Longtime Rural Neighborhoods volunteer, Antonia Rios’, recently spoke about her immigrant experience with PBS station WUFT. Rios’ Eden Park home in Immokalee was damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017 and was among the more than 70 owner-occupied dwellings rehabbed by Rural Neighborhoods with financial assistance from the Community Foundation of Collier County and American Red… Read more »
Rural Neighborhoods was one of 11 community organizations to receive a grant from Trinity by-the-Cove Episcopal Church in February. RN will use the generous donation to further its $2.5 million renovation at its Timber Ridge at Sanders Pines apartment complex in Immokalee. Specifically, the funds will cover improvements to the newly created community garden and… Read more »
NeighborWorks America’s Strategic Investment Fund helped support geographic expansion of Rural Neighborhood’s shared-housing model and that seed money is reaping dividends! Casa Amigos – a 96-bed, 28-unit rental community at Esperanza Place in Immokalee recently received a $5.15M commitment from Florida Housing Finance Corporation toward 2020 construction. Our shared-housing model enables unrelated adults to share… Read more »
Volunteers from Palm Harbor United Methodist Church impacted Rural Neighborhoods’ youth and families in Immokalee. The group, which has been visiting RN’s Sanders Pines complex for more than eight years, led a week-long summer camp for youth. The Sanders Pines youth look forward to their visit each year and re-connecting with the middle and high… Read more »
Four families whose homes were destroyed during Hurricane Irma are getting new homes thanks to the generosity and hard work of many organizations. The families, who have been living with relatives for the last 18 months since Irma struck, are elated to have their children back in their own rooms. Rural Neighborhoods partnered with the… Read more »
It’s creative placemaking at Timber Ridge at Sanders Pines Reserves. Street art by Brazilian graffiti artist Binho Ribeiro infuses our rental community with creative fun. The shipping containers mark the new community garden and future basketball court. They were funded through NeighborWorks’ Project Reinvest and Rural LISC to support our inclusion of public arts in… Read more »
The December calendar was marked by holiday celebrations from Homestead-Florida City to Immokalee, Labelle and points north and east. Thanks to site managers, volunteers and generous supporters, more than a dozen celebrations took place. Events ranged from a neighborhood pot-luck celebration at Manatee Village in Ruskin to Santa Claus’ arrival at Timber Ridge at Sanders… Read more »
El mes pasado, Rural LISC anunció que Rural Neighborhoods fue una de las 18 organizaciones comunitarias que presta servicios a comunidades rurales en 16 estados para recibir fondos en virtud de su iniciativa de arte y cultura. Estas subvenciones fueron generadas por Rural LISK Cohesive Economic Development Initiative que apoyan programas y proyectos que se… Read more »
Rural Neighborhoods se asoció con En Familia de Homestead para ofrecer su primer campamento de Artes en Immokalee durante el verano. Parks and Recreation and Conservation del Condado de Collier patrocinaron este campamento que se llevó a cabo en el hermoso Pepper Ranch de Immokalee. 15 estudiantes tomaron parte de este campamento y los participantes… Read more »
Rural Neighborhoods recently received funding under Rural LISC’s Healthy Housing Initiative in which it awarded $560,000 to 37 agencies. Rural Neighborhoods’ My Community, My Health Initiative is the health component of Rural Neighborhoods’ Eden Park-Esperanza Place (EP2) Mi Casa – Kominote M Revitalization Plan. Rural Neighborhoods will implement smoke-free housing for 219 households at the Eden Gardens, Esperanza Place and Main… Read more »