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Para una familia de Olneyville, no hay lugar como su casa para pasar las fiestas

Fredy & Ana Jimenez have finally closed on their two-family home on Amherst Street in Providence, after renting for four years. Photo by Stephen Ide/ONE Neighborhood Builders By Stephen Ide ONE Neighborhood Builders (High-resolution images available upon request) Fredy and Ana Jimenez sign paperwork at the closing on Dec. 16, 2022, for their home on Amherst Street in Providence. Photo by Antonio A. Rodriguez/ONE Neighborhood Builders PROVIDENCE — Ana & Fredy Jimenez have a new reason to be grateful this holiday season. After four years of renting their home on Amherst Street, they are now proud homeowners. The road hasn’t…
onstructores de barrios
diciembre 21, 2022
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Martes de Acción Solidaria: ¡Necesitamos tu ayuda para que siga adelante!

Dear Friend, Ana Jimenez came to Rhode Island from Guatemala when she was 12. Even though she and her husband, Freddy, both had full-time jobs, they often struggled to earn enough to afford their small, two-bedroom apartment. In 2020, the Jimenezes and their three children moved into one of our properties. After saving diligently and receiving financial coaching from ONE|NB’s Resident Services Coordinator for the last two years, the Jimenez family will be purchasing the home they’ve leased from us by the end of 2022. Their story, like so many others, is why we do what we do. The coming…
onstructores de barrios
29 de noviembre de 2022
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Los residentes de Providence Central decidirán cómo gastar $1 millones

What would you do if you had $1 million to spend in your neighborhoods? That’s the question being decided in nine neighborhoods in Providence where a process called “participatory budgeting” has begun. Participatory budgeting is defined as “a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. It’s a tool to empower everyone to make decisions about how funds should be spent in our communities.” About 25 people joined the discussion Wednesday, Nov. 16, during a town hall meeting at the Smith Hill Library to talk about what can be done in the…
onstructores de barrios
noviembre 17, 2022
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Providence anuncia un Banco de Terrenos Vecinales, que destinará los terrenos disponibles a viviendas asequibles

La ciudad de Providence anuncia que destinará $8,5 millones de los fondos federales de la Ley del Plan de Rescate de Estados Unidos a la creación de un Banco de Tierras Vecinales y hace un llamamiento para identificar solares vacíos disponibles que puedan utilizarse para viviendas asequibles. MÁS INFORMACIÓN
onstructores de barrios
13 de octubre de 2022
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Un vídeo nos recuerda lo vulnerables que somos localmente al cambio climático

Mientras los líderes de todo el mundo se reúnen para la próxima cumbre sobre el clima en Glasgow, Escocia, en noviembre, y el mundo se centra en los cambios globales, es fácil olvidar cómo los cambios climáticos y los extremos pueden afectar a las personas a nivel local. En 2019, ONE|NB, el Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council y Steer Media se unieron para crear un vídeo que pusiera de relieve las inundaciones que se produjeron aquí en 2010. VEA EL VÍDEO AQUÍ
onstructores de barrios
septiembre 6, 2022