Tag: ONE Neighborhood Builders
Roundtable: Accessory dwelling units, revitalized historic buildings could boost R.I. housing
PROVIDENCE – As the affordable housing crisis raises alarms across the country, Rhode Island, known for its slow rates of new housing construction, can...
These Providence residents were asked how best to spend $1M in...
If you were given $1 million to improve the health and wellness of the people in your neighborhood, how would you spend it?
That question...
Former church in Cumberland officially acquired by One Neighborhood Builders for...
CUMBERLAND – A former church is now officially in the hands of One Neighborhood Builders, and the organization is currently in pre-development to convert...
Olneyville’s free internet narrows digital divide
During a pandemic Zoom meeting from home, Jennifer Hawkins had a revelation.
The CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders felt guilty for...
Who’s on the Board
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS
Top executive: Jennifer Hawkins, president and executive director
Year founded: 1988
Mission statement: ONE Neighborhood Builders has established itself as a community development leader...
Housing advocates pleased with legislative strides, but are they enough?
With this year’s legislative session over and the $14 billion fiscal 2024 budget settled, the state's top housing official and affordable housing advocates say...
Nonprofits ask for $28M from state budget for 160 apartments in...
EAST PROVIDENCE – A group of four nonprofits called the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently made requests to members of the General Assembly to set...
ONE Neighborhood Builders starts construction on East Providence development
EAST PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders recently broke ground for construction on a 16-unit affordable housing development on Bullocks Point Avenue called...
MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...
For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...
ONE Neighborhood Builders buys 3 acres in East Providence, plans mixed-income...
EAST PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders recently bought three neighboring vacant properties on Taunton Avenue in East Providence totaling 2.95 acres, with...