The 30 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) volunteers who joined us at Fernwood on September 12th were nothing short of incredible. Over the course of a single day, they primed an entire home and added the first coats of paint, fully insulated a second, and completed most of the sheetrock in… Read more ⇒
NWBRV Breaks Ground on 146 Sayles Street
On Tuesday, May 6, in partnership with federal, state, and local officials, we broke ground for an innovative affordable housing development designed to support our frontline childcare and education workforce at 146 Sayles Street in Woonsocket! This heartwarming project transforms the apartment above a DHS-certified childcare center into housing for essential educators and public service… 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 ⇒
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 ⇒
Free Home Repair Program Brings Relief to Woonsocket Residents
This July, Group Mission Trips sent Christian volunteers over the week of the 15th to flood the City on a mission to repair 17 homes across Woonsocket. Senior citizens, veterans, disabled and lower-income Woonsocket homeowners received a week of no strings attached home repairs through our Woonsocket Free Home Repair Program–everything from exterior and interior… Read more ⇒
Ivy Place HomeOwnership Opportunity Lottery Application
Ivy Place is a mixed-use, affordable home ownership development located on Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in East Providence. The 13-unit development includes four 2-bedroom live/work homes with first floor commercial space facing Taunton Avenue and nine 3-bedroom townhouse style homes, one of which is ADA accessible with an elevette. The property is deed-restricted affordable… Read more ⇒
IVY PLACE – Coming FALL 2024
On September 6, 2022, in partnership with federal, state, and local officials, we broke ground for a new, mixed-use, affordable workforce housing development located on Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in East Providence, called Ivy Place. The 13 units–nine of which face Ivy Place, while the remaining four line Taunton Avenue–are a mixture of residential… Read more ⇒
2024 Free Home Repair Program Accepting Applications Now!
Woonsocket residents are no strangers to mass community efforts to revitalize and rehabilitate their amazing city. Our team here at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley is beyond excited to help facilitate an incredible opportunity for Woonsocket homeowners this coming Summer–one that we promise, is as good as it sounds. This July, Group Cares will send over… Read more ⇒
NeighborWorks breaks ground on Millrace – a new mixed-use, affordable housing development in Woonsocket
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOONSOCKET, RI, January 3, 2024 – NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, together with federal, state, and local officials as well as funding and community partners, broke ground today on Millrace, a substantial rehabilitation of three historic mill buildings into affordable homes and 23,000 square feet of commercial/community space in the heart of downtown… Read more ⇒
RESCHEDULED: 1/3/24 @ 11AM – Elected Officials and Partners to Celebrate the Groundbreaking of Millrace
MEDIA ADVISORY AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WOONSOCKET, RI – US Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, US Congressman Gabe Amo, Governor McKee, and Woonsocket Mayor Beauchamp will join NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley (NWBRV) and funding and community partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of Millrace, a substantial rehabilitation of three historic mill buildings into 70 affordable homes… Read more ⇒
