We’re so lucky at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley to have a staff of hardworking, committed team-players who work tirelessly at our mission of building affordable housing and enriching community life. In this series, you’ll get to know the people behind the work. Tell us about yourself. My name is Lucy Goulet. I have been a… Read more ⇒
Ivy Place Lottery Draws Joy and New Beginnings for Rhode Island Families
When the call for applicants opened in May 2024, we never anticipated such an overwhelming response: 383 applications for just 13 homes at Ivy Place, our mixed-use affordable housing development located at Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in East Providence. However, given Rhode Island’s pressing affordable housing crisis, such demand is no surprise. On November… Read more ⇒
Cozy Up at Millrace during 16th Annual Holiday Stroll
Our NWBRV calendar is full of events this holiday season, specifically designed to keep our amazing community engaged and energized! NWBRV’s Millrace Kitchen staff and members especially look forward to Saturday, December 7 at the Millrace Event Space during the annual Main Street Holiday Stroll and the city of Woonsocket’s Winter Wonderland! Organized and sponsored… Read more ⇒
Meet the 2024-2025 Accessing Home AmeriCorps Team
Accessing Home works to bring low to moderate-income families home through partnerships with affordable housing providers throughout Rhode Island. The Accessing Home initiative, launched in 2016, helps Rhode Island families acquire and maintain affordable, safe, and healthy housing. Through this initiative, NWBRV partners with community development organizations, public housing authorities, and other non-profits to equip… Read more ⇒
Millrace Apartment Lottery Now Open!
After almost a year of construction, we couldn’t be more excited to announce that a lottery process for the 70 rental unit Millrace District in the heart of downtown Woonsocket has opened this fall! If you’re in the market for a new, affordable housing opportunity, one of these beautiful, riverfront apartments–complete with new construction and… Read more ⇒
Fall Youth Programming Available NOW at Greenridge Commons
Join us at Greenridge Commons for our brand new Youth Program! Greenridge Commons, which was completed in 2017 and consists of 96 one, two and three bedroom apartments and townhouses in Pascoag village, is proud to offer a youth program this fall! We’re encouraging everyone to attend! This is a brand new space, where kids… Read more ⇒
ENROLL in SASH Today!
As fall quickly approaches, looking ahead to our Woonsocket residents’ mental and physical health couldn’t be of more pivotal importance in our minds! The holidays coupled with the colder months can often bring with it a plethora of health needs and concerns. ENTER–SASH! SASH–which stands for Support and Service at Home–is a completely free NeighborWorks… Read more ⇒
Community Health Fair, Saturday October 19
Storytellers and Musicians encourage RI Residents to complete their 2020 Census Wednesdays through April.
NWBRV Sits Down with Sure Track Award Winner Daishanay Francis!
We had the pleasure this month of touching base with one of our very own C3 Center students, Sure Track to College graduate, and NWBRV Sure Track Award Winner, Daishanay Francis! A Clark Atlanta University bound Woonsocket graduate, Daishanay took the time to give us the insight into what makes NWBRV’s Sure Track to College… Read more ⇒
Thank You and Happy Retirement to Irene Davis
“It’s not goodbye…it’s see you later,” this Labor Day weekend, as our team here at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley will bid a bittersweet adieu to one of our most long standing employees, Irene Davis. Moving to Woonsocket from South Carolina in 1959, Irene has been the beloved NWBRV Executive Assistant, receptionist and Director’s Assistant for… Read more ⇒
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 5
- Next Page »
