Price Hill place matters Year 1 Projects – June 2008
The following report is a summary of the programs and projects of Santa Maria Community Services and Price Hill Will, the place matters Price Hill lead organizations, and their many partners in the areas of Housing, Economic Development, Community Organizing, and Family. Many are a result of the 10 strategies outlined in Price Hill’s place matters plan. Others are related or have been a result of the place matters process of building partnerships and leveraging resources. It is intended to be a more qualitative supplement to the quantitative survey report generated by the Community Building Institute. The table at the back of this report summarizes all of these projects by the broad Neighborhood Outcomes.
While year one of the place matters initiative has been a learning process for all those involved (residents, community based organizations, investors, etc.), Price Hill has experienced significant progress as a result of the concentrated focus and investment. The lessons learned for the first 11 months, will be critical to making adjustments for year two strategies and outcomes. We continue to be very enthusiastic about the initiative, and we look forward to building on this foundation.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Buy-Improve-Sell (BIS)-Price Hill Will’s Buy-Improve-Sell program has been very successful this year. We have expanded the program through the culmination of the Cedar Grove Project, OHFA’s Housing Development Assistance Program, and especially through the HUD Good Neighbor Program. We have purchased 15 homes, sold 4 homes and have 2 other under contract. Through this program PHW rehabilitates these properties to change the negative impression of the housing stock in Price Hill. While the homes range in the amount of rehab needed, our goal is to give the homebuyer a structurally sound home, make it aesthetically pleasing, and raise the values of the housing market throughout Price Hill. We are very pleased with the diverse group of owners who have purchased our properties. All of our homeowners are first time homebuyers who have decided to purchase within the city. Price Hill Will has earned a strong reputation of taking on the most dilapidated properties, making sure the homes are completed to an excellent standard, and we taking pride in every home we sell.
Partners-City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, Private Donors, LISC, CDC Association, Volunteer groups: Elder High School, Seton High School, St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati Christian University
Lessons Learned-The process of renovating multiple homes has taught us several lessons. Price Hill Will takes comments from people that have gone through our properties with the intention to purchase and uses that information for future projects.
Price Hill Will has revisited our procedures for getting preliminary construction numbers. We found that many preliminary bids were significantly lower than actual construction costs. This led to an unexpected higher final gap after the renovations were complete. We have fixed this by using the contractors with the more accurate preliminary numbers to provide predevelopment costs.
The CDC Association helped Price Hill Will to drastically cut the lead cost per project. Through a round table discussion with the City of Cincinnati, we are now able to use Lead Safe Practices rather than Lead Abatement Practices for renovation projects under $25,000.00 in lead work.
BIS Cedar Grove-The Cedar Grove Project allows us to purchase homes in West Price Hill. This is a City funded program that is broken down into two phases. In Phase I, Price Hill Will was able to rehab and sell 3 properties this fiscal year. We have finished and sold a total of 5 homes in this Phase. Phase II of the Cedar Grove Project is currently in progress. At this time Price Hill Will has 3 homes purchased that are currently at the mid point of renovation. We are currently looking to purchase more properties to rehab in this Phase.
Partners-LISC, City of Cincinnati
Resources Leveraged-City of Cincinnati $600,000, LISC Loan $300,000
BIS HUD Good Neighbor Program-The Good Neighbor Program allows Price Hill Will to purchase homes through the City of Cincinnati for $1.00. In this program we watch the HUD home listings and track properties that have been on the market for an extended period of time. After a certain amount of days on the market, HUD allows these properties to be sold to municipalities for $1.00. Price Hill Will then asks a representative from the City of Cincinnati to purchase a property. If the city is able to acquire this property, we then will purchase this from the City for $1.00. Price Hill Will has purchased five homes in this program this year. Four of those homes are presently under construction, with two of those homes under contract to be sold.
Partners-City of Cincinnati, LISC
BIS HDAP Program -The Housing Development Assistance Program (HDAP) is a program set up by the Ohio Housing Financing Agency. Similar to the Cedar Grove Project, it allows us to purchase problem properties, rehab those properties, and sell these homes at market rate. We currently own two properties in this program. Construction is set to start in late June and be finished by late September.
Partners-Ohio Housing Finance Agency, LISC
Resources Leveraged- OHFA $500,000.00, 2nd LISC Loan $300,000
BIS Receivership
As part of the receivership program, Price Hill Will sues, with the assistance of Legal Aid, property owners who are not maintaining their properties resulting in nuisances that contribute to the blight in Price Hill. If the property is declared a nuisance by the courts, PHW is appointed the receiver and charged with abating the problems. During the last year Price Hill has completed the rehabilitation of a home on Wilsonia Avenue and sold it to new homeowner occupants.
Partners-City of Cincinnati, Legal Aid
Resources Leveraged: City of Cincinnati-$25,000.00
New Homes in Lower Price Hill-The Homes at Hillside Place, five single family homes in Lower Price Hill, were set in place this spring and are currently on the market for $89,650. The homes have three bedrooms and one and a half baths, off-street parking & full basements and a 15-year tax abatement is available. Santa Maria Community Services supports the development by connecting potential buyers with home ownership classes and will, through its Lower Price Hill Owner Occupied Housing Development Fund, provide soft second mortgages to qualified LPH residents.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services (Lower Price Hill Owner Occupied Housing Development Fund), The Model Group, City of Cincinnati, Legal Aid, Price Hill Will
Resources Leveraged-$75,000 available for $15,000 soft second mortgages to each qualified Lower Price Hill resident who purchases one of the five houses as well as in-kind support from Legal Aid and Price Hill Will.
Façade Program-Price Hill Will helps homeowners provide renovation projects to their properties. Through private donations and volunteer’s time, we were able to clear a property of excess debris, overhaul a front porch, paint the exterior of the property, install lattice under the porch, and provide a new storm door for this property. This allowed us to provide a less intensive rehab project to a property, and it served a valuable purpose in improving the community.
Partners-Private Donor
Resources Leveraged-$4,525.00
Tracking Problem Properties-PHW has worked closely with the residents and the community councils in Price Hill – particularly EPHIA – to turn up the heat on problem properties. We act as a call center for neighbors that have a house or empty lot on their block that is a hazard or an eyesore and assist them in resolving the problem through the City and sometimes through direct intervention with the property owners. We also write letters, attend meetings and testify at hearings on behalf of the community when a problem property requires more intense action. We also shepherd Housing Court cases in and out of the courtroom. We are considered to be a strong ally of the Building Department and the Prosecutors Office.
