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Fordham University students partnered with Rural Neighborhoods to help an Immokalee resident with some much-needed yard work. The nine students spent four hours trimming bushes and spreading dirt to level her yard and make it safer for walking. They also helped remove old fence posts and install supports for a new fence to help keep…
En dos recientes historias en el periódico de Naples Daily News, se publicó sobre los esfuerzos que Rural Neighborhoods hace para mejorar la apariencia en la comunidad de EP2. Creemos que las enmiendas propuestas para el uso de la tierra debilitan a obligar a los propietarios de casas móviles a mejorar sus propiedades. Hubo muchas…
Five Immokalee residents participated in resident leadership training in Orlando from August 14–17, 2024, joining over 150 other local citizens from urban and rural communities. The training organized by the Florida NeighborWorks Collaborative offered courses in Resident Engagement and Leadership, Disaster Response, Health & Housing, and Affordable Housing. One participant noted, “It was a great opportunity…
Rural Neighborhoods Chairperson Arturo Lopez, Executive Director of the Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Farmworker Justice, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1981 that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions. The June 13th reception held in Washington, DC honored Lopez for…
More than 80 guests and elected officials joined respected activist Steven Mainster to dedicate Rural Neighborhoods’ new 4,700 square foot after-school center at Everglades Village in June. The grand opening of the new Steven Mainster Learning Center marked our 2016 NeighborWorks Week celebration. The new building will host Centro Campesino-Farmworker Center’s YouthPride after-school program serving…
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…