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Pennrose & Longmont Housing Authority Celebrate Groundbreaking of Ascent at Hover Crossing

Source: Yield Pro The $39 million development is expected to begin welcoming residents in winter 2025. Pennrose, Longmont Housing Authority (LHA), and project partners celebrated the groundbreaking of Ascent at Hover Crossing, a brand-new 75-unit affordable housing community in Longmont, Colorado. The $39 million development is expected […]

Denver new construction offers a lesson in affordable housing financing

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Author: Ariel Cisneros Blending multiple streams of funding can bring an affordable housing project to fruition. In Denver, Mercy Housing built The Rose on Colfax, with 82 affordable housing units, a commercial childcare facility and wraparound services...during a pandemic […]

Say Boo to the Flu: Governor Polis Encourages All Coloradans to Get Vaccinated

Source: Colorado Governor Jared Polis DENVER - Today, Governor Polis visited Rose on Colfax Early Learning Center in Denver to receive his latest COVID-19 and flu vaccines from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s Mobile Public Health Clinic, and encouraged all Coloradans to […]

Leadership Vicksburg’s inside look is eye-opening experience

Source: The Vicksburg Post; Author: Blake Bell One of the cool things about working in the media is we often get an inside look at how things work. Whether it is government bodies, events, a new business opening up, or just an old building that is […]

Marin Voice: ‘Peoples of the Canal’ mural transforming section of San Rafael neighborhood

Source: Marin Independent Journal; Author: Rich Storek Elias Lopez prepares one of 14 mural panels for installation at 3301 Kerner Blvd. in San Rafael on Monday, June 28, 2021. The 53-foot long mural is a project by the Canal Arts Initiative. A new project is underway […]

Updated Plans Filed For Moonlite Center Redevelopment, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Moonlite Center condominiums street view, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack The formal application has been filed with a minor plan increase for 2610 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The update now aims to replace the existing Moonlite Center strip mall […]

What will happen to the Bay Area’s millions of square feet of closed mall space?

Source: Bay Area News Group; Author: Chase Hunter Transit-oriented development plans for Bayfair Center, a shopping mall at 15555 E. 14th St. in San Leandro, site concept. (Van Meter Williams Pollack) The death of the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro came last month with a sheet […]

El Cerrito Plaza TOD Received $39 Million in State Funding

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson El Cerrito Plaza TOD Parcel A South view with the courtyard, rendering by Pyatok The City of El Cerrito and project developer Related California have been awarded $39.1 million in state funding for the El Cerrito Plaza Transit-Oriented Development in Contra Costa County. The financing will allow the […]

Affordable Housing Wrapping Up in the Outer Mission, San Francisco

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Construction is wrapping up on a five-story affordable housing complex at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood. The project, named Islais Place, will soon bring over a hundred units alongside a health center and retail along the main thoroughfare. Bridge Housing is the project […]

Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years

Source: Marin Independent Journal Vivalon represents how one observation can flourish with committed staff and volunteers for a remarkable long-term impact. In the mid-1950s, Manny Charnow, a retired Realtor, pondered the problems of growing old in Marin. Charnow witnessed many older people visiting stores on Fourth […]

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