2008-10-09

An article on the front page of the North Shore version of the Times Picayune features the zoning change for The Groves at Mile Branch Creek.

At the October 7th, 2008 meeting of the St. Tammany Parish Zoning Commission a resolution was passed to accept the change of zoning for The Groves at Mile Branch Creek property.

To read more about this hearing click on the link below to view the entire article.

Associated Files for Download:
TP Article - Panel backs workforce housing 10-9-08.pdf

2008-05-28

RNDC received a $1 million grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation and is featured in a Times Picayune article about GNOF’s grants.

RNDC received a grant of $1 million through the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Community Revitalization Fund. This grant is to renovate Chateau Carre, develop 1770 Tchoupitoulas St. and build single family homes in Gentilly.

You can read more about this grant and the other grant recipients by clicking on the list below to read the full article from the Times Picayune.

The Community Revitalization Fund and the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) was created and is supported by leading local and national foundations concerned with the future of New Orleans. The Fund seeks to invest in three key areas: housing production, strengthening the affordable housing sector as a whole (including public policy and human capital), and the promotion of smart growth development principles. GNOF’s CR Program supports housing and community revitalization activities that will create – or area a component of – a working system that generates equitable housing and community development at scale in the City of New Orleans.

Associated Files for Download:
Times Picayune Article about GNOF 5-28-08.pdf

2008-05-08

A student prepared development proposal for 1770 Tchoupitoulas takes second place in the JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition and is featured in an article in the Times Picayune.

RNDC partnered with a team of students from Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and Parsons The New School for Design in the Spring of 2008. The New School team created a development proposal for the redevelopment of 1770 Tchoupitoulas St. which was the second place winner of the 2008 JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition.

The Times Picayune published an article about the competition and its winners. This article can be found by clicking the link below.

The competition gives a team of students an opportunity to partner with a New Orleans nonprofit organization to develop a real estate project that is feasible, sustainable, and helps to build and strengthen the local community.

The 2008 JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition took place in New Orleans after 14 years in New York City. Chase worked with Enterprise and the city’s Office of Recovery and Development Administration to create a rewarding experience for college and graduate students. The competition also sought to help build momentum for the city’s redevelopment, challenging students to create a real estate development proposal for one of the city’s 17 targeted recovery zones. Enterprise managed and coordinated the competition.

For more information about the JPMorgan Chase Community Development Competition  in New Orleans please visit this website:

http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/local%5Fwork/gulf_coast/chase_competition.asp

The New School's proposal for 1770 Tchoupitoulas can be downloaded by clicking the link below.

Associated Files for Download:
Times Picayune Article about Chase Competition 5-8-08 Color.pdf
2008 New School and RNDC Proposal.pdf

2008-03-14

The Terraces groundbreaking featured on two channels in the evening news.

The ground breaking for The Terraces was held March 14, 2008. The Terraces on Tulane is a Volunteers of America National led development containing 200 units of housing for senior citizens.

In attendance at the ceremony were former residents of Forrest Towers East, representatives from the investor JPMorgan Chase, the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency as well as:

Jackie Clarkson, Councilwoman at Large

Ed Blakley, Director, Office of Recovery and Development Administration

Chuck Gould, CEO Volunteers of America Inc.

Jim LeBlanc, CEO Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans

2007-01-12

The Major League Baseball Players Association: Players Trust provides a $1M grant to RNDC’s initiatives through Volunteers of America.

In January of 2007 several players from teams in the Major League Baseball Association came to New Orleans and announced that the Players Trust was making a grant of $1 million to Volunteers of America to develop rental housing in the Greater New Orleans Area.

The Trust and Volunteers of America have been partners on a variety of initiatives for several years.

To read the Major League Baseball Players Trust’s press release about this grant click the link below.

Associated Files for Download:
MLB Trust The Terraces Jan. 07.pdf