Breaking Barriers to Youth Success
UTEC's mission is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected young people to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success.
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88% vs.
of UTEC young adults
had no new arrests
while enrolled (FY18)
51%
of MA young adults
are re-arraigned within a
year of release from jail
mattress recycling
We provide residential and commercial mattress pickup in Eastern MA, deconstruct the pieces, and recycle more than 80% of materials.
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woodworking
Cutting boards and other hand-crafted Madd Love Market products help young adults carve out better futures.
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food services
From catering and Cafe UTEC lunches to food manufacturing in the UTEC Community Kitchen, young people learn essential food preparation and service skills.
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facility rentals
Our historic green building is perfect for weddings, galas, concerts, meetings, seminars, conferences, and more.
learn more ›Just in time for holiday shopping! Madd Love Market cutting boards and salad tongs are now available in our very own online store.
Perfect for shipping to friends and family who will appreciate both beautiful gifts and the way that they help young adults to carve out better futures. #chooseUTEC
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All of our Madd Love Market products are handcrafted in Lowell, MA by our young adults. Our cutting boards and tongs are made from re-purposed New England hardwoods. Learn more about the UTEC Woodw…Honored to have Bill Cummings of Cummings Foundation visit UTEC during the EforAll Lowell-Lawrence Summit yesterday!
Many thanks to the LSP Association for connecting us to pro bono resources to help us Spark Sustainability (one of the #UTECvalues).
Thanks to Acadia Environmental Technology for their help with Phase I environmental review and other assistance. Their expertise has been invaluable in our search for a larger Mattress Recycling facility.
As we look for Woodworking options, Sage Environmental (sage-enviro.com) has helped us assess other sites.
And we thank Nobis Group for their prior support of our environmental scopes of work over the years!
Streetworkers are out there chipping away in all sorts of weather. Madd love for this shoutout from a Lowell supporter - about our outreach in our other service communities! #UTECvalues
Shoutout to all the UTEC Streetworkers who are out in this weather, literally extending their hands to young people in Haverhill and Lawrence today. Thank you for being on the frontlines! Thank you for all the youth that you will be reaching and connecting with! Our community is blessed to have you, and for your efforts.
Just another day at UTEC...
Thanks again to Black Thought for chatting with our young adults yesterday morning at the EforAll Lowell-Lawrence summit! #inspiration!