Partners-EPHIA, Legal Aid, The Lower Price Hill Community Council, BLOC Ministries
HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER
Building Blocks Micro-Grant Program-Using the “Flipping Fund” money (dollars that came from a lawsuit against illicit property flippers) the HRC has created a micro-grant program called Building Blocks. The program will encourage groups on one or more city blocks in Price Hill to band together to create and execute a project that will enhance the physical quality of life for those blocks. The HRC worked with Steve Driehaus and the Community Building Institute to create this program. The program is less than a week old, but through our Block Club Summit we have already created a buzz. We are working with an intern from the College of Mt. St. Joseph to spread the word and assist emerging leaders to come up with projects.
Resources Leveraged-$80,000 in “Flipping Fund” money
Partners-Community Building Institute, College of Mt. St. Joseph
Home Improvement Micro-Grant Program-The HRC has applied for a $100,000 grant fund to be made available to Price Hill residents for repairs and improvements to their homes. In all of the community-wide meetings to create the Place Matters program for Price Hill, the one housing concern that was repeated most often was a request for grant money to make exterior repairs for owners that make too much money to get assistance but too little money to afford a conventional loan. This program is designed to bridge that gap.
Resources Leveraged-$100,000 private foundation (pending).
Partners-private foundation.
Price Hill Pro Realtor Training-With one of the major goals of the HRC being to boost home sales and sale prices in Price Hill, the Price Hill Pro realtor training program was created to educate realtors on all of the hidden selling points of the neighborhood. We have held one session and will be having another in June. Realtors that complete this program become Price Hill Pros and get special perks to help them to sell Price Hill listings. At these sessions we bring in representatives from the Art CAT, the Enright Ridge Urban Eco Village, the Price Hill Historical Society and the Business and Economic Development CAT to highlight the assets of our community. We have worked with the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors to advertise the program. The Board of Realtors has certified the program for three hours of continuing education credit for the realtors. This has become a very effective and very inexpensive way of enhancing the marketing of the Price Hill real estate market. Realtors have been lining up to get in.
Partners-Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors, Enright Ridge Urban Eco Village, The Price Hill Historical Society
Lessons Learned-One hope that we had with this program was to get realtors to start using the HRC office on a regular basis, but that hasn’t happened. Until we get a larger in-person clientele, they are more likely to use the program for the continuing ed. credits and to help boost their profile in the neighborhood. While this is less than we had hoped for, it still accomplishes the goal of raising the profile of our real estate market.
Welcome to Price Hill Packets-Welcome to Price Hill packets were created for owner-occupants that move to Price Hill. The packets contain coupons from many local businesses, information on houses of worship, ecological shopping and education options, social services, important phone numbers and a lot more. We worked with the West Price Hill Merchants Association and independent business owners, the PHW Eco-Neighborhoods CAT and the Church CAT to put this together. We also had a great deal of help from our Xavier intern to compile the contents.
Partners-The West Price Hill Merchants Association, Xavier University
Lessons Learned-What we have learned from this program is the anonymity of new buyers. So far we have only given out one packet, but we are working with our Pro realtors to expand our reach.
Foreclosure Prevention-The HRC works closely with the organizations in Cincinnati that are doing foreclosure prevention counseling. Through our monthly meetings with the Santa Maria Housing Partners we are connected with Working In Neighborhoods, the Homeownership Center, Housing Opportunities Made Equal and the Legal Aid Society. We also connect with a much larger group, the Hamilton County Homeowner Preservation Initiative, which gathers every interested party throughout the county to discuss best practices for preventing foreclosure. Through these meetings we are well positioned to guide homeowners to helpful counseling. Working In Neighborhoods uses the HRC offices to do intake for Price Hill homeowners so that they don’t have to go out of their way. Bill Hanks at HOME has worked closely with the HRC to meet with a pair of local lenders (Franklin Savings and Warsaw Federal) to create special restructuring opportunities for Price Hill homeowners in danger of foreclosure. According to WIN’s 2007 Report, the number of foreclosures in Price Hill decreased from 327 in 2006 to 300 in 2007 representing an 8.3% decrease. While very promising, East and West Price Hill remain among the top three neighborhoods in Cincinnati.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services, The Legal Aid Society, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Working In Neighborhoods, The Homeownership Center, Franklin Savings, Warsaw Federal Savings and Loan
Lessons Learned-The most difficult aspect of foreclosure prevention is getting people to call before it is too late. We have had some luck with this through occasional articles in the Price Hill Press.
Classes and Seminars-The HRC has partnered with three organizations to hold classes in Price Hill to help stimulate homeownership and to assist existing owners. First-time homebuyer training is critical to not only expanding the base of potential buyers, but to also make sure that our buyers are well positioned for the long haul. To the end, Working In Neighborhoods is holding these classes quarterly in Price Hill at the HRC conference room. They had capacity attendance – their largest group ever - at their first session, with the next one coming up in July. We have also partnered with the Home Depot to hold home repair classes at our offices. We are always working with Santa Maria to provide services to the rental population of the neighborhood. They have been working with the help of Legal Aid to put on training sessions at the HRC for tenants and best practices roundtables for landlords. These gatherings have been a big success and are in great demand. They even impressed a “spy” - a landlord that sat in on the tenant session to see what they were saying. We are now working with landlords to see if they’ll offer discounts to renters who go through the class. We have also recently held the 4th annual Price Hill Home and Garden Fair. We have tables and demonstrations from fifteen different organizations to teach residents how to upgrade their homes. This year’s theme was gardening and landscaping.
Partners-Working In Neighborhoods, Home Depot, Santa Maria Community Services, People Working Cooperatively, The Homeownership Center, The Legal Aid Society, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Warsaw Federal, WesBanco, Imago Earth Center, Building Value, The Price Hill Historical Society, The Covedale Garden District, The City of Cincinnati Buildings and Inspections Division, Firehouse Mulch
Lessons Learned-The classes that are not well attended are probably thin because the people that are interested in fixing up their homes are busy fixing up their homes instead of coming to the class. We are still working out methods of boosting attendance and getting more creative every year.
Department of Housing and Urban Development-HUD offers several under-utilized programs that could be a big help to the neighborhood. We have partnered with the Director of the local HUD office to get the word out on these programs to assist in the creation and retention of owner-occupied housing. We will be holding a session in June to alert police, fire, emergency medical technicians and teachers to the opportunity to buy houses at a 50% discount to stimulate owner occupancy. We are also promoting very favorable rates FHA loans designed to increase homeownership.
