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Housing Symposium in Panama Beach: Innovative Solutions for Disaster Recovery
The challenge to bring affordable housing back to the Panama City area after Hurricane Michael devastated communities, triggered the need to find innovative solutions and learn from best practices from others who have endured the same process. On June 11, HUD led a disaster recovery best practices symposium with approximately 120 attendees from local and…
New Sculptures At Home in Eden Park
Eden Park – Esperanza Place residents awoke the morning of June 27th to discover new brilliant red and yellow structures on the north and south sides of Westclox Street in rural Immokalee, FL. The vibrant, painted, fabricated steel sculptures by award-winning sculptor Adam Walls launch Rural Neighborhoods and EP2’s use of creative placemaking as a…
Immokalee and Surrounding Communities Receive Promise Zone Designation
Immokalee was recently awarded Promise Zone designation by USDA and the Obama Administration. The Promise Zone program is highly competitive with only 22 communities in the nation receiving the designation. It is awarded to high-poverty areas that have a strong plan for revitalization and improvement. Immokalee (Collier County) partnered with Hendry and Glades County to…
Rural Neighborhoods Moving Toward Smoke-Free Properties
In connection with HUD celebrating National Healthy Homes Month in June, Rural Neighborhoods is undertaking a related initiative aimed at improving air quality for residents. Timber Ridge at Sanders Pines Reserve is becoming a smoke-free property to provide a safer, healthier environment for residents and their guests. The change will be phased in over the…
THUD Appropriations Chair Mario Diaz-Balart Joins County Officials in Keynoting Hatchers Dedication
U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and Collier County Commissioners Penny Taylor and Bill McDaniel joined 125 guests to dedicate the Hatchers Preserve rental community on Monday, April 17th. Hatchers is a small, impactful 18-unit investment that is critical to Rural Neighborhoods’ Eden Park-Esperanza Place Neighborhood Revitalization work in Immokalee. The celebration took place as important housing programs such as the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership…
Wartburg College Students Visit Immokalee
Recently, students from Wartburg College visited Immokalee for an alternative Spring Break during which they worked with local non-profit organizations. While in Immokalee, the Wartburg students worked two days at Rural Neighborhoods’ newest property, Sanders Pines. Acquired in late October, the property is now being rehabbed with renovations underway at 16 of the 74 units. …