Central Providence Community Loan Fund Spotlight: C+J Rentals, a family-owned, local rental business.

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C+J Rentals started with a straightforward goal: to provide rentals  for small parties. Founded by father Mynor Quiñonez and sons Jeffrey Quiñonez, Christian Quiñonez and Danilo Quiñonez, the business began with a few basic party items, but quickly grew as they served more clients. As the business expanded, Danilo, Jeffrey, and Christian faced the challenge of keeping up with demand and navigating the complex world of loan and grant opportunities. Many funding options were tangled in red tape, making it tough for small businesses to get the help they needed. Enter the Central Providence Community Loan Fund. Unlike other funding…

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Jennifer Hawkins is executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders. (Mike Salerno/Rhode Island Current)

The Providence Journal: Building legacy: Jennifer Hawkins leaves One Neighborhood Builders after 7 years as CEO

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By Wheeler Cowperthwaite, Published September 26, 2024   “PROVIDENCE – Jennifer Hawkins stands on King Street in Providence. To one side are a series of income-restricted housing units her organization built, King Street Commons, a result of a new direction she took. To the other side is a former factory that, around the same time, was turned into apartments. When Hawkins started as the CEO of One Neighborhood Builders in 2017, she reoriented the nonprofit, especially to focus on building apartments at single sites, rather than the previous tactic of scattered buildings in a neighborhood. The King Street development was one of the first…

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The shuttered St. Patrick Church on Broad Street in Cumberland, R.I., is expected to be converted into 44 affordable housing units. The developer, One Neighborhood Builders, said they will break ground in spring 2024. The church closed in 2018.CARLOS R. MUNOZ/GLOBE STAFF

The Public’s Radio; As state lawmakers look to boost housing, zoning remains a pitched political battle in Rhode Island

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By Ian Donnis, Published September 3, 2024   “Standing on Broad Street in Cumberland, Jennifer Hawkins looks up at the former St. Patrick’s Church. Hawkins leads the nonprofit developer ONE Neighborhood Builders, which is renovating the vacant church building and turning it into housing. ONE Neighborhood Builders originally planned to build 44 low- and moderate-income apartments, but that number has increased thanks to a state law that took effect at the start of this year that lowered the number of parking spaces required for a project of this size. Plans for the development, known as Steeple and Stone, initially called…

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One Neighborhood Builders to Host Fresh Fridays on Housing and Homeless Systems

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One Neighborhood Builders is hosting a virtual event and panel discussion to examine the connection between homelessness and housing systems at different levels in Rhode Island. This discussion will explore current strategies, as well as opportunities and barriers for coordination and collaboration to effectively get people who are experiencing homelessness stably housed. 

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Center City Apartments, architect's rendering

One Neighborhood Builders Awarded for Exceptionalism & Innovation for Center City Apartment

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The innovation and scope of Center City Apartments has drawn some recent attention and support from stakeholders and grantors. In May, One Neighborhood Builders was awarded the Dr. J Lee and Judy Westrate Grant for Exceptionalism and Innovations in affordable housing. This prestigious $50,000 grant, awarded by the Housing Ministries of New England, recognizes projects that demonstrate an innovative approach to affordable housing. The grant will directly advance the Center City Apartments development, bringing it one step closer to construction.  Center City Apartments is currently in pre-development and is one of our most ambitious and transformational projects to date. This…

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PBN: Are more modular homes part of R.I.’s housing solution?

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By Ryan Doherty, Published August 2, 2024 For years, the 15,700-square-foot lot on Bowdoin Street in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood sat empty and strewn with garbage after a fatal fire destroyed several buildings on the property in early 2018. Then came the cranes. In 2022, nonprofit affordable housing developer ONE Neighborhood Builders completed construction on an eight-unit, $2.2 million apartment house on the parcel. But most of the construction didn’t take place in Providence. The units were built in Pennsylvania before being transported to Bowdoin Street. […]   One of the driving factors to start considering alternate forms of construction are…

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