Cummings Properties

06/10/2026

Road trip! Bill Cummings, Eric Anderson, and Al Diamond carpooled into Cambridge today for an inside look at The Engine, an impressive tough tech incubator helping bold ideas move from lab to marketplace.

06/08/2026

Let's get local kids set up for success: Beverly Bootstraps' annual Back-to-School Backpack Program is officially open. 🖍️✏️📕

Visit the website to learn how you can support your neighbors in preparation for the next school year: https://beverlybootstraps.org/back-to-school-backpack-program/

06/05/2026

to the delicious day in 2019 when Freedom Gluten Free president Steve Weinstein (left, with Bill Cummings) dropped by the Woburn HQ with samples of the sweet treats baking up at his (then) new Henshaw Street commissary. Raise your hand if you still can’t believe these babies are both gluten- and allergy-free!

06/05/2026

World Environment Day lasts all year long at Cummings 🤝🌳🌏

06/02/2026

Excellent news from our friends at Historic Beverly! Thank you for inviting Cummings Center in on the share 🤝❤

We are excited about the unanimous vote taken by the City Council last night to name the road leading into Beverly Golf & Tennis "Matzeliger Way" in honor of Jan Ernst Matzeliger. His revolutionary invention transformed the shoe industry and helped lay the foundation for one of Beverly’s most important industrial neighbors, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The designation also marks a historic milestone for the city: Matzeliger Way is the first street in Beverly named for a Black man.

Born in 1852 in what is now Suriname, Jan Ernst Matzeliger immigrated to the United States and settled in Lynn, where he worked in a shoe factory. Determined to solve shoemaking's biggest challenge, he spent years developing a machine that automated the labor-intensive lasting process. In 1883, he patented the first successful automatic shoe-lasting machine, increasing production from about 50 pairs of shoes a day to as many as 700 and revolutionizing the industry.

Although Matzeliger died in 1889 at just 36 years old, his invention became one of the foundational technologies of what evolved into the United Shoe Machinery Company, helping drive the growth of the New England shoe industry for decades.

That legacy is deeply connected to Beverly. For generations, United Shoe Machinery shaped the city's economy, workforce, and industrial identity. Naming this roadway Matzeliger Way honors a brilliant inventor whose innovation helped transform an industry and whose impact helped shape Beverly itself.

This is another step in creating Beverly's Black History Trail.

05/27/2026

Congratulations to the 40 local nonprofits awarded funding through Tufts Community Grants, a truly special program fueled by contributions from generous Tufts University faculty and staff! We are both delighted and humbled to support this wonderful initiative with a Cummings Foundation match.

Pictured: Tufts AVP, Gov’t & Community Relations Rocco Dirico and SVP & General Counsel Mary Jeka—this year’s most prodigious faculty donor—celebrate with Cummings Properties operations team members Kara Murphy and Robert Chihade.

05/26/2026

These gorgeous scenes are enough to convert any MetroNorth-erner into a true enthusiast!

05/22/2026

When it comes to property management, some qualities just make sense. Check out today's New England Real Estate Journal spotlight section for more on service ideals, market trends, & the Cummings Properties difference: https://nerej.com/property-management-operations-spotlight-cummings-properties