PHW recently became the first and only Cincinnati neighborhood to become eligible for HUD’s Affordable Housing Program, which allows us to purchase FHA foreclosed homes at a discount for redevelopment. This will allow us to move quickly to buy properties that are critical to neighborhood development while not overpaying to get these homes.
Partners-HUD, City of Cincinnati Department of Community Development, The Cincinnati Police Division, The Cincinnati Fire Division
Price Hill Housing Partners-The HRC and Santa Maria staff meet every Tuesday morning to discuss issues and strategies for any and all housing issues in the Price Hills. We work to create classes, programs, bi-lingual services, renter assistance, interventions with landlords and other property owners, code enforcement and many other topics. Are largest effort has been a program to assist needy homeowners that were cited by the City in the 2007 concentrated code enforcement sweep. We have identified several homeowners and are working to rectify the code violations while keeping them in the house and out of legal trouble. We have used many volunteers applied for grants from a few organizations. One has been accepted and the others are still pending. Price Hill has also been accepted as one of two recipients for next year’s Paint The Town program, a one day, all out painting blitz done annually by Give Back Cincinnati.
Partners-The City of Cincinnati Buildings and Inspections Division, People Working Cooperatively, Elder, Seton and St. Xavier High Schools, Leadership Cincinnati, the Home Depot, Cincinnati Christian University.
Resources Leveraged- Thomas J. Emery Memorial $5000, In kind donations from Home Depot and Cincinnati Color Company.
Working With Tenants and Landlords
TENANT & LANDLORD WORK
Direct Intervention-The Affordable Housing Advocates of Santa Maria received several referrals from staff working with families and children about tenants who all lived in properties owned by the same individual. Some of the tenants were facing eviction, and when the organizers contacted Legal Aid, it was discovered that they also had several clients experiencing problems with the same landlord. The Housing Organizers conducted interviews with tenants living in these buildings as well as neighbors living close to the buildings. Based on the information obtained in these interviews, numerous concerned partners met with the landlord at the SMCS offices. This meeting resulted in some recommendations, primarily a commitment by Santa Maria to organize a Landlord Forum to assist landlords with knowledge and tools to improve life for both tenants and landlords. Santa Maria has also begun offering Tenant Education monthly to help renters become better tenants.
One of the problem properties was subsequently the target of a concentrated raid by the police and various city departments. Several arrests were made in addition to the issuance of orders from the Building Department. Price Hill Will and Santa Maria were asked to attend the raid which allowed media exposure thus sending a message to other nuisance property owners in the community.
Partners – Price Hill Will, City of Cincinnati Building Department, City of Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati Police Department, Legal Aid, Price Hill Will, BLOC Ministries
Lessons Learned – It is important to bring all the invested parties together to advocate for tenants who fear reprisal from landlords. We also made a commitment to provide education and information for landlords.
Tenant Education – Santa Maria began to offer Tenant Education in 2008 in order to help clients retain affordable housing. We offer an Education Day once each month on Saturday. The Course covers such things as budgeting, tenant landlord law, communication with landlord and neighbors, and choosing affordable housing. The response has been so good that we had to move the location to Price Hill Will when the group got too large for our building.
Partners – Legal Aid, Price Hill Will
Lessons Learned – Education and information is also a need for landlords and we have now instituted a Landlord Forum.
Landlord Forum – Santa Maria held its first Landlord Forum this year after requests from landlords for education and a place to share with other landlords. At the first forum Legal Aid presented information about Ohio Landlord/Tenant Law and HOME presented information about appropriate screening of tenants. The landlords expressed interest in meeting quarterly. The forums will be held at Price Hill Will.
Partners – Legal Aid, HOME, Price Hill Will
Lessons Learned – Both tenants and landlords are interested in creating win-win situations.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Development Action Plan-Price Hill was one of 3 neighborhoods in the city of Cincinnati to participate in the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC) Commercial District Revitalization Initiative. Through their support, Price Hill Will was given the technical assistance needed to outline a clear role for the CDC to play in business/economic development. Elements of the plan include capacity building through strategic partnerships, indirect site control strategies, and business retention/recruitment.
Goodies Barbecue Restaurant- As a result of development planning, PHW has positioned itself as a credible manager of business district development. Businesses are beginning to contact the organization to identify sites for start up or expansion. The first business to be successfully recruited to the Cedar Grove target area is Goodies Barbecue Restaurant. The business is in the predevelopment stage of building renovation. PHW is playing a vital role in this development by assisting the business with a recoverable grant from LISC through the Place Matters Initiative and applying for an Office of Community Services Federal grant. An investment such as this simply would not have happened in the current market (or perception of market rather) without this type of support.
Public Parking Lot-PHW and the community jointly advocated for the city to secure funds needed to develop a vacant parcel of land adjacent to the proposed Goodies Barbecue Restaurant for public parking. This has opened up more doors for PHW as the process has built relationships and trust on both the community and city level around the CDC’s potential to galvanize projects in the commercial corridor. PHW will act as the developer of the parking lot increasing its real estate development experience and capacity.
Resources Leveraged-$150,000 parking lot development, $ 1.2M Goodies development (includes a pending grant of $500,000 in Office of Community Services)
Partners-LISC/Commercial District Revitalization Initiative, City of Cincinnati, Goodies Barbecue Restaurant, Price Hill Civic Club, West Price Hill Merchants Association
Lessons Learned-Communication among numerous, yet central stakeholders, is challenging when managing commercial projects. Navigating through this first project has illustrated the value of good working relationships and how they keep up the momentum of a project despite communication challenges. However, the ability to identify and anticipate communication shortfalls is the more salient lesson and is at the forefront of project management.
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Predevelopment-As a result of target area planning and the Goodies Barbecue development, PHW has earned the trust of the city of Cincinnati’s Department of Development to manage TIF District planning in the Glenway Ave business district. TIF 13 runs from Guerley to Shirley Ave and is approximately 1 mile west of the Cedar Grove business district.
The CDC is charged with subcontracting predevelopment activities (market & feasibility study, schematic master development plan, and target property analysis) to a private developer. PHW is responsible for managing information gathering activities, reporting, and accounting.
