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Contact: Delka Merchant, by email: dmerchant@newburghcac.org, or by phone:
T: 845-562-0100 ext: 27
F:
845-562-0343
Construction
Begins on Audrey L. Carey Homeownership Program
The revitalization of Liberty Street took a significant step
forward today with the construction kickoff for Phase One of the Newburgh
Community Action Committee, Inc. (NCAC, Inc.) Audrey L. Carey Homeownership
Program. At today’s press conference, City, County and State officials
celebrated the project’s official launch by taking a crowbar to the boarded up
entrance of 260 Liberty Street.
During Phase I of construction, NCAC, Inc. will restore 254,
260, and 290 Liberty Street. Phase II will include rehabilitation of six
properties on Lander and Chambers Street. The properties, all two-family homes,
are geared toward first-time homebuyers who will be owner-occupants.
Rudy LaMarr, Executive Director of NCAC, Inc. said, “The
Audrey L. Carey Homeownership Program is an effort to provide a wider inventory
of affordable housing to first-time home buyers in the city of Newburgh. The
program combines gut rehabilitation of inner city houses with housing seminars
for eligible participants to create affordable, safe housing for first-time
home buyers. This is part of the community sustainability efforts of NCAC, Inc.
The first step was the Audrey L. Carey Park. This is step two, and step three
consists of The Child Development Center and the Eco Industrial Park, where
NCAC, Inc will participate in the remediation and redevelopment of a former
Brownfield site. This will create employment providing sustainable livable
wages.
Imam Salahuddin Muhammad, Chairman of NCAC, Inc. added, “In
addition to providing home-ownership opportunities, there is an employment
component, which consist of the contracting company, Bridgepointe Development,
hiring eligible workers that are NCAC
Wage Subsidy participants.”
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City Manager Jean-Ann McGrane commented, “Homeownership is
key to the renaissance of the City of Newburgh. We are fortunate to work with
many public-private partners, including NCAC, who recognize this, and the
importance of creating a continuum of housing, from affordable to market rate.
When current residents become homeowners, and take pride in their properties,
they create a lasting change and the positive energy that not only makes the
City a better place to live, but attracts others here as well."
This construction
project is made possible through New York State Division of Housing and
Community Renewal, New York State Affordable Housing Corporation, New York
State Department of State Division of Community Services, Orange County Office
of Community Development, Newburgh City Office of Community Development, The
Community Preservation Corporation, Community Capital Resources, and New York
State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.
For more information on
the Audrey L. Carey Homeownership Program for first-time homebuyers, stop by
NCAC, Inc. at 123 Grand Street Newburgh, NY 12550, or call 845-562-0100. |
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