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HOPE VI DevelopmentChurchill Homes
100 new affordable family rental homes on the former site of a distressed public housing project that was overrun with crime, drugs, and deterioration.
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In 1996, The Community Builders began working with the Holyoke Housing Authority (HHA) to create a comprehensive community redevelopment plan for Jackson Parkway Apartments and the surrounding Churchill neighborhood. The old Jackson Parkway exemplified all that can go wrong with public housing: it stood separate from the rest of the neighborhood, run-down and unappealing, its residents equally isolated from the economic and political fabric of the surrounding community. Crime, drugs, and deterioration took a toll on the entire area. Today, however, there is great optimism about the future of the neighborhood.
New service facilities enhance the larger community housing social services programs, job development activities and childcare services designed to help low-income residents achieve higher levels of financial independence. Both rental and ownership opportunities are part of the revitalization plan.
After preparing the 1996 HOPE VI application under contract to HHA, The Community Builders, Inc. provided vital input into HHA’s preparation of the Revitalization Plan and coordinated design services for the new infrastructure, building and park planned for the Jackson Parkway site. TCB also developed two phases of affordable family rental housing for the redevelopment, totaling 100 units.
100 new affordable family rental homes- New service facilities, job development activities, and childcare services
- TCB Roles: Master Planner, Developer
- Total Development Cost: $20 million
- 2003 National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Award of Merit in Housing and Community Development
- 2002 Western Massachusetts American Institute of Architects Citation Award for Design
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