service. We'll greet you off the plane and going through customs will be a breeze
- Private transfer to Hotel Grano de Oro with an English-speaking driver
- 1 night lodging at Grano de Oro*
- Private transfer to Aninga Lodge with an English-speaking driver
- 2 nights lodging at Aninga Lodge*
- Domestic flight from Tortuguero to San José, then from San José to Quepos
- 4 nights lodging at El Parador Resort*
- Domestic flight from Quepos to San José
- Private transfer back to San José Airport for your flight home
*Breakfast included.
Your first port of call is the remote and stunning Tortuguero. Getting to your hotel will be an adventure in itself. A panga will take you through deep jungle. As you near your resort, you'll see how the undergrowth gives way to rivers the size of 8 lane highways.
Here you will enjoy a world away from it all where the animals still rule. From turtles to sharks and, of course, some of the world's largest tarpon.
From Tortuguero, you will board a short internal flight back to San Jose. Then, you'll go on to Quepos and some of the world's greatest sport fishing grounds. Marlin, sailfish, tuna and more await you in the blue waters offshore. We know so much adventure will probably leave you exhausted. This is why we have arranged some of the best hotels Costa Rica for you to relax in.
You will receive a 100% accurate price when you inquire with us and share your travel dates. Final package pricing includes taxes, domestic transport, tours and lodging as described unless otherwise indicated. The package does NOT include international airfare or optional travel insurance or any other services not expressly mentioned.
Day 1: Welcome to Costa Rica!
Arrive into San José, Costa Rica, where our "Meet and Greet" service will take you to your private transfer. On this coast to coast fishing Costa Rica vacation you'll spend your first night here in the capital city at the beautiful Grano de Oro Hotel. This former colonial mansion is home to one of the finest restaurants in the country.
Hotel Grano de Oro
Day 2: Deep in the Heart of Tortuguero
Head out early in the morning for your transfer to Tortuguero on the Caribbean Coast. This diverse paradise is also home to world-record tarpon and snook. Check in and get settled in at Aninga Lodge.
Aninga Lodge
Day 3 & 4: Ready for Some Tortuguero Fishing?
Head out fishing with one of the country's best tarpon guides. Depending on what you catch on day three, you can also opt to fish the freshwater canals. If saltwater is what you prefer, you can look for snook, snapper, jacks, kingfish, and even wahoo.
Aninga Lodge
Day 5: Off to the Pacific
You will board an early morning flight from Tortuguero back to San José. Once back in the capital city and main hub, we will take you out to Quepos on the Pacific coast. The second half of your fishing vacation begins! Take advantage of this down day to rest your muscles and settle in at El Parador Resort.
El Parador Resort
Day 6: Pacific Treasures
Now it's time to see what the Pacific Ocean has to offer us. You'll run off shore for a full day of chasing marlin, Pacific sailfish, yellow-fin tuna, wahoo, and dorado. Your private charter will get you to the offshore fishing grounds in less than an hour.
El Parador Resort
Day 7: Free Day
Relax and enjoy the beach or let us take you on a canopy zip line tour!
El Parador Resort
Day 8: Make Your Last Day Count!
This will be your fourth and final day of fishing, so make it count! Have you landed enough billfish the first day and want to try something new? You can stay in-shore and go after snapper, grouper, barracuda, jacks, mackerel, and rooster fish.
El Parador Resort
Day 9: Head Home
We will pick you up and take you to the Quepos Airstrip. Board your domestic flight back to San José, where you'll catch your flight back home.
Coast to Coast Fishing in Costa Rica! includes staying at:
Grano de Oro
Grano de Oro Hotel is a surprising oasis in downtown San Jose downtown, offering boutique-style services, luxury accommodations, and one of the finest restaurants in the country.« View Hotel »
Aninga Lodge
This is a great hotel for no-frills, wildlife experience. Set in the rainforest, it's five minutes away from Tortuguero National Park.« View Hotel »
El Parador
Parador Resort & Spa is a secluded luxury beach resort boasting spectacular panoramic views and world-class amenities.« View Hotel »
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