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Narrative
The primary target area, the Southeast Redevelopment Area, is where the majority of CDBG and HOME funds are utilized. It is the oldest part of the City
where both residential and commercial structures are in need of rehabilitation. This is also where the majority of lower-to-moderate income households
reside. The overall Southeast Redevelopment Area includes not only the NRSA but now includes the Choice Neighborhood Initiative area.
In 2016, the City and NNRHA were awarded a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Planning Grant from HUD to help determine how to
revitalize and transform a portion of the Southeast Community. In 2019, the city and the NNRHA were awarded a $30 million CNI Implementation Grant.
The initial and revised CNI approved plan has enabled the City and NNRHA to facilitate critical improvements in neighborhood assets, housing, services
and schools.
In addition to new affordable housing construction, whose second and third phase was completed in the program year, CNI provides funds for
neighborhood improvements in the Southeast Community and supportive services for former residents of the Ridley Place public housing community.
Over $156 million in public and private funding is supporting new infrastructure, a health and wellness trail, residential rehabilitation and other
economic development activities. Approximately $48 million in public and private funding is providing supportive services for Ridley residents to improve
household outcomes in the areas of health, education, and employment.
During the program year the City in conjunction with its Economic Development Authority has facilitated and completed the rehab of an old building in
a primary commercial corridor in the CNI area. This Economic Development project utilized local, state and federal funding. It now houses four
entrepreneurial tenants and provides services to an underserved area. The tenants include a coffee shop, a cosmetologist, a retailer and community
engagement services. A child development and care center was also completed and opened for enrollments in the CNI area during the program year.
During the program year the City, in conjunction with its Economic Development Authority, has facilitated the rehab of an old building in a primary
commercial corridor in the CNI area. This Economic Development project utilized local, state and federal funding and will be a place where new and
developing entrepreneurs will be tenants and provide services to an underserved area.
The City is also starting to target older parts in its northern areas along the Warwick Boulevard commercial corridor for redevelopment. This initiative is
new and is summarized in what the City refers to as the Denbigh-Warwick Area Plan. When available, appropriate resources will be allocated to that
part of the city also and target repurposing former commercial sites that are no longer operational.Jump to an indexed page (39 of 39)