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 ⇒
Woonsocket Home Repair 2017 Success
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley is proud to announce the success of our second annual Woonsocket Home Repair Program. In partnership with Group Mission Trips, 375 Christian volunteers from across the country gathered their tools and set to work on roofs, exterior and interior painting, stair and deck repairs, wheelchair ramps, and more. In just one… Read more ⇒
Woonsocket Free Home Repair Program is BACK
NWBRV and the City of Woonsocket are once again partnering with the Group Mission Trips Workcamps program to bring a much needed resource to private home owners in Woonsocket, predominately into the Fairmount neighborhood during the week of July 24-28, 2017. The program provides home repairs at no cost to residents of the city, increasing property values… Read more ⇒
Knowledge is Buying Power
On a daily basis, I am afforded the opportunity to see customers enter the HomeOwnership Center excited to begin their journey of purchasing a home. NWBRV’s financial coaches work tirelessly to ensure that all customers are empowered in their purchase from creating a budget to post-purchase follow up. Read below to learn how Cynthia Senquiz and… Read more ⇒
Homeowners Cut the Ribbons on their New Homes
PASCOAG, RI, OCTOBER 31, 2016 – On Thursday, November 3rd at 10:30am on George Eddy Drive in Pascaog, RI, seven families will cut the ribbons on their new homes, making their dreams of homeownership a reality. These affordable homes were built through the US Department of Agriculture’s Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, and the generous support… Read more ⇒
“Halfway To Home—20 Ways We’re Making Affordable Housing a Reality”
“10 new AmeriCorps members have just been trained to assist economically disadvantaged households across the state of Rhode Island in accessing and maintaining safe affordable housing.” This autumn launched “Accessing Home”, a brand new initiative that will assist lower income individuals in finding and maintaining housing throughout Rhode Island. The program is a partnership between… Read more ⇒
