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Rural Neighborhoods recently announced its planned $4.85M acquisition and rehabilitation of the Timber Ridge and Sanders Pines apartment complexes as one component of its multi-faceted revitalization effort in the Eden Park-Esperanza Place neighborhood of Immokalee, Florida. Rural Neighborhoods’ goal is to preserve and improve local workforce housing. Even as Timber Ridge and Sanders Pines age,…
Fifth Third Bank partnered with Rural Neighborhoods to bring its eBus to residents in Immokalee on May 3. The eBus offers computers for residents to easily and confidentially check their credit scores, research and apply for jobs, and apply for other bank services. The eBus visited Main Street Village, Eden Gardens, and Sanders Pines while…
Rural Neighborhoods and residents in the Eden Park neighborhood celebrated the area’s rich diversity with a Cultural Festival at Timber Ridge. DJ Ruben Garza generously donated his time and played a variety of music and games for attendees throughout the afternoon. He was complemented by local band, Caribbean Groove. Residents celebrated their many cultures while…
For the past few months, staff of Rural Neighborhoods has been meeting with local residents to get their input on needed improvements in the Eden Park-Esperanza Place (EP2) area. To date, over 40 residents have participated and one group is already seeing results. At their September meeting, residents at Eden Gardens expressed a desire to…
More than a decade ago Rural Neighborhoods unsuccessfully sought a unique parcel in west Miami-Dade shared at the time with the U.S. Post Office. Now, 15 years later, Rural Neighborhoods has purchased the General Partner interest in the 55-unit senior living community as it continues to serve the neighborhood post-tax credit expiration. La Cabana and…
Deputy Regional Administrator Christopher Taylor and Miami Field Office staff, Uche Oluku, Ph.D. and Gloria Shanahan, toured Rural Neighborhoods’ housing developments in LaBelle and Immokalee to gain a better understanding of the use of HUD 202, CDBG and HOME resources in rural communities. President Steven Kirk and Neighborhood Revitalization Manager Dottie Cook talked with HUD…