BHA
Celebrating a Decade of
Development”
1996 – 2006
Timeline
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1989 |
BHA incorporated |
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1991 -1995 |
BHA builds and sells first new house |
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1993 – 94 |
Jeremiah Project is formed – Ste. Anne’s joins effort – BHA
associates w/effort
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1995—96 |
BHA
and HRCDC prepares and submits Neighborhood Preservation Plan
(NPP) to MSHDA; BHA receives its first grant ($5,000) from the
Basilian Human Resources Fund |
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July 1996 |
Awarded Funders Collaborative operating grant |
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December 12, 1996 |
Breaks ground on Phase I development |
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January 1997 |
Moves office to 2661 Bagley from Ste Anne’s School |
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October 1997 |
Awarded HUD S202 grant to build Rio Vista Senior Apartments |
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1997-98 |
Commissions its first Public art/mural project |
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1998 |
Completes Phase I; Phase II begins; Rehab program begins |
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1999 |
Named Maxwell Award Finalist by Fannie Mae |
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2000 |
Completes Phase II; Phase III begins; Springwells Award for New
Beginnings by SDBA/MCDC |
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January 2001 |
Moves office to 2715 Bagley; BHA Art Gallery opens |
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September 2001 |
Rio Vista Senior Apartments completed and occupied |
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August 2002 |
Casa Richard Academy rehab project completed |
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October 2002 |
Stanton Park renovation completed; Funders Collaborative Round
II grant received |
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December 2002 |
Phase III completed; Receives Michigan Association of Community
Arts Agencies’ (MACAA) |
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July 2003 |
Ste. Anne’s Gate Condo construction begins; Innovations Award
from LISC/CDAD |
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June 2004 |
Phase IV construction begins |
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2006 |
Phase IV construction completed; Phase V construction begins; |
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2006 |
Innovations Award from LISC/CDAD |
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2007 and beyond |
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Components of various Phases
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Phase I 1996-98 |
11 new single family homes |
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Phase II 1998-2000
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11 new single family homes; 1
rehab replacement home; 24-owner occupied rehabs |
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Phase III 2000-2002
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23 new single family homes; 65
unit senior apartment bldg.; Stanton Park
Renovation; alley paving
begins; Casa Richard Academy rehab completed.
Office/gallery renovation
completed; 40 owner occupied rehabs |
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Phase IV 2003-2006
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Ste Anne’s Condos – 50 sold and
occupied;
30 new single family homes;
4 unit Junction Town Homes
completed;
3 Buy rehab-sell units completed
and sold;
Alley
paving continues;
130-owner
occupied rehabs
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Phase V 2006- |
Ste Anne’s Gate condos – 22
units to build, sell and occupy; 31 new single
Family Homes to build, sell
and occupy; alley paving continues
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Selected
Accomplishments and Activities
· Homes at Ste. Anne’s Phase IV – 30 new construction low/mod
single family 30 units (completed/sold July 2005- June 2006)
· “Gut Rehabs” of existing dilapidated single family homes
for sale to low/mod families – 7 units – (6 completed, 1 under construction)
· Market rate condominium development w/Abbey Homes – 72
units (38 units now sold)
· Infrastructure improvements – alleys, sidewalks, curbs,
sewers – to support our housing investments
· Demolitions – 5 units, to prepare sites for our next phase
· Restoration of the Tennis Courts at Clark Park – 8 courts
completely resurfaced (completed 2006)
· Play surface installation at Stanton Park
In addition, our gallery has hosted seven new exhibits
(attached is an invitation to our next reception). Our parks and gardens
program has grown and now has a home owner landscape design component.
We’re about to break grounds on our Phase V
development which includes:
a) the new construction of subsidized single
family housing units (21). ($3,441,375 total development cost;
sales price per unit – $112,000)
b) the rehab of existing units (5)
(gut rehab - $600,000 total development cost; sales price $96,000 per unit;
owner occupied rehab (11units) – total development cost - $341,000
or 31,000 per unit; minor home repair – total development cost, $190,000)
c) the new construction of market rate
single family housing units (8) ($1,600,000 total development
cost; sales price $200,000 per unit)
d) the improvement of infrastructure,
especially alleys and sidewalks (total development cost - $500,000) and
e) the continued attention to beautifying
parks (total development cost – Clark Park- $85,000) and homes in
the neighborhood (shrubs, flowers, etc.-total cost $8,000).
Phase V should be completed by the end of 2007.
Are we having impact? A drive down 17th
Street shows our unmistakable progress. The new houses are looking great
and the condos just beyond are a bit more than 50% sold. Not to say that 16th,
18th, Ste. Anne and Porter aren’t looking oh so much better too.
Stanton Park , Rio Vista Senior Apartments, Casa Richard Academy , the Ste.
Anne’s Church campus, are all very vibrant and inviting. People are living
here and making it home. All the new houses, rehabs and demolitions are
bearing fruit named revitalization. And then there are the river and the
bridge, never quiet but mostly beautiful, especially at night. The Honey
Bee Super Market expansion is ready to open (August 6th)! The
Mexicantown International Welcome Center and Mercado is under construction.
Several Bagley Avenue businesses have gotten significant facade
improvements. We have an art gallery at BHA, a theatre (Matrix) across
the street. There is a lot happening and still more to come!
West of the freeway (I75/I96), we’ve done some
new housing (13 units) on 24th and 25th. When one
combines that with the curb repairs, street repavings, homeowner occupied
rehabs and the major rehab work that Southwest Housing has been doing on
multifamily buildings (8 buildings/132 units) west to Clark , the impact is
palpable. Of course it doesn’t hurt that Clark Park is getting a completely
refurbished (outdoor) hockey rink courtesy of Wayne County , and a
completely refurbished tennis facility (outdoor/8 courts) courtesy of BHA
and MSHDA. Again, there is a lot happening and still more to come!
Bagley
Housing Association's mission is to provide quality housing
opportunities
to low and moderate income facilities within the context of totally revitalizing
the Hubbard-Richard and Hubbard-Farms communities
Highlights of our Housing/Economic Development
Work:
Bagley Housing has completed Phases 1A & 1B of its
Homes at Ste. Anne Project ($3MM). These two phases make up 22 units of
single-family ownership housing for low to moderate income families. Each unit
has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a basement and a garage.
Phase 2 (23 units-3.1MM), is under construction.
Additionally, with their partner, Cooperative Services Inc., they have a new
65 unit apartment building ($6MM) for low income seniors in an advanced state
of construction. BHA is also providing housing rehab ($1MM) to owner occupied
residences in its neighborhood.
BHA is the Project Coordinator for the revitalization and rehabilitation of the Ste.
Anne School ($3MM) which will then become the permanent
home of Ser Casa High School, a charter school for at risk students.
Plans for the future include further
low/moderate income housing; market rate housing (single family and condo);
and commercial/industrial development.
Awards: 1999 Finalist in Fannie Mae's
Maxwell Awards of Excellence in the production of low income Housing.
Boundaries: North: Penn Central RR;
South: Fort St.; East: 16th St.; West: Clark St.
Statistical Information:
Approximate population in area served: 6,000
Number of units completed: 22
Number of unit in process: 23 single-family for low/moderate income ownership
65 for rental to low income seniors
