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