Spring is off to a great start here at NeighborWorks as one of our latest, innovative affordable homeownership opportunities, 542 Front Street has sold to Woonsocket’s lucky lottery winner, Rakema Williams! “I started my home search back in March of 2021,” Rakema shared. “I started working with Marie Useinoki at HomeSmart Real Estate, who provided… Read more ⇒
Meeting of the Minds: Campus/Community Partnerships Advancing Educational Outcomes & Nonprofit Missions
When the innovation of creative young minds melds with the promise of historic Rhode Island, the sky is the limit. This Fall, our team at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley benefitted from our ongoing collaboration with the Interior Architecture Department (INTAR) at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Working under the thoughtful guidance of professor… Read more ⇒
Blue Across RI Day of Service–Getting Pascoag Home for the Holidays
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s (BCBSRI) Blue Across Rhode Island annual September day of service got a little bit sweeter for Burrillville this year, as NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley was selected as a service site for the second time since 2018. Blue Cross, in their mission to aid essential nonprofit organizations across… Read more ⇒
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
There is no lack of community spirit in Pascoag, Rhode Island this spring, as NWBRV’s Mutual Self Help Housing Program is well underway with its third motivated group of new home owners. The inspired program, which was founded by the USDA in 1971, has built 52,000 homes nationwide. It offers low to modest income families… Read more ⇒
House for Sale – Woonsocket, RI
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House for Sale – 542 Front Street, Woonsocket
With spring right around the corner, NeighborWorks unveils its latest innovative affordable homeownership opportunity, 542 Front Street. Having spent the last decade vacant and boarded up, the newly rehabilitated two-unit Woonsocket property is currently in the final stages of a gut overhaul that began this past October. Equipped with new windows, roof, siding and appliances,… Read more ⇒
Meet the NWBRV Team – Paul Brais
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. The first in his family to graduate from college,… Read more ⇒
Fernwood Ribbon Cutting and Groundbreaking
On June 4th, a crowd of workers, donors, interns, new homeowners and their families gathered in the middle of George Eddy Drive in Pascoag, Rhode Island for a ribbon cutting and to celebrate an accomplishment much bigger than themselves. Over the past year, this group of eight families worked exceptionally hard at building a new… Read more ⇒
Building their way to Home Ownership
Sisters Catherine and Tatiana Colon are the newest additions to George Eddy Drive. The sisters, along with their husbands, Claudio and Hector, are making their dreams of homeownership a reality through the self-help housing program at NWBRV. The program helps families purchase a home by actually having them build their own homes. Their labor dramatically… Read more ⇒
Burrillville Well On its Way to 10% Affordable Housing Goal
On Friday, November 17th NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, the Town of Burrillville, and their funding partners officially cut the ribbon at Greenridge Commons signifying the opening of a new community of affordable rental homes in Pascoag. The idea for Greenridge Commons has been on the drawing board for over 15 years ago. In 2002 Joe Garlick,… Read more ⇒
