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ORLANDO
HOUSING AUTHORITY |
Vivian Bryant, Esq. Executive Director
Summer 2008 |
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Carver Park
An Orlando Housing Authority HOPE VI Community
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The Housing Authority of the City of Orlando, Florida (OHA) was awarded an
$18, 084, 255 2002 HOPE VI Revitalization Grant from the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop a
mixed-income community on the site where the Carver Court public housing
complex used to sit. The site contains almost eighteen (18) acres and is
located at the corner of Westmoreland Drive and Gore Street , directly
west of downtown Orlando. The success of the HOPE VI development depends
upon the support and commitments from other entities such as the
City of Orlando, the Orange County Housing Finance Agency, the YMCA,
Metropolitan Orlando Urban League and many other local service providers.
The HOPE VI funds are combined with other public funds including resources
from the City of Orlando and private money to revitalize the community.
This redevelopment project will leverage at least $60 million.
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Carver Park HOPE VI |
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The HOPE VI funds provide a variety of services through the Community and
Supportive Services programs (CSS) to the former Carver Court residents
and other eligible program participants. They will have a preference to
return to the site as homeowners if they have completed their action plans
or as renters if they do not have sufficient income to become homeowners.
Background
The
former Carver Court public housing site was one of the oldest Orlando
Housing Authority sites. Built in 1945 in the
Parramore Heritage District, an historically African-American community,
its two hundred twelve (212) units were built on a former landfill. After
almost sixty years (60) of the ground settling, some of the buildings had
serious structural problems. The remaining one hundred and forty-eight
(148) families who lived on-site were relocated in 2001. The buildings
were demolished in 2002.
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The
Revitalization Plan
Previous Carver
Court
residents and stakeholders in the surrounding area voted to change the
name of the site to Carver Park. Carver Court residents participated
in planning the new community. They said they wanted the site to
have a lake. The new Carver Park Development features a three (3)
acre lake serving the dual purpose of being a water feature and a
retention area. Along with new roads and infrastructure, two hundred
and three (203) housing units will be a mixed-income community of both
home-ownership and rental units. The housing units include a
sixty-four (64) unit multifamily elderly-only public housing complex,
attached townhouses with garages, single family detached homes, duplexes,
quadplexes and rowhouses. The site will be an active, vital community
built with the traditional city design concepts of New Urbanism.
A Neighborhood Network Center (NNC) will be built on the corner of Woods
Avenue and Conley Street. The NNC will house a computer lab, a
tutoring/study room and multi-purpose activity rooms. This
center will offer educational, cultural and social programs for the new
residents on the Carver Park site and other OHA residents in
addition to the general public. The site will be built-out by the end of
2010.
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