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Encanto Village groundbreaking ushers in new era of affordable housing In the City of San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Groundbreaking ceremonies will be held on April 14 for the highly anticipated Encanto Village residential community, providing high-quality affordable housing in a mixed-use, transit-oriented setting. Encanto Village features 65 apartment homes for...
Ontario celebrates awarding of $35 million Transformative Communities grant for Downtown revitalization
ONTARIO, Calif. – The city, community stakeholders and regional leaders are celebrating today’s formal approval of a $35 million grant from the California Strategic Growth Council, which provides a major boost to Ontario’s plans for a modern urban village in and...
Quality affordable housing comes to Oceanside with the Grand Opening of Mission Cove
Oceanside, CA - The coastal city of Oceanside, CA, is ushering in a new era of high-quality affordable apartment living with the opening of the much-anticipated Mission Cove community for families, seniors, veterans and transitional age youth. Officials from the city...
National CORE Receives International Award for its Work in Creating Sustainable Communities
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – National Community Renaissance (National CORE) has received the 2017 Real Estate Management Excellence (REME) Award for Sustainability Programs within the Workplace Environment for its innovative water conservation program, “Doing Our Part.” The...
"An Evening of Hope" to Celebrate 25 Years of Transforming Lives and Communities
National Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the nation’s most respected nonprofit community builders, will celebrate a quarter-century of transforming lives and communities on Nov. 2 when it hosts “An Evening of Hope” – its 25th Anniversary Gala in support...
This Time, Let’s Rebuild for Resiliency
By Dr. Mehmet Oz and Steve PonTell Our hearts go out to the people of Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico whose lives were upended by the recent hurricanes. It’s impossible to fathom the challenges so many of them will face as they rebuild their homes and their...
National CORE Receives International Award for its Work in Creating Sustainable Communities
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – National Community Renaissance (National CORE) has received the 2017 Real Estate Management Excellence (REME) Award for Sustainability Programs within the Workplace Environment for its innovative water conservation program, “Doing Our Part.” The...
Olive Meadow earns LEED Platinum Certification for energy efficiency, environmental design
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Olive Meadow at Arrowhead Grove, part of a transformational public-private partnership in San Bernardino, has received LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for energy efficiency and environmental stewardship....
Valencia Vista Earns 2017 National Award of Excellence from NAHRO
San Bernardino, Calif. – The first phase of highly anticipated Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization effort, is being honored with a National Award of Excellence from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). The 76-unit Valencia...
Marv’s Place Earns 2017 Congressional Recognition of Excellence Award
Pasadena, Calif. – Marv’s Place, a model public-private partnership that provides permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless families in Pasadena, is being honored with a 2017 Congressional Recognition of Excellence Award. Marv’s Place, which opened in 2016,...
Affordable Housing Development for Homeless Veterans and Low-Income San Diegans Celebrates Groundbreaking
Vista del Puente is one of eight developments awarded funding to date through HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, SDHC’s homelessness action plan SAN DIEGO, CA— The hillside overlooking Cesar Chavez Elementary School, with a faint view of the Coronado Bridge in the distance,...
Groundbreaking set for Vista del Puente community in San Diego; Half of 52 units to be set aside for homeless veterans
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The highly anticipated Vista del Puente affordable housing development – with half of its 52 units set aside for homeless Veterans – will celebrate its groundbreaking on August 3. Vista del Puente is being developed by Townspeople and National...
Greg Bradbard named President of the Hope through Housing Foundation
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – Gregory Bradbard today was named President of the Hope through Housing Foundation and Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for National Community Renaissance (National CORE), bringing more than 20 years of experience as a...
Waterman+Baseline Specific Plan Wins Major Regional Honors
San Bernardino, Calif. – The recently approved Waterman+Baseline Neighborhood Specific Plan has won two prestigious regional awards for planning and development. The Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association honored the plan with its 2017 Economic...
A Life Transformed: Moving here ‘just made my life perfect’
DOWNEY, Calif. – Valerie Aguilar is an honor student, a member of her high school scholarship club, Bible club and marine biology club, and will attend the University of California-Santa Barbara next fall in her quest to become an environmental engineer. Sounds like...
A Life Transformed: ‘I got my independence back’
YORBA LINDA, Calif. – Zack Collie lost his independence when he was 15, the victim of swim accident that left him paralyzed and reliant on others to perform such simple tasks as brushing his teeth. Now 22, he is getting that independence back – in college, with a...
A Life Transformed: ‘I never thought home ownership would actually happen’
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – For Nichole Callia, becoming a homeowner was about so much more than financial stability or having a permanent roof over her head. It was about breaking destructive cycles and providing her own children the kind of guidance she never received....
A Life Transformed: How Live-Work Spaces are Helping Building Karina Orozco’s American Dream
EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Karina Orozco stops in mid-sentence, emotions taking her to a place she’d been trying to avoid. “It’s hard, but I would do anything for my children,” she says through her tears. “As parents, we don’t take days off. We don’t get sick. We do...
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