Alpha Phi Alpha Homes turns service into development
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes turns service into development
KAREN FARKAS
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Alpha Phi Alpha Homes extends its community development reach into the Akron suburbs at places such as Friendship Terrace senior apartments in Cuyahoga Falls.
Fifty years ago, after urban renewal displaced thousands of low-income residents, alumni members of the University of Akron s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation s oldest African American fraternity, broke ground on a 551-unit federally funded project that included a high-rise tower, townhouses and garden apartments.
Since that leap of faith by men who had no experience in construction and development, Alpha Phi Alpha Homes Inc., a nonprofit housing, development and management corporation, has overseen the construction of more than 2,400 units of senior and family housing in Akron and Northeast Ohio.