Bagley Housing in News!
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on Bagley Housing Association.
Bagley Housing celebrates
decade of investment, will complete 23 homes in 2007
Model D/Development News
January 9, 2007
Bagley Housing Association will celebrate a decade of investment in Southwest
Detroit, primarily in the Hubbard-Richard neighborhood, with a Jan. 18 open
house that will feature works from local artists, live music and refreshments
from the Honeybee Supermercado.
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Hispanic artist likes gallery's cozy
experience
By Joy Hakanson Colby / The Detroit News - 9-17-2004
At less than 400 square feet,
the Bagley Housing Art Gallery might be the smallest art showroom in Metro
Detroit. But it promotes Hispanic culture in a big way through changing exhibits
and programs.
“I like the gallery,” says painter Ramon Angel Guadiana, solo exhibitor for
Hispanic Heritage Month, which goes through Oct. 15. “It’s intimate and gives me
all the space I need.”
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Bridge plan divides Detroit neighborhood
By Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News - 9-24-2004
The Bagley Housing Association, a nonprofit that has built a number
of low-income houses and condominiums in the area, has swapped land with
the bridge company through the years. But now it’s time to finally
hammer out a deal, said Vincent Murray, executive director of Bagley
housing, which wants the bridge company to be more open with its plans.
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Art powers a neighborhood
Murals, ingenuity give character to
Mexicantown
By Hakanson Colby / The
Detroit News - 10-2-2004
Transforming a
neighborhood
Vincent
Murray, executive director of the Bagley Housing Association, a
not-for-profit Michigan corporation for community development,
is using art in several ways to help once depressed Mexicantown
heal and grow.
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Police station depot plan raises questions, criticism
Old station, neighborhood may see new life
By R.J. King, and Darci McConnell / The Detroit News -
2-26-2004
While community groups such as Bagley Housing
Association praised the train station revival plans, several members of City
Council said they are worried that purchasing the depot and making it state of
the art — as Kilpatrick promised — may be difficult and costly, especially in
light of the city’s budget woes.
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Vince Murray, executive director of Bagley
Housing Association, said the depot restoration would fit in with other
potential projects in the area.
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Condo project crowns Bagley development
Ste.
Anne's Gate to open first of 72 units this summer
By R.J. King / The Detroit News - 2-12-2004
“If you wanted to look at a
successful redevelopment of a neighborhood, one with setbacks and people
overcoming obstacles to succeed, we have done it,” Murray said. “Beyond the
condos, we have another 16 (single-family) homes that can be added.”
In recent years, Bagley Housing has worked closely with private developers and
city officials to clean up environmental problems, fix roads and street lamps,
gain clear title to land and apply for building permits.
Murray said demand for housing has come largely from area residents, growing
families and recent Hispanic immigrants. The neighborhood is across Interstate
75 from Mexican Village, a retail, restaurant and entertainment area.
The new two-story Ste. Anne’s Gate Condominiums will offer units with two
bedrooms, a large kitchen, one-and-a-half baths, a two-story foyer and a one-car
attached garage. Prices range from
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RESIDENTIAL RESURGENCE: Builder returns to Detroit - Condos among many
housing plans
BY JOHN GALLAGHER
To build up the market,
groups like Habitat for Humanity and the Bagley Housing Association in southwest
Detroit had been building houses for lower income buyers using government
subsidies, corporate donations and volunteer labor.
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More get mortgage help
Lending
plan sets aside $3 billion for minorities
By R.J. King / The Detroit News
He also received assistance from Bagley Housing
Association, a nonprofit group in Detroit.
"The home is a dream come true for me," said Hernandez, who makes $26,000 a
year. "I came from Mexico to Detroit seven years ago, and I'm very thankful for
the assistance."
more....
SAYING
GOOD-BYE TO A HISTORIC DETROIT CHURCH: Pastor leaves behind a gift
-- 1-4-2003
Big-hearted minister inspired congregation to help community
"His genius is in
letting people who know how to do things do them and not thinking he has to have
all the answers," Quigley said.
Even though his final masses are this weekend
and his farewell party is Wednesday, Duggan hasn't shaken off the many concerns
he has lived with every day in metro Detroit's oldest Catholic parish.
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Also as a special tribute to Father
Duggan, Bagley Housing Association has passed a resolution in his honor that can
be viewed here.
