Using surplus city-owned land, construction of the $42M, 110-unit senior rental community, celebrates its topping off event this week! The 5-story mid-rise closed on December 13th of last year and has risen steadily over its initial six months.
Fashion designer Gwendolyn Gleason is teaching Immokalee residents to sew. Each Tuesday afternoon, a group of women, some of whom have never sewed before, attend her class to develop their sewing skills. Many women use the skills to make or repair clothes for their families, while others already sew for friends and are seeking ways…
Code Enforcment, the Sheriff’s Office and Rural Neighborhoods recently participated in a clean-up in and around the Eden Park neighborhood in Immokalee. Code Enforcement placed dumpsters at Sanders Pines allowing people to dump unwanted items for free. By the end of the day, residents dumped more than 10 tons of garbage and debris. The Sheriff’s…
Cannery Row at Redland Crossing, our newest 112-unit senior rental community in Miami-Dade’s Naranja neighborhood, achieved 100% occupancy in less than 60 days as the final resident moved family pictures and furniture into their rental apartment in mid-March. Citibank and Miami-Dade County Surtax funded the mid-rise LIHTC rental community and marks Rural Neighborhoods’ first transportation-oriented…
NeighborWorks America’s Strategic Investment Fund helped support geographic expansion of Rural Neighborhood’s shared-housing model and that seed money is reaping dividends! Casa Amigos – a 96-bed, 28-unit rental community at Esperanza Place in Immokalee recently received a $5.15M commitment from Florida Housing Finance Corporation toward 2020 construction. Our shared-housing model enables unrelated adults to share…
The Handmade in Immokalee sewing class was the topic of a recent article by Naples Daily News reporter, Maria Perez. The sewing class started in November 2015 and is led by fashion designer, Gwendolyn Gleason. Each week, she works with students who are interested in learning to sew, whether for their own family, or to…
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…