Resources Leveraged-$1.25M in CDBG and TIF funds (which includes administration fees)
Partners-City of Cincinnati, Private developer (TBD—PHW is beginning the RFQ process), Price Hill Civic Club, West Price Hill Merchants Association
Price Hill Employment Network (PHEN)-Organizations in Price Hill and Greater Cincinnati have formed a collaborative network to assist Lower, East, West Price Hill residents with job readiness, job search, retention/advancement and career advancement both in and out of Price Hill. Each organization has committed to focusing on purpose of collaborative (assist residents with job acquisition and advancement) rather than just solely their own organization’s goals and objectives. This is not to say that the strategic alliance ignores an organization’s need to participate in activities that meet their vision, mission, and goals, but that one organization’s needs is not to usurp the purpose of the collaborative. Additionally, each member is an equal partner working as such and not as competitors. Members have been actively engaged in planning and execution and have worked toward a non-bureaucratic, seamless delivery of services across the various organizations.
Much of the first year was devoted to developing a structure by which the organizations could effective cooperate as well as creating a reporting system by which results could be tracked and measured. PHEN has conducted outreach and market efforts for job seekers and also other potential partners currently providing services for Price Hill residents. PHEN also held a information session for its own members’ employees so clients could be more effectively cross-referred.
Partners-Price Hill Will, Santa Maria Community Services, Cincinnati Works, Jobs for Cincinnati Grads, Urban Appalachian Council, Lower Price Hill Community School, Tech Reach (Seton and Elder), Family Services, The Women’s Connection
Lessons Learned-One of the most challenging aspects of the Collaborative has been creating a reporting system that is non-duplicative and accurately reflects the various services offered by the members. Also, since a new entity with staff was not created to screen and assess potential clients, marketing consists of listing all organizations, their contact information and their various services assuming that clients will be cross-referred no matter their point of entry.
Price Hill Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Project-Several organizations came together in 2006 to for the Price Hill EITC Collaboration and plan for the first VITA site at Elder High School in Price Hill. The first tax season in early 2007 was a success, but we also learned many things that needed to change in order to build on the program’s success. Planning for the 2008 tax season began fall 2007 and included some additional partners. During this past tax season in early 2008, the VITA site in Price Hill had nearly 500 calls and, compared with the prior year, helped 78% more people (270), had a 56% increase in total refunds ($256,175), and had a 99% acceptance rate with the IRS (227 of 233 e-filed returns were accepted). Interestingly, of all the 15 VITA sites in Hamilton County, this Elder High School/National City site had the lowest average gross income of all at just over $12,000 per filer.
Partners-National City Bank, Elder’s tech-reach Center, Santa Maria Community Services, Price Hill Will, Elder High School, Seton High School, SC Ministry Foundation, Urban Appalachian Council, The Women’s Connection, Legal Aid, Make Work Pay, and United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
Resources Leveraged-Approximately $10,000 raised to support the direct costs of operating the VITA site plus countless hours of in-kind volunteer support, donating printing costs, etc. from the partner organizations.
Lessons Learned-This second year of the VITA site in Price Hill was a huge success. An evaluation/wrap-up meeting was held in May so summarize learnings and make adjustments for the future. Excitement is already building for the third year with planning scheduled to begin in late August for the next tax season.
Business District Beautification-As a means of raising consciousness around public space cleanliness and beautification, volunteers and staff distributed waste receptacles, brooms, and dust pans to business owners along the Warsaw Ave business corridor. The cans handle a larger volume of refuse and are much sturdier than the cans that were being used. The items were presented as a gift to business owners which allowed the community to express its wish for a clean business district in a constructive way.
In addition, the youth artwork from PHW’s Arts & Culture CAT’s program Take a Closer Look was enlarged, framed, and displayed on vacant/blighted buildings on Warsaw Ave. This project was accompanied by another public art project organized by Artworks. The East Price Hill Improvement Association applied for a mural through the citywide MuralWorks program. Professional artists worked alongside youth apprentices (some of whom were from Price Hill and are now participating in an Art CAT program) to paint a mural on 3610 Warsaw Ave.
Lastly, in response to requests by the community and a couple of property/business owners in the Warsaw Ave business district, PHW reallocated some beautification funds to assist in the painting of storefronts.
Resources Leveraged- All materials (aside from primer which was funded with Place Matters Business District Beautification funds) for mural provided by ArtWorks
Partners-Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, East Price Hill Improvement Association, Artworks
Lessons Learned-The ability to be flexible and open to adjusting plans was most evident in this area of focus.
Gateways-The Price Hill Civic Club (PHCC) and West Price Hill Merchants Association (WPHMA) have developed a concept for which they are currently raising matching funds to implement. The PHCC/WPHMA has decided to hire Verdin Bell, a company that specializes in these types of projects, to design and build the West Price Hill gateway at the corner of Guerley and Glenway Ave. Verdin is also assisting the community in developing a fundraising program (selling sponsorship pavers) to help cover their costs.
Resources Leveraged-City of Cincinnati Neighborhood Business District Support Fund $6,000, Private Donations (Pending)
Partners-Price Hill Civic Club, West Price Hill Merchants Association, East Price Hill Improvement Association
Lessons Learned- Patience. A project such as this requires cooperation from a number of stakeholders. The availability of a site that meets the criteria for location and size is but one piece of implementation. Agreement from the property and/or business owner has been a challenge for one group and not necessarily because of the project itself. Many property owners are investors who are difficult to pin down long enough to pitch an idea. The community, however, is determined to pursue their vision and, within reason, PHW is allowing the process to reach a point at which the community has decided to move on to another location without doubting their efforts. However, the CDC is extremely cognizant of its commitment to ensure projects are completed in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.
Exterior Improvement
Signs & Awnings-PHW has extended its contract with the city of Cincinnati to implement a Signs & Awnings Program in the Warsaw Ave business district with focus on St. Lawrence Corner.
Façade Grants- PHW has applied for a grant to match physical investment by property owners and/or business owners. Funds can be used to make minor improvements to storefronts.
Resources Leveraged-City of Cincinnati’s Neighborhood Business District Improvement Program $10,000, Private Foundation $50,000 (pending)
Partners
City of Cincinnati, Private Foundation
West Price Hill Merchants Association-PHW provides staff support for the West Price Hill Merchants Association (serving Cedar Grove) which replaced the previous Price Hill Merchants and Professionals Association. Leadership and membership within the new group has grown tremendously. Members have been working to engage fellow business owners along the corridor and as a result several projects designed to promote the hidden vitality and potential of the Glenway Avenue business district have been implemented. Examples of these projects include; the West Price Hill Business District Brochure, the WPHMA website, and window decals for WPHMA members.
