Jun 22
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Now Hiring: Special Projects Officer

By Open Position
The Special Projects Officer (SPO) is an important role, enabling the Executive Director (ED) to work most effectively with internal and external stakeholders and fulfill her commitments to ONE Neighborhood Builders’ (ONE|NB) partners, funders, and the Board of Directors. The role requires a combination of research, project coordination, and administrative support. The position requires a candidate who is flexible, persistent, and independent. The SPO will regularly be asked to quickly respond to new responsibilities and must be able to see tasks through to completion with minimal oversight from the ED. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB) is a community development...
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Jun 09
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Preventing Eviction

By Our Stories & Voices
By Jennifer Hawkins, President and Executive Director   Rhode Island’s eviction moratorium is set to expire on July 1. As a community development landlord, ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB) owns more than 375 rental apartments and is responsible for maintaining these properties to a superior standard. We are committed to eliminating obstacles to health equity among the roughly 15,000 neighbors who live within our Central Providence Health Equity Zone (CP-HEZ)—and recognize that stable and affordable housing is paramount.    As a landlord and as a community-builder, ONE|NB works to prevent evictions due to non-payment of rent—both with our own properties and in the broader Central Providence community. We do not always succeed, but...
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Jun 09
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Now Hiring: Real Estate Project Manager

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ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB) is a community development corporation founded in 1988 to promote the comprehensive revitalization of neighborhoods in Providence, RI.  Our mission is to develop affordable housing and engage neighbors across Greater Providence to cultivate healthy, vibrant, and safe communities.  We accomplish our mission through robust housing development and quality real estate management, addressing root causes of health disparities, and embracing innovation and building the community development field. OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage all aspects of real estate development, residential and commercial, with a focus on multi-family affordable rental developments. Manage budgets and schedules; compose and submit capital funding applications. …

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Jun 02
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Standing In Solidarity: A Message on Black Lives Matter

By News Coverage, Our Stories & Voices
“Survival is . . . learning how to stand alone, unpopular and sometimes reviled, and how to make common cause with those others identified as outside the structures in order to define and seek a world in which we can all flourish. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change . . . [R]each down into that deep place of knowledge . ....
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May 28
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ONE Neighborhood Builders Awards $125,000 in Grants to Six Central Providence Health Equity Zone (CP-HEZ) Partners

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PROVIDENCE, RI– On Friday, May 22, ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB) awarded grants totaling $125,300 to six partner organizations from our Central Providence Health Equity Zone (CP-HEZ) to support their work improving economic opportunities and ameliorating health disparities. There were 11 submissions received in response to our request for proposals, with nearly $275,000 in total funding requested. The CP-HEZ is a 25-member collaborative convened by ONE Neighborhood Builders. Across the state, HEZs, which Governor Gina Raimondo and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), frequently highlight in their daily COVID-19 press briefings, have proven to be…

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May 09
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Community Development 2.0

By Our Stories & Voices

By Jennifer Hawkins Adapted from an essay for NeighborWorks America’s Achieving Excellence program Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief chronic, severe health disparities faced by people of color and low-income communities. As a nonprofit community development corporation (CDC), ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB) has worked for decades to address social determinants of health (SDOH’s), such as housing affordability, economic stability, early education, neighborhood safety, environmental justice, and food access. In the past five years, we have increasingly emphasized this work and invested in personnel who are dedicated to it. ONE|NB serves as the backbone for the Central Providence…

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May 01
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Community Health Workers are Helping Residents Survive in a Time of Pandemic

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Published by ConvergenceRI PROVIDENCE – The messages were filled with “aspiration.” In a series of posts on Twitter on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza wrote about Providence being a “city that cares for the wellbeing of all neighbors.” “Even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges, our local businesses continue to find new and inspirational ways to help keep our community healthy and safe,” Elorza wrote in his first message. “Physical doors may be shut, but Providence is still open for business.” In his second message, Elorza wrote: “I have seen neighbors and business owners step…

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