Waterville and a local land trust awarded $50,000 grant for South End housing
The grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo for the city and Waterville Community Land Trust was one of only eight awarded to cities around the country that are working to create safe, affordable housing.
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One of Waterville Community Land Trust’s houses on 181 Water St. in the South End on Sept. 24, 2018. Waterville and the land trust were awarded a $50,000 grant to develop housing in the South End.
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WATERVILLE The city and Waterville Community Land Trust have been awarded $50,000 from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo CommunityWINS Program to be used by the land trust to help create access to safe, affordable housing in a South End neighborhood.
Area nonprofits awarded recovery fund grants
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI)-The Idaho Community Foundation announced an additional $527,000 from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund for Idaho will be used to help community organizations across the state help low-income individuals and families.
Nearly $1.9 million has been awarded since the pandemic began. Most of the grants were awarded between April and June. After observing a surge in COVID-19 cases in late 2020, the Steering Committee released additional funds to help vulnerable populations deal with homelessness, housing instability, food insecurity, domestic violence, physical or mental healthcare, and child care and early education.
The foundation streamlined the process by awarding December grants to past grantees, so no application process was required.
SEATTLE, WA - Blokable unveiled
Blokable at Phoenix Rising, the world s first Vertically Integrated Modular housing development, delivering high-quality and energy efficient rental housing in western Washington State. At a cost to the State of $125,000 per door, the project cost less than half the average new apartment to build, in a region that faces a severe shortage of affordable housing. Developed on land owned by Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care, in Auburn, Wash.,
Blokable at Phoenix Rising is a community of five studio and seven 1-bedroom apartments, which are reserved for individuals earning 30% of the Area Median Income. The facility will cost 60% less for heating and cooling, and 30% less for overall utilities, and meets strict energy and environmental metrics that are becoming the standard for new construction in many states and municipalities including all-electric systems and a highly energy efficient building envelope.
Richmond launches Financial Navigators to help those facing challenges from the pandemic
The City of Richmond has launched a new program to help resident struggling in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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RICHMOND, Va. The City of Richmond has launched a new program to help resident struggling in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The program is run through the Office of Financial Empowerment and is backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Citi Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Financial Navigators will provide over-the-phone guidance to residents to triage personal financial issues, identify immediate action steps to manage expenses and maximize income and make referrals to other services such as eviction relief, food scarcity and employment.
ASHEVILLE â Mountain BizWorks, with offices in Boone and Asheville, announced on Dec. 28 that it received a $250,000 Open for Business grant from Wells Fargo Foundation.
Mountain BizWorks is a U.S. Treasury certified nonprofit community development financial institution. The organization stated that the grant enables Mountain BizWorks to further its programs to help local businesses survive and rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the support will expand Mountain BizWorksâ Catalyst Program to assist entrepreneurs that might lack access to bank lending opportunities. Two Catalyst participants have already received funding from the grant: Sole82 and Safe Plus More.
Mountain BizWorks spokesperson Justin Thompson said funding from the grant is available to those within the agencyâs 26-county service footprint â including Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties.