One Neighborhood Builders

One Neighborhood Builders, in partnership with Bridge Partners Executive Search, is thrilled to formally launch the search for our next President and CEO. Click the link below to learn more about the our search and to see the full job description

ONE Neighborhood Builders Launches Search for President & CEO | ONE Neighborhood Builders One Neighborhood Builders (ONB), in partnership with Bridge Partners Executive Search, is please to formally launch its search for the next President & CEO

We are proud to announce that Anusha Venkataraman, our managing director of the ONE Central Providence team, was recently sworn in as a member of the The Art in City Life Commission! Congratulations to Anusha for this momentous achievement. Pictured here with her son Sid, her daughter Saoirse, and Mayor Brett Smiley.

We have an exciting new addition to our leadership team! Please join us in welcoming Tonya Johnson as our new Vice President of Finance and Operations. Tonya brings over 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience to ONE Neighborhood Builders. Click the link below to learn more.

ONE Neighborhood Builders Welcomes Tonya Johnson to the Leadership Team | ONE Neighborhood Builders Tonya Johnson Joins ONE Neighborhood Builders as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations

The One Central Providence team was thrilled to particpate in the most recent Health Equity Zone Learning Community! This event brought together other HEZs and collaborators from around Rhode Island to share their initiatives and contributions to the HEZ network. Our Managing Director, Anusha Venkataraman, facilitated a discussion on tenants' rights, while Lucy Berman, our Associate Director of Advocacy and Organizing, gave a presentation on channeling collective power. They both did a fantastic job representing the One Central Providence and ONE Neighborhood Builders team!

We are continuing pre-development work on our Steeple & Stone Property in Cumberland Rhode Island! Steeple & Stone will provide the town of Cumberland with 44 new affordable apartments through the preservation of the former St. Patrick Church and newly constructed residences. Check out some pictures of the beautiful architecture of this historic building plus the proposed site rendering!

Check out some more great photos from our recent CLI event at Davis Park! A special thank you to all of our vendors and partners at the event, Vendors like C & J Party Rentals,who generously donated prizes for our raffle, Antojitos y Delicias Kamila’s , and Palagis Ice Cream, along with partners like NeighborWorks America make community events like this possible!

Last Saturday, the One Central Providence team hosted a Community Leadership Institute event at Davis Park! We celebrated our steering committee members, project delegates, and subcommittee members for their hard work supporting the Nine Neighborhood Fund. A special highlight of the event was awarding bikes to the youth involved in the Bike Distribution and Repair Project! Thank you to everyone who helped make this celebration possible

Thank you to The Champlin Foundation for their generous contribution towards beatifying our 66 Chaffee St Office. Check out these before and after photos of our retaining wall! A much needed upgrade

Demolition has started has started on the site of our Broad Street Homes development! This new development will bring 44 new affordable apartment to the City of Central Falls, RI . Click here to learn more about Broad Street Homes
https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/property/broad-street-homes/

It has been less than a month since we broke ground on The Avenue, and we have already made great progress! Retaining walls are in place and excavation of the site continues as we move one step closer to bringing new affordable housing to Atwells Avenue. Thank you to the team at Pezzuco Construction Inc. for their hard work. To learn more about The Avenue, click here; https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/property/the-avenue-2/

We are excited to announce a new grant opportunity has been awarded to us thanks to the generosity of the CVS Health Foundation! This grant will allow us to continue our predevelopment efforts at our Steeple and Stone development in Cumberland RI. To Learn more about our Steeple and Stone development and how you can help support bringing more affordable housing to Rhode Island click the link below

https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/property/steeple-stone/

After more than a decade of transformative leadership, Jennifer Hawkins, President & CEO, has decided to step down at the end of September.

In today’s announcement, Jen shared: “In addition to the transformative growth and impact of our work, I’m incredibly proud of the organizational infrastructure that has been built. I’m eager to take time off to reflect on my 25 years of experience [...] and consider how my next professional endeavor can best contribute to larger systems change and generate enduring housing justice.”

Read the full announcement here:

ONE Neighborhood Builders Announces Departure of President & CEO | ONE Neighborhood Builders After more than a decade of transformative leadership, Jen has decided to depart from ONE Neighborhood Builders at the end of September.

We are so excited about our ground breaking on "The Avenue" our most recent affordable housing development! We could not be more thrilled to bring 85 units of affordable housing to the neighborhoods of Federal Hill and Elmwood. Take a look at all the great moments we captured!

Check out the full summary of our ground breaking here; https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/one-neighborhood-builders-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-new-affordable-housing-development-the-avenue/

Thank you to the The 1772 Foundation, Inc. for their generous contribution towards the refurbishment of our historical 14 Parkis Ave property. Check out these before and after photos of its fresh new paint job. Support from partners like the 1772 Foundation help us maintain and create affordable housing for communities around Rhode Island. Click here to learn more about our ongoing projects https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/our-work/real-estate-development/

Exciting News! ONE Neighborhood Builders has added four new members to our illustrious Board of Directors. Learn more about (tag board) and how they will continue our mission to promote healthier and more equitable communities and housing around Rhode Island https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/one-neighborhood-builders-adds-four-new-members-to-board-of-directors/

A heartfelt thanks to Centreville Bank for supporting our predevelopment efforts in Rhode Island. Your generosity helps transform properties like The Avenue and Sheridan Village (Providence), Broad Street Homes (Central Falls), Center City Apartments and Aldersbridge at East Point (East Providence), and Steeple & Stone (Cumberland) into affordable homes, creating healthier and more equitable communities. Click Here https://bit.ly/4c7TsZd to explore our projects and learn how to support our mission

This NeighborWorks America NeighborWorks Week, we're taking an opportunity to showcase four of our developments in pre-development that together will add 227 affordable rental units and 20 affordable homeownership opportunities to the state!

