Affordable housing units open in Atlanta’s Grove Park neighborhood

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The official opening of a brand new reasonably priced housing unit within the Grove Park neighborhood of Atlanta is a welcomed sight and a imaginative and prescient 35 years within the making.

“I’ve seen this one coming from the very starting,” mentioned mayor Andre Dickens.

Now, the residence advanced situated off Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy. in northwest Atlanta is a nurturing actuality the place greater than 100 low-income households will name this new residence advanced residence for generations,

Mayor Dickens was one of many many who helped pour into the 110-unit Columbia Cover at Grove Park neighborhood. It comes outfitted with gracious patios, luscious gardens, fashionable facilities and mixed-income properties.

The Grove Park Basis says the dimensions will ensure residents are usually not paying greater than 30 % of their earnings.

”It’s on the prime of the agenda,” Dickens says. ”I’ve a purpose of 20,000 items over the subsequent eight years. Already, we’ve got carried out over 1,500 groundbreakings.”

The brand new neighborhood helps lots of of individuals like Denise Andrews transition right into a protected and secure new residence.

“I say bravo to the mayor and all of the neighborhood partnerships he’s developed as a result of it’s actually essential for folks like me and households,” mentioned Andrews. “Simply think about if I had two youngsters”

Mayor Dickens says he hopes to proceed including mixed-income and reasonably priced housing communities throughout Atlanta.

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