Resources Leveraged-City of Cincinnati Neighborhood Business District Support Fund
Partners-Price Hill Civic Club
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Safety Initiatives-The increased involvement of committed residents has resulted in the increase in number of safety initiatives in the Price Hill community. Over the past year, teams of residents have taken part in bimonthly safety and litter walks, while also staging intentional “positive loitering” on the hotspot street corners on Friday nights. The safety initiatives have provided a way for the police and the residents to collaborate and fight crime on a unified front, working to target high crime areas and remain visible on the streets.
Partners-District 3 Police Department, Price Hill Block Clubs, EPHIA, West Price Hill Civic Club
Lessons Learned-Through increased experience, we have learned the need to schedule safety initiatives based upon police input, crime statistics, and the input of residents in the targeted area.
Volunteer Neighborhood Improvement Projects-Over the past year there have been literally dozens of projects that involved neighborhood residents and “outside” volunteer groups working together to improve various aspects of the Price Hill community. These range from the bi-weekly Safety Walks sponsored by the Safety Community Action Team of Price Hill Will to the many schools and companies who send volunteers for one-time improvement projects. The projects include activities such as landscaping, planting, cleaning/sorting, painting, tutoring, delivering meals-on-wheels, providing health screenings, neighborhood clean-up, home repairs, building playgrounds, etc.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services and Price Hill Will, along with community leaders and other organizations, coordinate dozens of community residents plus volunteers from Duke Energy, Dater Montessori, Elder High School, Franciscan Sisters for the Poor, Northern Kentucky University, Oyler Community Learning Center, Seton High School, Xavier University, Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati Christian University, Procter & Gamble, Turner Construction, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, and many others.
Youth Art Program-Price Hill is a community with a rich history, beautiful architecture, and long-standing traditions; assets that often go unnoticed among the neighborhood youth. During the summer of 2007 a group of artistic residents and educators created a week-long photography program for junior high students centered upon our community’s architecture. The youth spent the week capturing images of Price Hill landmarks and buildings through the lens of a camera, gaining a new appreciation for the community they live in. The end result of the program was the production of large pieces of public artwork that were displayed throughout the business district, on storefronts and on vacant buildings.
Resources Leveraged-Private Foundation $500, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Grant $500, Summertime Kids Grant $500, Merit Grant $1,000, Charles Dater Foundation Grant $5,000
Partners-Elder High School, Price Hill Historical Society, Local Businesses, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, EPHIA, West Price Hill Civic Club
Lessons Learned-A youth art program becomes an entire community project when the artwork is given to the public to enjoy. The public artwork that was a result of the photography program became a source of great pride for Price Hill and resulted in an overwhelming request for a second annual youth art program.
Block Club Development- During the July 1-June 30th year, we have seen an increase in the number of block clubs throughout our community. Residents are beginning to take ownership of their street and are seeking to engage their fellow neighbors in neighborhood watch initiatives and community-building events. As a result of an expressed need for further training by area block clubs, Price Hill Will and the Cincinnati Police Department responded by hosting a Neighborhood Block Club Summit in May of 2008. The Summit sought to educate neighbors in how to effectively work with the police and how to be the eyes and ears of the community. The block club development of this past year and the increased number of neighborhood watch leaders has set a foundation for future establishments of new block clubs as well as an increase in educational seminars for these resident leaders.
Partners-District 3 Police Department, City of Cincinnati, Santa Maria Community Services, Family Services
Lessons Learned-Through the experiences of this year, and the realization of the complexity of street-level issues, we are working to establish ongoing seminars directed toward specific issues such as building violations and landlord relations.
Holiday on the Hill-Community togetherness and traditions are important assets to the residents of Price Hill. This past Christmas season our Art Community Action Team celebrated our fourth annual Holiday on the Hill Celebration; a weekend of music, craft shows, open houses, shopping, and caroling. This growing tradition brings together merchants, school leaders, community organizations, school children, and various musicians and artists for a weekend of holiday celebration and local shopping.
Resources Leveraged-Duke Energy Foundation Grant $250, West Price Hill Merchants Association $150, EPHIA $845 Local Merchants $1400,
Partners-Local Businesses, Elder High School, Seton High School, Women’s Connection, BLOC Ministries, Santa Maria Community Services, St. Lawrence School, St. Lawrence Church, St. Dominic School, St. William School, Roberts Paideia Academy, Western Hills High School, Dunham Recreation Center, Warsaw Project Gallery, Covedale Library, Price Hill Library, Price Hill Historical Society, Sisters of Charity
Lessons Learned-A community-building event such as Holiday on the Hill grows when there is an increase in the number of stakeholders taking part in the event from neighborhood organizations, businesses, and schools. The visibility of the event and word of mouth communication on the street level has also resulted in an increased number of participants during the weekend event.
FAMILY
Improving Childcare Quality-The goal of increasing the quality of childcare in Price Hill is being accomplished through Child Development Associate (CDA) classes for home and center-based childcare providers in the Price Hill area. This college-level program is held for three hours weekly at Santa Maria Community Services in East Price Hill. The instruction is provided through collaboration among Santa Maria, 4C and the University of Cincinnati. It is a 120 credit hour CDA training, which can matriculate into the Early Childhood Associate’s degree program. In addition, it will insure training for center providers in courses needed to become a two- or three-star quality rated program. Child care providers in Price Hill may have barriers to participation in college education that requires travel to another neighborhood, including lack of success in schooling as children and teens, transportation and child care issues, and distrust of formal educational systems. Providing this training near home in a familiar setting can dramatically increase participation and help child care providers gain confidence to continue their college education on the main campus. Currently, there are 17 students who have successfully completed three of the four quarters needed to acquire the CDA. They expect to finish the fourth quarter in late-August 2008.
This year Santa Maria also provided bi-monthly training to home childcare providers. Fifty-eight participants in the past year have attended these trainings. The students in our Home Childcare Quality Improvement group received several home visits from Santa Maria staff to help implement and support their learning within their home childcare setting. This project is helping children to be successful in school through a good start and kindergarten readiness.
Finally, the early childhood committee of Place Matters Price Hill is researching and supporting legislation at the state level that would implement licensure for home child care providers, a change that would elevate the level of quality of these providers.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services (convener), 4C, University of Cincinnati, St. Lawrence School, Salvation Army Westside Corps, and other participants in the early child development committee of Place Matters.