Southwest condominium units due in 2003
-- 10-23-2002
Bagley Housing plans to build project near Ste. Anne Church
The new condominiums are one
of the first housing developments in southwest Detroit not subsidized by the
city, state or federal government. And because the condos will be in a
Neighborhood Enterprise Zone, homeowners will receive a 60-percent discount on
their property taxes for 12 years, Murray said.
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REBUILDING BLOCKS: Developer hopes to revitalize Detroit -- one neighborhood
at a time - 10-17-2002
DETROIT -- Urban affairs experts say
community organizations such as Southwest Housing, the Bagley Housing
Association and the Gateway Communities Development Collaborative have had
success in breathing life back into Detroit's neighborhoods....More
Stanton Park Dedication - 10-3-2002
The dedication of Stanton Park was held
on Thursday, October 3rd, 2002 at the park. Detroit City Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick made the dedication along with
key members of his staff and supporting organizations. Bagley Housing
Association Director Dr. Vincent Murray and Assistant Director Daniel Loacano
also took to the podium to thank all those who helped make Stanton Park
revitalization possible. Click the image above to see photos and video
segments of the dedication.
Artists
share vision rising from roots
Southwest Detroit a haven for the old, young - 9/4-2002
DETROIT -- A new show, "An Exhibition
of Community Artists and Friends," puts the spotlight on artists who work and
live in the area, which dates back to the 1830s. It is scheduled to open
Saturday in the Bagley Housing Art Gallery on Bagley at Ste. Anne....More
Project
for new river tunnel plans for future growth - 8/23/2002
DETROIT -- Vince Murray, executive director of the Bagley Housing Association, a
nonprofit residential development firm in southwest Detroit, said he was in
favor of the plan. ....
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Neighborhood projects help strengthen spirit of the city and its residents -
8/11/2002 DETROIT -- From southwest Detroit to the city's far east side, organizations
like the Bagley Housing Association.......
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For Murray, who's been at the Bagley Housing initiative since 1995, the projects
suggest how a city is reborn. It's important for everyone involved.....More
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Bagley Housing Association breaks ground on project - 2/24/00
DETROIT -- As Detroit nears its 300th birthday, the city's very first
spiritual center is the anchor for a bricks and mortar resurrection.
The Catholic church of St. Anne de Detroit was first built four days after
Europeans landed here. In April Bagley Housing
Association Inc. will break ground on a 65-unit apartment building for
low-income senior citizens near the parish's third church building, which is
next door to the Ambassador Bridge....More
Ste. Anne's anchors reborn neighborhood - 6/5/00
"I'm a believer in
the power of grace," said Vince Murray, executive director of the secular
Bagley Housing Association, which backs new the development in the neighborhood. "Pope John
Paul has written about getting ready for the new millennium. These jubilee times
come with special grace....More
Ste. Anne parish's history is a record of early Detroit - 4/16/00
Much of the work is
under the auspices of the Ste. Anne-connected Bagley Housing
Association.
"We're building new houses all around Ste. Anne's," said Vince Murray, a
parish member who also directs the non-profit association. The church is the
anchor-resource around which we're building the houses."
To Murray, the housing project takes the vitality of the church and extends
it to the neighborhood. Some 23 homes have....More
Detroiters Receive Housing Rehab Help from Federal Home Loan Bank of
Indianapolis
DETROIT — Forty homeowners in Detroit’s Bagley community are
getting help to renovate their homes thanks to a grant from the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBI). The bank, through its Affordable Housing
Program (AHP), has provided a $200,000 grant to the Bagley Housing
Association...More
The West Vernor Highway Award for Individual Community Leadership
Father Duggan provides leadership through
the church and through volunteer work with the G.R.A.C.E. program, Bagley
Housing Association, and other initiatives...More
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Tax-seized Detroit properties given to nonprofits
Groups receiving
state lots Thursday were the Bagley Housing Association.....More
GlobeSt.com - HUD Secretary Announces $10 Mil for State
Martinez
toured St. Anne's Cooperative Apartments and the Ser Casa Academy in southwest
Detroit. Both are part of a focus on new construction by the Bagley Housing
Association (BHA), a faith-based nonprofit organization that builds housing for
low and moderate-income families in the Hubbard-Richard communities of southwest
Detroit. The BHA is partially funded with CDBG money....More
For More Information Contact:
Bagley Housing Association
2715 Bagley, Detroit, MI 48216
Tel: 313-964-5942
FAX: 313-964-6847
Internet:
Info@BagleyHousing.com
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