By Go Local Providence Business Team, Published January 8, 2025 “Experienced community and economic development leader to head nonprofit affordable housing and community development organization. One Neighborhood Builders (ONB), one of the state’s leading nonprofit affordable housing and community development organizations, announced the selection of Peter H. Chapman as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Chapman brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience building vibrant communities that strengthen regional economies. He will join the organization on February 3, 2025. […] He succeeds former president and CEO Jennifer Hawkins, who left the agency in 2024 after nearly a decade….

By Dan McGowan, Published January 10, 2025 “One of the state’s top housing nonprofits has a new leader. One Neighborhood Builders in Providence has named Peter H. Chapman its new president and CEO, replacing Jennifer Hawkins, who recently launched a consulting firm called Farnum Associates. With no end in sight for the state’s housing crisis, I asked Chapman to tell us more about himself and his vision for One Neighborhood Builders. Q: You’ve got big shoes to fill at One Neighborhood Builders. What was it about the organization and the state that made you want to apply for the job? Chapman: That’s for sure!…

By Cate Hanewich December 16, 2024   EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — East Providence officials said the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank donated $480,188 in Housing Infrastructure Grant funding to help create affordable housing in the City. The grant will be used towards the development of Center City Apartments, an affordable housing development by ONE Neighborhood builders. Center City Apartments will renovate a vacant former dorm into a mixed-use community building, creating 144 new apartments, community spaces, offices, and an onsite property management.   Read the Full Article here

By Ethan Hartley “A three-acre affordable housing development located in the heart of downtown East Providence got a financial boost from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank on Monday. Center City Apartments, a 144-unit, 100% affordable housing development proposed by ONE Neighborhood Builders, will be the beneficiary of a $480,188 Municipal Infrastructure grant awarded to East Providence in order to assist them with preparing a stormwater mitigation plan for the three lots that comprise the development. Located at the currently vacant properties of 330, 350 and 354 Taunton Ave., the development plan formed through a partnership in 2022 between ONE Neighborhood…