Choice Neighborhood Initiative Planning Grant FY 2010
Choice Neighborhood InitiativePlanning Grant FY 2010
• A HUD grant that transforms distressed neighborhoods and public and assisted housing into viable and sustainable mixed-income neighborhoods by linking housing improvements with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation, and access to jobs.
What is It?
• New Obama Administration initiative– Place-based
• Successor to HOPE VI– Just public housing– Neighborhood integration– No planning in isolation– Not just public housing
eligible
A New Initiative
• Planning Grants– $250,000 - $300,000
• Implementation Grants– Up to $30 million
Types of Grants
Comprehensive grant application required
• Providence Housing Authority
• Olneyville Housing Corporation
• Local Initiative Support Corporation
• Department of Planning and Urban Development
Four Partners (Principals’ Committee)
• Housing
• People
• Neighborhood
Transformation Focus. . . . .
• Housing: “transform distressed assisted housing into energy efficient, mixed-income housing that is physically and financially viable over the long-term”
• People : support positive outcomes for families with improved:
• Health• Safety• Employment• Education
• Neighborhood : transform Olneyville neighborhood into viable, mixed-income neighborhood with access to:
• High-performing schools
• Public assets• Public
transportation• Access to jobs
Focus
Valley Street: Earlier Efforts
Relocation of United Way
Olneyville Square
Olney Towers
Olneyville Square Area
Older Housing Stock
Old Mills
Choice Neighborhood OverviewPurpose: to unify and align local communityplanning such as local governments, non-profitsand for-profit developers with the goal of creatinga unified “Olneyville Neighborhood TransformationPlan”
Manton Heights
Manton Masterplan
Choice Neighborhood Overview• $250,000 planning grant
• Funds expended by September 30, 2016
• One resident meeting required
• Two public hearings required
Coordinated Efforts
Coordinated partnership efforts should result in the investment of resources into:
Development assets that allowresidents to attain the skills neededto be successful in all aspects of life
educational institutions early learning centers health resources
Coordinated Efforts continued...• Commercial assets that are associated with
production, employment, transactions,and sales
labor force retail establishments
• Recreational assets that create value in aneighborhood beyond work and education
parks & open spaces arts organizations restaurantsmovie theatres athletics
• Physical assets that are associated with thebuilt environment and physical infrastructure
housing & commercial buildings roads & sidewalks bike paths
• Social assets that establish well-functioningsocial interactions
public safety & community engagement
Coordinated Efforts continued
218-222 Manton Avenue
69-73 Aleppo
17-19 Pelham Street
69 Aleppo Building 1
Olneyville
High Foreclosure Rates
Riverside Mills
Church Closed
Abandoned Industry
Planned Supportive ServicesFamily Success Center
• Service Coordinators• Adult Ed. & Job Training• FSS Program• Financial Literacy Program
Resident Business Development• Micro-Loan Program• Urban Agriculture
Youth Development• Youth Safe Haven• Night Vision• Youth Police Initiative• College Visions
• Transform distressed housing and link to adjoining neighborhood.
• Investing in quality schools & education programs
• Improving access to jobs• Improving public transportation• Improving/expanding supportive
services• Improve access to health care
services
Elements of Transformation