About the Community Development Block Grant Program
We undertake many major neighborhood revitalization projects funded by federal Community Development Block Grants, along with a wide variety of other federal, state, and local matching funds. These projects have provided housing rehabilitation, replacement housing construction, relocation assistance, urban homesteading and infill housing development. Public improvements have included:
The project was designed to assist households with housing rehabilitation, replacement, or relocation; to demolish dilapidated, substandard structures, and to upgrade the neighborhood park.
Funding
Neighborhood Development obtained $1,384,000 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and approximately $3 million private, local, state and other federal funds to finance the project.
Concept Plan
A concept plan for the redevelopment included:
Senior housing apartment building
Single family lots; new streets
Improvement of existing streets
Upgrades to the neighborhood park was created during a 3-day community design workshop by residents and stakeholders
Project Status
To date, 27 houses have been rehabilitated, 24 blighted structures demolished, a 67-unit senior housing apartment complex is fully occupied, and 16 new or replacement homes are complete. Each of the new homes will be EarthCraft Certified.