With over 250 network organizations celebrating, we're taking a moment to reflect on all we've accomplished and the many exciting things ahead. Our work is enhanced by our membership to this empowering organization and we are proud to be members!

We're close to finishing construction of our Residences at Riverside Square development in and are now accepting applications for rentals! Located in the heart of Riverside Square, this new development offers 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and is right on the East Bay Bike Path. Learn more and apply here: https://oneneighborhoodbuilders.org/rent-riverside-square/

Help us spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

(Thanks to City of East Providence - Office of the Mayor/Bob DaSilva, East Providence Mayor, Foster Forward and so many other wonderful partners!)

Just last week the National Low Income Housing Coalition's "GAP" report found that Rhode Island has only about half of the apartment rentals needed for the lowest-income households in the state! We're working each day to change that. Join us by donating today and help make Rhode Island a place where everyone has access to safe and affordable housing.

Support ONE Neighborhood Builders | 401Gives I’m ready to support ONE Neighborhood Builders on April 1, 2024 during 401Gives. Learn more about ONE Neighborhood Builders and all the other organizations participating in 401Gives.

Attention Providence Businesses! Join the Olneyville Business Coffee on Thurs., March 28th (8:30 AM - 10:00 AM) at Biz Bodega for coffee, networking, and a discussion with Lt. Christopher Currier (Providence Police Department). Lt. Currier will address quality of life, health/safety, and Main Street business concerns. This is your opportunity to ask questions and get updates on important issues affecting your business. Light refreshments provided. Register here: https://buff.ly/3v07U5c Innovation Studio

Join us tomorrow (3/1) for our next Fresh Fridays event, focusing on Transportation and Equitable Communities. This is a unique opportunity to engage with panelists about on how transit impacts health equity, economic mobility, and environmental justice in Rhode Island. Join our virtual gathering for free from 8:45-9:30 a.m. EST. Register now: https://buff.ly/4bICBMB

Join the conversation this Friday, March 1, 8:45-9:30 a.m. EST when our virtual Fresh Fridays session looks at Transportation and Equitable Communities. It's a chance to learn, share, and connect over how transportation influences equity in our communities. Don't miss out. Register for this free event: https://buff.ly/4bICBMB

Get ready for another Fresh Fridays on March 1. This virtual session will focus on the intersections of transportation, health equity, and environmental justice in Rhode Island. Hear from panelists including Liza Burkin from Providence Streets Coalition; Allyson McCalla from Bike Newport and Newport Hez Transportation Working Group; John Flaherty from GrowSmartRI, and Lucy Berman from One Neighborhood Builders. Join us for this critical conversation. Register for the free event here: https://buff.ly/4bICBMB

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"Last fall, One Neighborhood executive director Jennifer Hawkins, who is also a member of the Rhode Island House's Affordable Housing Study Commission, presented Center City as a case study to her fellow commissioners on why, despite an unprecedented state investment in affordable housing over the last two years, it takes so long and costs so much to build affordable housing.

First, , one of the more development-friendly cities in the state, sliced 26 apartments off the proposal during the permitting process, reducing the number of units that would be producing rent to pay for the construction.

Then, city planners ruled that the development, which has a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority stop at the front door, did not have enough parking spaces, so a planned child care center was canceled.

But One Neighborhood and Hawkins pressed on, looking for funding and ways to make the smaller $64 million development work."-Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal

Rhode Island's housing crisis is at a breaking point. How did we get here? We crunched numbers and traced the history of housing in Rhode Island to lay out how we got to this point.

¡Estamos encantados de anunciar que nuestra próxima reunión de Olneyville Business Coffee contará con el Representante Estatal Enrique Sánchez como nuestro presentador invitado! Él compartirá diferentes desarrollos de negocios y proyectos planeados para la comunidad de Centro Providence, así como ayudar a abordar las preocupaciones de las empresas en el vecindario. No te pierdas esta oportunidad de conectarte con él y otros empresarios locales tomando una taza de café. El evento tendrá lugar el jueves 29 de febrero, de 8:30 a 10 a.m., en 222 Manton Avenue, Providence. Para más información, visite bizbodega.org o llame al 401-406-2701. ¡Esperamos contar con su presencia!

We are excited to announce that our next Olneyville Business Coffee will feature State Rep. Enrique Sanchez as our guest speaker! He will share different business developments and projects planned for the Central Providence community as well as help address concerns from businesses in the neighborhood. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with him and other local entrepreneurs over a cup of coffee. The event will be on Thursday, Feb. 29, from 8:30-10 a.m. at 222 Manton Avenue, Providence. For more information, visit bizbodega.org or call 401-406-2701. We hope to see you there!