Everglades Village’s 120 acre residential campus in south Miami-Dade was blessed with a $100,000 recreational gift from the U.S. Soccer Foundation. The new Mini-Pitch Soccer Field, manufactured by MUSCO lighting, offers small soccer squards to play futbal in a unique hard court environment. Children and adolescnets have swamped the new innovative playfield since its opening!
The first five units at Hatchers Preserve are almost ready for Certificates of Occupancy with the remaining units following shortly thereafter. Hatchers Preserve is Rural Neighborhoods’ most recent rental affordable housing development in Immokalee and includes 18 single-family units. It was designed by architect Ted Hoffman who also did RCMA’s Charter School in Immokalee. A…
Last month, Rural LISC announced that Rural Neighborhoods was one of 18 community-based organizations serving rural communities in 16 states to receive funding under its arts and culture initiative. Generated from the Rural LISC Cohesive Economic Development Initiative, the grants support outstanding projects and programs that strive to improve residents’ engagement and pride in their…
Attendees at a new class are learning computer skills while also learning tools for managing money. The class, offered through Rural Neighborhoods and HELP, was initiated by several graduates of Rural Neighborhood’s Resident Leadership Academy who recognized a need for these skills. The graduates met with HELP and Rural Neighborhoods to arrange for the class…
Rural Neighborhoods received a $10,000 grant from Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church. Funds will revitalize playground equipment at our Esperanza Place and Casa Amigos apartments in Immokalee. These 71 apartments for agricultural workers are complemented by an adjacent Habitat home ownership community. More than a hundred children are expected to enjoy the recreational improvements supported by Trinity-by-the…
More than 80 guests and elected officials joined respected activist Steven Mainster to dedicate Rural Neighborhoods’ new 4,700 square foot after-school center at Everglades Village in June. The grand opening of the new Steven Mainster Learning Center marked our 2016 NeighborWorks Week celebration. The new building will host Centro Campesino-Farmworker Center’s YouthPride after-school program serving…
May 18, 2016 article from Naples Daily News, written by Maria Perez. Like many areas of Collier County, residential development is slowly picking up in Immokalee, where developers are building new homes for low-income renters and for buyers willing to pay $179,900 or more. Nonprofit Rural Neighborhoods expects to finish construction of 18 single-family homes…