Where it used to be quiet for the past 15 years or so along Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Boulevard - there’s now a surge of building projects. Hear from Sistrunk residents and Fort Lauderdale's Housing Authority. Sistrunk Boulevard runs east and west, right through a historically black neighborhood. Millions of dollars worth of development projects have been approved to pop up in the...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A unique partnership is affording apprentices to gain valuable experience while also restoring a historical community building. Fort Lauderdale Historical Society (FLHS) has partnered with the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s (HACFL) StepUP Apprenticeship Program to restore the New River Inn, located at 219 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. This partnership will allow apprentices...
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Broward College awarded the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s (HACFL) StepUp Apprenticeship Program $5,000 to support their Martin Luther King (MLK) Day of Service event. The event will take place on Saturday, January 13 at Northwest Gardens IV Community Room, located at 1225 NW 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale. There will be two sessions: 12:00...
Right in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s historic Sistrunk neighborhood -where crime, drugs and violence used to rule a community — there’s a farm. And not just any farm. The Northwest Gardens community has built inside of Sistrunk a farm large enough to feed vegetables to the estimated 1,500 people who live in its more than 600 low-income housing apartments. Residents who live here can...
Affordable housing is rejuvenating the Northwest Gardens neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. Urban blight throttled the area in the heart of Sistrunk roughly 10 years ago. Today, redevelopment has provided homes for more than 1,500 residents. "Improved housing and vibrant community partnerships have resulted in lower crime, better school test scores and a happier, healthier community," said Tam English, executive director of...