Ground is broken on multi-family building.VIP Community Services, one of the largest and most comprehensive substance abuse organizations in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , has broken ground on a 36-unit, six-story multi-family building on Freeman Street in the Morrisiana section of the Bronx. A first-of-its-kind project for VIP, the building will dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. 30% of the units to families reunited "Reunited" was a #1 hit in the United States in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based group Peaches & Herb. Preceded by "Heart of Glass" by Blondie Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 5 1979 Succeeded by "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer with children formerly in foster care. "We're very enthusiastic about this initiative," said Sandra Ruiz Butter, president of VIP Community Services. "We are looking forward to working with Community Board 3 and our neighbors in Morrisana to help fill a critical need for affordable housing." Called "Freeman Gardens," the building will include one, two and three bedroom apartments, as well as public and community recreational spaces. VIP will provide crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. for tenants, as well as activities to support a sense of community within the building and neighborhood. To reside at Freeman Gardens, qualified families must earn less than 60% of the HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. area median income. VIP is co-developing the site
with Galaxy General Contracting Corp., a Bronx based developer with over
20 years of affordable housing experience in the borough.
Funding for the Freeman Gardens project was provided by the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the NYC Housing Development Corp. Tax credits were syndicated through the Enterprise Social Investment Corporation. The building is scheduled for completion in the winter of 2005/2006. |
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