Lessons Learned-It has been very exciting to have classes that included both center and home childcare staff. They were able to bring a greater dimension of learning and experiences to the classes. This has brought deeper learning for both students. One challenge is the loss of Hamilton County JFS funding, through 4C, to support the home visitation “coaching” component of the home child care project.
Increasing the Quantity of Available Childcare-Several early childhood programs are meeting together monthly at Santa Maria Community Services with the goal of increasing kindergarten readiness and children’s success in school. Providers in Price Hill were concerned that there may not be enough accessible, quality early childhood care available. Research has been done through the collaboration and a contract with INNOVATIONS to determine what families in Price Hill are looking for regarding quality child care. Approximately 250 families were surveyed and two focus groups were completed. The final report will be presented to the committee in June 2008 and planning for next steps will begin.
Partners-We are fortunate to have so many partners involved in this project. The following programs have had active participation in our work with these Place Matters Projects: Santa Maria Community Services (convener), 4C, Trinity Hill United Church of Christ, Urban Appalachian Council, INNOVATIONS, Success By 6, St. Lawrence School, Healthy Moms and Babes, YMCA, CAA, Cincinnati Public Schools’ Preschools, Cincinnati Early Learning Centers, The Women’s Connection, Xavier University Community Building Institute, Salvation Army Westside Corps, Nutrition Council, Heritage Community Church, Carson School, Price Hill Recreation Center, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, LISC, Growing Well, Injury Free Coalition, and Visions.
Resources Leveraged-In-kind research support from INNOVATIONS and many of the partner organizations who helped distribute and collect parent surveys as well as Urban Appalachian Council where the focus groups were conducted.
Lessons Learned-Through the preliminary research done in the community we discovered that most caregivers work full time and 62% owned their own car. The most important factors (in order of importance) families in Price Hill look at when deciding childcare are that the setting is trustworthy and caring, it is safe, and affordable. The most difficult aspects for families to find have been a setting that is affordable, trustworthy, and a convenient location. These confirmed some of our assumptions and surprised us in some areas. When we get the final results of the research we will be able to take action that most benefits the community.
Kindergarten Readiness-Santa Maria’s Promoting Our Preschoolers is a program dedicated to working with Price Hill parents to get their children ready for kindergarten and continued success in school. The Promoting Our Preschoolers program provides home-based services to families and their preschool age children focusing on early child development. We have been meeting with local principals to create working collaborations to provide the best possible service to families. The home visits include developmental assessments, parent education, advocacy and referrals for Price Hill's preschool age children and their families, closing the gap in preparing the children for kindergarten. Kindergarten readiness is a step toward future success at school in general. As a result, today's children have a chance for better education which is a key towards building healthy and safe communities.
While Santa Maria expects to serve more than 200 pre-schoolers this year, many of whom will be entering various schools throughout Price Hill, we have focused the past two months on recruiting children entering kindergarten at one particular school this fall: Rees E Price School. With our collaborations we are creating a test of change to increase the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment-Literacy (KRA-L) scores of those children entering kindergarten.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services (convener), Rees E Price School, Success By 6, Children’s Home of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, INNOVATIONS, and Cincinnati Early Learning Centers, 4C, United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Resources Leveraged-For the Rees E. Price intensive focus, we have leveraged literacy training from the expert on early childhood literacy at Cincinnati Public Schools as well as some of the curriculum materials needed for the program.
Lessons Learned-We have learned to broaden the partners we work with as well. Through place matters we have expanded from the usual neighborhood partners to more countywide partners and it has greatly benefited our efforts with these projects. We’ve also learned that the Kindergarten Roundup must be advertized more widely and earlier than it was this year and that we have to begin outreach early to locate incoming kindergarteners. We’ve also learned that finding them requires hanging out at UDF and on the street and in apartment complexes—doing whatever it takes to find these children and their parent(s).
Violence Prevention for Youth-The Lower Price Hill Violence Prevention Collaborative is a group of youth and adults, working from a community organizing orientation, to address the issues of community and family violence in Lower Price Hill. The Lower Price Hill Violence Prevention Collaborative came out of a community organizing initiative of the Cincinnati Family Violence Prevention Project.
This year the group focused on the problem of bullying in the neighborhood and in the local elementary school. Two “Stop the Bullying” dances were facilitated in the community (in February and March) as well as a “Violence Prevention” concert in May. Youth participated in a community forum, focused on community and family violence, at the Freedom Center in January. During the first week in May, youth participants got more than 100 LPH residents to sign a “Stop the Violence” pledge and also distributed “Stop the Violence” t-shirts and water bottles throughout the neighborhood. With the assistance of a theatre coach, youth participants created, acted-out, and filmed bullying scenarios and presented them to two sixth grade classes at Oyler Elementary School. Students were engaged in discussion about how to deal with certain situations and pledged to stop bullying and intervene as bystanders.
Partners-YWCA’s collaborative, Cincinnati Family Violence Prevention Project, Urban Appalachian Council
Resources Leveraged-Charles H. Dater Foundation ($2,450), Community Volunteers
Lessons Learned-To get residents energized about a particular endeavor, they must be invested and have a say in what this project looks like. This is a validation of “community organizing” principles. While facilitators of this group initially had their own ideas about what they intended to focus on, the adult and youth residents of Lower Price Hill were, instead, interested in working on the issue of neighborhood and school bullying. As we shifted our focus to this issue, attendance and enthusiasm of the participating residents increased.
Increasing Parental Involvement in Price Hill Schools-From our work with Price Hill Schools, a common report was that more parental involvement in the schools was needed. A wealth of research shows that, in schools where there is much parent involvement, students attend more regularly and do better academically. In response to this, the Price Hill Youth/Education CAT component of Place Matters targeted three Price Hill Schools on which to focus regarding this issue (Carson, Oyler, and Resurrection).
Parents were surveyed at each of these schools in October, to get information about what kinds of programs, and helping opportunities would bring them into the school. Much valuable information was gathered, some leading to immediate results (i.e. successfully recruiting parents to join Carson School’s LSDMC).
