Posted on: December 31, 2024
Source: NAHRO
AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans.
Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing – AVi at Olde Town
The youth and veterans receive Project Based Vouchers from Foothills Regional Housing to ensure affordability and services from CASA of Jefferson/Gilpin Counties and the VA to support stability. FRH also provides an on-site Service Coordinator to support the health and stability of all residents. AVi is an innovative project featuring high-quality finishes and a range of amenities including a job training center, meeting spaces, rooftop patios, and a fitness center.
Nominated for Excellence in Resident and Client Services – AVi at Olde Town
AVi at Olde Town features an innovative partnership between CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties (CASA), the VA, and Foothills Regional Housing (FRH). Each organization runs a separate service program, but they interconnect to form a robust service platform for all residents at AVi that serves to improve the health and overall stability of residents.
2024 NAHRO Awards Program
“More than 30 years ago, NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) created the Awards of Merit program to honor member agencies’ successes and amplify the innovative ways in which they’ve improved their agencies, their communities, and the lives of the people they serve. Over these past two decades, we’ve recognized nearly 6,000 affordable housing and community development programs of all types — communications initiatives, sustainable energy use, budget and financial awareness education, health and wellness programs, supportive housing projects, veterans’ housing, apprenticeship training, and so much more. Awards of Merit-winning programs also become eligible to compete for Awards of Excellence.
The yearly Awards of Merit Catalog is much more than a list of winning initiatives – it’s a compendium of some of the best work being done by housers and community builders nationwide. All the winning programs are also available in our searchable online best practices database.
NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards of Merit Catalog
Source: NAHRO
More about the project: AVi at Olde Town
Housing and Job Training for Aging Out Foster Teens
AVi at Olde Town, formerly Allison Village, is an existing 37-unit apartment community constructed in 1980, sitting on a parcel of approximately 2 acres at 5352 Allison Street, Arvada. The site is a half-mile from the Olde Town Arvada commuter rail station and the walkable amenities of Olde Town Arvada. The new development will increase density with 100 new dwelling units featuring a mixture of walkups and private entry through the building’s lobby and two-story common space, 30 units are reserved for aged-out foster youth, and 9 units for homeless veterans. 5% of AVi apartments are designed as mobility units to accommodate tenants with physical challenges.
Support services will be provided through an onsite job training center in partnership with Child Advocates Denver CASA who will work directly with residents to provide a safe and nurturing environment where residents can thrive emotionally, mentally, and physically in a new permanent home. The on-site support organization specializing in veterans services at AVi will be Veterans Affairs.
Development Team: Foothills Regional Housing, Urban Ventures, Child Advocates-Denver CASA, Van Meter Williams Pollack, Milender White
VMWP Team: Brett Jacques, Omar Rodriguez, Elizabeth Murphy, Derek Westby, Mariana Lueck
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