PHA Staff Housing Initiative
It has always been challenging for Arboretum staff to find affordable housing due to the high cost of living on Martha’s Vineyard. But over the past few years, due in large part to the pandemic, the housing challenge has become a crisis. It is nearly impossible to attract and retain qualified personnel for our essential operations, which jeopardizes our ability to accomplish our mission now and in the years ahead.
The PHA Board and staff have formulated a strategy to address the impact of the Island’s housing deficit on our organization. After several years of thoughtful consideration and strategic planning toward solving our housing challenges, we now have the permission—and a plan!—to build staff housing on campus, and we need your support to meet this challenge.
During it’s 25th year as a public garden in 2023, we are thrilled to share the completion of two new staff houses. We are grateful our members, supporters, donors and the Island community who helped fund this major accomplishment for the future of the Polly Hill Arboretum.