The Stratford ribbon cutting provides hope for the homeless

by Richard Brown Ending Homelessness, Family homelessness, Supportive Housing Add comments

Mayor Booker cuts the ribbon

On June 6, 2008, The Stratford, which will provide permanent supportive housing for special needs and homeless families, held their Grand Opening. In the photo on the right, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark cut the ribbon along with Reverend J. Carr Holland, III and Mike Meyer, the Director of Housing and Real Estate for the City of Newark, and a family that will call The Stratford home. The project will have a total of nine units, three 3 bedroom units and six 2 bedroom units. The Stratford has received project based SRAP funds and the primary funding sources were Low Income Housing Tax Credits, City of Newark Home, HUD Continuum of Care Funding and Federal Home Loan funding. Episcopal Community Development was the developer, for The Apostles’ House, which will “own” and operate the facility.

The comments from Mayor Booker on this historic project underscored the importance that his administration has placed on ending homelessness in Newark. To listen to his comments use the link below or click here.

icon for podpress  The Stratford Opening [3:00m]: Download

These are some of twenty (20) photos from the grand opening.

16_Master_bedroom.JPG 17_Second_bedroom.JPG 01_Front_of_Building~0.JPG 10_Mayor_Booker_and_some_of_the_residents.JPG
05_CEO_Sandra_Accomando_from_Apostles__House.JPG 04_Episcopal_Community_Development_Executive_Director_Gerard_Haizel.JPG 01_Front_of_Building.JPG 18_Spacious_bathroom.JPG
13_Welcoming_entrance.JPG 09_All_smiles_as_the_ribbon_is_cut.JPG 11_Lobby_area.JPG 07_Rev__J__Carr_Holland_III_blessing_the_building.JPG

You can click on any photo to see it full size or click here to view all of the photos. To save a photo right click on the photo.

To view a slide show click here.

All of the photographs were taken by Eucabeth Williams [Email address: ewilliams #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ] and Naemah Sarmad [Email address: nsarmad #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ].

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