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Los residentes de Eden Park – Esperanza Place despertaron la mañana del 27 de junio con nuevas vibrantes estructuras en colores rojo y amarillo al norte y sur de la calle Westclox en rural Immokalee, FL. Adán Walls, premiado en numerosas ocasiones, fabricó y pintó estas alegres esculturas. La colocación de estas esculturas es parte…
In partnership with Collier County, Rural Neighborhoods rehabbed 29 homes at just under $1M with another 11 homes underway. The County offers the SHIP rehab program to help homeowners with expensive health, safety, or long-term maintenance repairs to preserve and maintain their homes. The majority of applicants are over 65 with fixed incomes. A project…
Bank United joins Rural Neighborhoods in support of Casa Amigos through its sponsorship of a $500,000 Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Affordable Housing Program loan that was recently awarded to RN and its commitment of $325,000 in project bridge financing. Tax credit investor Alliant Capital has pledged $11.6M in equity toward Deer Creek Senior…
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…
Maggie Whitcomb established the Florida Keys Community Land Trust in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irma by assembling lots throughout Big Pine Key for the rebuilding of what was “ground zero” on September 10th, 2017. Generous local giving helped the land trust break ground on its four-initial, scattered- site Keys Cottages and set aside six…
Rural Neighborhoods, Collier County Code Enforcement and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office partnered with residents to hold a clean-up in early March in the Eden Park community. The event was a huge success with over 46 tons of tires, yard waste, and other garbage collected during the four-hour event. Residents hauled their unwanted items to…