On Thursday, October 30th, 3HC member David Conmy (left) and BHC President & CEO Greta Harris presented the winner’s certificate and a $500 Visa gift card to Scott Wiley for his winning design for 3HC’s Jefferson Avenue Pocket Park Design competition. The small triangular “pocket” park is situated near BHC’s Jefferson Mews community, and the
BHC Featured in Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine
For-profit real estate developers are way ahead of non-profit developers in advocating and lobbying for their work with legislators. The challenge is for more resource-strapped non-profit affordable housing developers to become as effective, says this NonProfit Quarterly article in the October 7, 2014 issue, entitled “Affordable Housing Advocacy: Is Anyone Minding the Store?” In it,
3HC Launches Jefferson Pocket Park Design Competition
3HC, BHC’s junior board is spearheading a design competition for the Jefferson Avenue pocket park located adjacent to BHC’s Jefferson Mews community on Jefferson Avenue in Church Hill. Submit your design for beautification of this prominent green space, and you may win a $500 prize. All submissions will be considered by a local panel of
Amazing Raise Happy Hour September 18th
Amazing Raise Happy Hour, Thursday September 18th, 4-7 p.m. Location: Mosaic Catering & Events, 3001 Cutshaw Avenue More Info: Click here Join 3HC, BHC’s junior board at our Happy Hour from 4-7 p.m. and donate to BHC during the Amazing Raise. All donors of at least $50 will be eligible to win one of many
BHC Leverages $3.2 Million from the Greater Richmond Community to Build Homes for Lower-Income Working Families
The Better Housing Coalition (BHC) has raised more than $2 million in matching funds to complete a $1 million, two-for-one challenge grant awarded the organization by The Cabell Foundation in November 2012. BHC was given until June 30th to raise $2 million in public and private donations, which triggered an additional $1 million gift from
Renovation Lending & Historic Tax Credit Workshop
Title: Renovation Lending & Historic Tax Credit Workshop Location: Storefront for Community Design, 205 E. Broad St. To Register: Click here Description: Better Housing Coalition’s Center for Neighborhood Revitalization is teaming up with Prospect Mortgage to sponsor a FREE Renovation Lending and Historic Tax Credits Workshop that will give you all of the financial tools
Preserving Affordable Housing for Generations to Come
In 2012, Cassandra Brown and her daughter, Rankeisha, moved into an apartment in BHC’s Jefferson Mews community in North Church Hill. “Just when we felt like we had finally put everything away, we had to pack up and temporarily relocate,” Brown said, referring to BHC’s major undertaking to preserve and update 56 apartments in North
“Age Wave” Planning Focuses on Senior Housing, Services
According to this article in Richmond Magazine, the number of people aged 65 and older in the Richmond region will more than double by 2030, an increase of 144% over 2010. If the predictions are accurate, senior citizens will outnumber school-age children in 16 years. Not surprisingly, studies by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Non-Violence Program Expanding to Lincoln Mews Community
More young residents of Better Housing Coalition communities will have access to the popular “64 Days of Non-Violence” program as it expands to BHC’s Lincoln Mews community in North Richmond this year. BHC’s community social work team implemented the behavior-reinforcement program six years ago at its Winchester Greens community. Modeled after the national “A Season
BHC Receives $500,000 Grant for Petersburg Development
The Cameron Foundation has awarded the Better Housing Coalition (BHC) $500,000 to help underwrite Phase II of BHC’s revitalization efforts in the Halifax neighborhood of Petersburg, VA. During Phase I, BHC built Claiborne Square seniors apartments with 47 units for lower-income seniors age 55 and older. The Cameron Foundation was also an instrumental funding partner