This Spring, each school also did a self-assessment, where principal, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents looked at the “climate” in each school regarding parent involvement, and whether it was conducive to parents being involved. The 75 question assessment also produced valuable information which was shared with each school’s principal and LSDMC. Based on information obtained, each school has identified a number of things that will be done this fall to bring more parents into the school and keep them there.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services (convener), Price Hill Will, The Women’s Connection, Price Hill Branch Library, Urban Appalachian Council, YMCA-CincyAfter School, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati, Families Forward, Oyler School, Carson School, Resurrection School, Quebec Heights School
Resources Leveraged-Charles H. Dater Foundation, 21st Century Learning grant
Lessons Learned-Most parents would like to be involved, to varying degrees, in their children’s school. Surveys completed by parents in October revealed a high number of parents would like to be involved to learn how best to help their children be successful in school. Although all schools completing the self-assessment concerning “Parental Involvement” are doing many things that make the schools’ climate conducive to parents being involved, each school identified things they could do in the upcoming year to increase the likelihood of parents’ doing so.
Midnight Summer Basketball Program-As a result of a brainstorming session of community leaders, GEAR-UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs – a federally funded program) was convinced of the need, community resources and leadership available to plan and initiate a midnight basketball program in Price Hill. The purpose of the midnight summer basketball program is to increase the 40 Developmental Assets ® , improve the social competence and conflict resolution skills of 100 at risk youth by providing a: 1) healthy activity, 2) safe place and 3) caring relationships with non-parent adults.
The program hopes to convene every Friday between the hours of 9pm to 12am over a 6 week period. The target population will be male and female youth, ages 13 to 17 who reside in East, Lower, West Price Hill and the surrounding areas.
Partners-The following community partners will deliver the aforementioned services to help the youth reach their potential: Injury Free Coalition for Kids (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital), Cincinnati Recreation Commission (Price Hill Community Center), Cincinnati State, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (Mentoring & S.P.A.R.K.), Santa Maria Community Services, and UNPAC (mentoring services).
Resources Leveraged-Proposed donation of drinks, grants from D.A.R.E. and Charles H. Dater Foundation ($1,500). Total budget is $4,500.00
Lessons Learned-The sustainability is in large part attributable to the collaboration of the various community partners which has afforded them the opportunity to the serve over 400+ male and female students, and drop-outs ages 13-22. The Cincinnati community organizations have learned that we must work collaboratively in order to be effective in addressing the academic, social, and safety issues that the youth in the Price Hill area are combating in order to help these youth reach their fullest potential.
Youth-Serving Agencies Survey-The Price Hill community has numerous organizations that provide extra-curricular activities for the youth of our community, ranging from athletics to academics to art. One specific initiative for the July 1st to June 30th year, was the surveying of all organizations, schools, and other agencies, to determine how many youth in total they serve. Through the work of a student from Xavier University participating in a Community Building and Social Change course under the instruction of the Community Building Institute, we were able to complete the survey and gather data from a majority of youth organizations in the Price Hill community. The surveying process has provided us with valuable statistics that we will be able to apply to future initiatives, as we seek to connect existing organizations to one another as well as provide additional programming to fill in the gaps of the education of our youth.
Partners-More than 25 agencies and organizations serving youth in Price Hill.
In-Home Safety Project-There are nearly 35,000 residents in Price Hill with over 10,000 being children under the age of 18. The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has identified that between 1999 and 2003 there were over 10,000 inpatient and outpatient injuries recorded from the Price Hill neighborhoods that resulted in Emergency Department (ED) visits, hospitalizations or death. Price Hill statistics collected by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital ED from 1996-2005 report that about half of the injuries treated occurred in the home with children in the age group of 1 to 4. In an effort to cut in-home injuries, IFCK has partnered with the Community Action Agency’s home-based head start program and Santa Maria Community Services’ Every Child Succeeds program in Price Hill to distribute home safety equipment and education to 162 families (81 families per agency). All participating families will receive home safety equipment beginning July 2008 with some families also receiving home installation. If supplying education and home safety equipment in an easily accessible location to parents and asking them to install the equipment results in just as much use of home safety equipment as parents who are supplied education and equipment in their home with an outside agency providing installation, Price Hill will be the originating neighborhood to use community agencies as a source of home safety intervention. Price Hill community members will be recruited to educate and provide installation to the participating families. Over the next few years, Children’s Hospital ED will monitor home injuries coming from children of Price Hill to evaluate effects of home safety study. It is hypothesized that there will be a reduction in home safety injuries seen in the ED from the Price Hill community.
Partners-Injury Free Coalition for Kids (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital), Santa Maria Community Services/Every Child Succeeds, Community Action Agency Home-Based Head Start, People Working Cooperatively, Price Hill community residents, Manuel D. and Rhonda Mayerson Foundation (funding), Kohls Department Stores (funding and equipment).
Resources Leveraged-$25,000 from various sources.
Playground Build-Injury Free Coalition for Kids (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital) is building its 3rd playground in Price Hill on June 14th to help prevent Price Hill children from being injured while playing on park equipment. This playground will be built at Mayfield Park. The event will include a carnival atmosphere with crafts that teach the importance of playground safety, clowns, face-painting, helmet safety education, music and food. It is a family event for all the members of Price Hill. Over the next few years, Children’s Hospital ED will monitor playground injuries coming from children of Price Hill to evaluate the effectiveness of building safe playgrounds. It is hypothesized that there will be a reduction in playground injuries seen in the ED from the Price Hill community.
Partners-Injury Free Coalition for Kids (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital), Cincinnati Parks Department, Santa Maria Community Services, Price Hill Will, Larosa’s Pizza, Starbucks, The BonBonerie, Quebec Heights School, Carson School, Quebec School, Cincinnati Children’s Trauma Services and Safe Kids Coalition, Price Hill community residents, neighborhood church members, Kohl’s Department Store (funding).
Resources Leveraged- $35,000 from various sources.
Price Hill Parent Network-Organizations committed to providing resources, services and support to parents in the Price Hill area convened originally in 2006 in an attempt to develop connection, avoid duplication, and collaborate in services and publicity. The Network reconvened at the onset of the Place Matters project and quickly agreed to focus first on developing a Network for connecting PARENTING SUPPORT RESOURCES. To that end, a core group of organizations committed to establishing the Price Hill Parent Network. Quickly the group worked on developing a grid to include existing resources, problems and issues, wishes and linkages for the stages of parenthood from pregnancy testing and identification through parenting of preschoolers. At the same time, the Network focused on inclusion of parents themselves in the Network. With the goal of increasing participation in Price Hill’s parenting services and developing and distributing a Parent Resource Guide, the Network participants realized they needed input of the parents themselves. The participants developed, piloted, and refined a survey which was subsequently completed on an individual basis. At the same time, the Network participants worked out strategies to develop and maintain linkages, including a commitment agreement, a process, and specific strategies to connect Price Hill parents to resources in Price Hill. At the end of the first year, the Parent Network has developed a plan to connect Price Hill parents to parenting support resources and a grid that includes parent and staff needs and wishes for parenting support.
