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Mayor Purzycki joined Woodlawn Trustees for a ribbon-slicing ceremony to celebrate the agency’s tenth reasonably priced housing project

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki joined Prosperous Przywara, CEO of Woodlawn Trustees, to reduce a ribbon yesterday at 718 East 11^th Street – aspect of the City’s historic Neighborhood Revitalization Approach introduced earlier this 12 months. The newly rehabbed property is the agency’s tenth completed affordable housing challenge, bringing Woodlawn Trustees midway to its motivation to renovate 20 vacant residences for suitable persons and people. A news launch from Woodlawn Trustees about the celebration is offered beneath.

 Renovated home at 718 East 11^th Street

Woodlawn Trustees is happy to announce today, the opening of 718 E. 11^th Street, as the tenth done affordable housing renovation underneath Mayor Purzycki’ s not too long ago publicized Neighborhood Strategy.  Below the grant announcement, Woodlawn Trustees will renovate 20 vacant residences to supply housing for persons and people at 80% of the region medium revenue.  This house represents 50% of the task total has been achieved.

The household has been renovated, with lead-paint remediation, new windows, new flooring, new roof, updated lavatory w/ laundry facilities on the second flooring, and a absolutely renovated kitchen area.  The home has a living home, dining room, kitchen area, three bedrooms, and one particular bathtub with laundry facilities and a backyard deck.

The renovations were concluded by the Services personnel of Woodlawn Trustees, and TAG Building, a minority-owned contractor.

Woodlawn Trustees has been a service provider of reasonably priced rental housing in the Town of Wilmington considering that the early 1900’s with housing at the Flats on Union Road, and more than 100 models on the East Side of Wilmington.  Today’s announcement commences a system to present additional out there properties to families, which are recently up to date, and can be in provider for a long time to arrive. 

For even more information and facts call Woodlawn Trustees at (302) 655-6215, or online at www.woodlawntrustees.com.

718 East 11^th Street – Right before renovation 

718 East 11^th Street – Immediately after renovation

Local community AND MEDIA INQUIRIES: 

John Rago
Deputy Chief of Employees
Metropolis of Wilmington, Workplace of the Mayor
Cell: (302) 420-7928
Electronic mail: [email protected]