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Where did this vision come from?

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So that's such a good question.

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So the vision actually came from a person named Desh Nishmandu.

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He is a philanthropist and through the Nishmandu Foundation is where we actually got the initial

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capital to start E4ALL.

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And this vision was a project that was launched through the Nishmandu Foundation and through

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the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

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So that's where the vision came from.

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And the vision was really to help level out the playing field.

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So Lowell is a city that is known as a gateway city, right?

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It's a city that is very high in numbers of immigrants.

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It's a city where a majority of the people living in the residence fall under the low

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to moderate income bracket and so forth.

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And so if you look at cities with that type of numbers and stats, the income level, the

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home ownership, it's not equal, right?

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Maybe in comparison to other communities and so forth.

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So how do you help a community, a city like Lowell, for others to thrive?

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You know, because research shows that if the majority of the people in the city are doing

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well, the city is going to be that much better off, right?

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And so that was the vision was to level out the playing field and really focusing on,

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again, underrepresented communities, communities of color, low to moderate income families

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and so forth.