Partners-Santa Maria Community Services and Family Service took the initiative for planning and leadership of the Price Hill Parent Network. Healthy Moms and Babes, The Women’s Connection, Urban Appalachian Council, SUMA, Cincinnati Public School’s Early Childhood Program, Every Child Succeeds, and Visions have been quite active, committed and persistent in developing resources, solutions, and resources for parents in the Price Hill area, motivated totally with the goal of improving their organization’s ability to serve parents.
Resources Leveraged-In-kind support of the partners to conduct an assessment of Price Hill parenting issues, needs, preferences for support as well as ongoing parent support groups.
Lessons Learned-Too often programs are developed without consulting the consumers. This was true with most of the participating partners in The Parent Network and the plan for Place Matters’ Parent Network. It is important to ask consumers and include consumers in planning on a constant, regular basis. Turfism is still alive, even in Price Hill’s well developed consortium of social service providers. Providers, while willing to distribute program publicity when given, still have difficulty actively supporting competing organizations. With a focused effort to support neighborhood partners and a specific strategy for making the connections, organizations will reach more consumers.
Pregnancy and Medical Home Pathways-Santa Maria Community Services is involved with several health-related collaboratives that are very promising. One of the newest of these is the Pathways project. This project is based on a national best practice model out of Mansfield, Ohio, which was created to incent achievement of successful outcomes for healthy birth weights. Healthy Moms & Babes, a place matters partner, is the lead organization for the collaborative. They manage a hub to coordinate the pilot project, which has a goal of helping 200 at-risk mothers secure a medical home and achieve successful pregnancies as measured by the babies being born at or above a health birth weight of 5 pounds, 8 ounces. East Price Hill and Lower Price Hill are two of the 17 target neighborhoods for the project with a goal of Santa Maria enrolling up to 25 pregnant women in 2008.
Partners-Healthy Moms & Babes, Santa Maria Community Services, TriHealth Parish Nurses, Hamilton County Job & Family Service, Cincinnati Health Department.
Resources Leveraged-Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati grants, in-kind technical assistance from local and national experts.
Obesity Prevention/Food Mapping Project-An outgrowth of the place matters Price Hill project is a recent focus on obesity prevention for children. Santa Maria Community Services was approached by the Collaborative to Prevent Childhood Obesity, led by the Nutrition Council and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, to help make Price Hill a target area for their work. One of the early realizations was that even if we begin to encourage healthier eating in Price Hill families, if there are no easily accessible rources for fruits and vegetables, the initiative would likely not be successful. As a result, thanks to Beth Nagy, a spring quarter GIS class at the University of Cincinnati DAAP agree to do a food mapping project for Price Hill. They completed their work and did a formal presentation of their lengthy report to the community on June 4th.
Partners-Nutrition Council, Collaborative to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Santa Maria Community Services, Price Hill Will, University of Cincinnati DAAP professor and students, and United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
Resources Leveraged-Hundreds of hours of technical assistance from the students in the GIS class at UC DAAP to conduct research, prepare a formal PowerPoint presentation, produce a written report, and develop database GIS templates that can be used by the community and agencies to analyze various aspects of food access in Price Hill.
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For additional information on these and other place matters Price Hill projects, please contact one of the two lead organizations: Price Hill Will (513-251-3800) or Santa Maria Community Services (513-557-2730, ext. 407).
place matters Price Hill Year 1 Projects by Neighborhood Outcome
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Families live in neighborhoods with physical structures and amenities that are in good condition. |
Families have safe, decent, affordable housing. |
People feel safe in their homes and moving about the neighborhood. |
Families have increased earnings and income. |
Children are healthy and successful in school. |
Families & youth increase their civic participation. |
Families have strong supports & networks. |
Families have access to services that work for them. |
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Housing Development |
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Buy-Improve-Sell (BIS) |
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BIS Cedar Grove |
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BIS HUD Good Neighbor Program |
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BIS HDAP Program |
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BIS Receivership |
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New Homes in Lower Price Hill |
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Façade Program |
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Tracking Problem Properties |
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Housing Resource Center |
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Building Blocks Micro-Grants |
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Home Improvement Micro-Grants |
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Price Hill Pro Realtor Training |
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Welcome to Price Hill Packets |
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Foreclosure Prevention |
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Classes and Seminars |
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Housing and Urban Development |
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Families live in neighborhoods with physical structures and amenities that are in good condition. |
Families have safe, decent, affordable housing. |
People feel safe in their homes and moving about the neighborhood. |
Families have increased earnings and income. |
Children are healthy and successful in school. |
Families & youth increase their civic participation. |
Families have strong supports & networks. |
Families have access to services that work for them. |
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Tenant & Landlord Work |
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Direct Intervention |
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Tenant Education |
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Landlord Forum |
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Economic Development |
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Development Action Plan |
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Goodies Barbecue Restaurant |
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Public Parking Lot |
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TIF District Predevelopment |
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Price Hill Employment Network |
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PH Volunteer Income Tax Assistance |
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Business District Beautification |
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Gateways |
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Exterior Improvement |
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WPH Merchants Association |
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Community Organizing |
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Safety Initiatives |
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Volunteer Neighborhood Improvement |
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Youth Art Program |
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Block Club Development |
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Holiday on the Hill |
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Families live in neighborhoods with physical structures and amenities that are in good condition. |
Families have safe, decent, affordable housing. |
People feel safe in their homes and moving about the neighborhood. |
Families have increased earnings and income. |
Children are healthy and successful in school. |
Families & youth increase their civic participation. |
Families have strong supports & networks. |
Families have access to services that work for them. |
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Family - Early Childhood, Youth, Parenting |
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Improving Childcare Quality |
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Increasing the Quantity of Available Childcare |
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Kindergarten Readiness |
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Violence Prevention for Youth |
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Increasing Parental Involvement in Price Hill Schools |
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Midnight Summer Basketball Program |
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Youth-Serving Agencies Survey |
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In-Home Safety Project |
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Playground Build |
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Price Hill Parent Network |
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Pregnancy and Medical Home Pathways |
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Obesity Prevention/Food Mapping Project |
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