The Hollow - Choice Neighborhood

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Bridgeport is Choice

In September of 2023, Bridgeport was one of 14 communities nationwide awarded a Planning Grant for the Hollow Neighborhood.

Through the Grant, Park City Communities (PCC) in partnership with the City of Bridgeport will work with the local residents and a variety of community stakeholders to create a forward-looking Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan focused on People, Housing, and Neighborhood.

What is the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative?

The Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) is a program by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that employs a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. HUD supports cities and housing authorities through grants to support community-based planning processes and implementation of those plans.

The CNI ensures that current residents will benefit from this transformation by preserving affordable housing or providing residents with the choice to move into affordable and accessible housing in other existing neighborhoods of opportunity.


Planning Area - The Hollow Choice Neighborhood

Target Housing Site: Charles F. Greene


Bridgeport is Choice

In September of 2023, Bridgeport was one of 14 communities nationwide awarded a Planning Grant for the Hollow Neighborhood.

Through the Grant, Park City Communities (PCC) in partnership with the City of Bridgeport will work with the local residents and a variety of community stakeholders to create a forward-looking Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan focused on People, Housing, and Neighborhood.

What is the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative?

The Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) is a program by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that employs a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. HUD supports cities and housing authorities through grants to support community-based planning processes and implementation of those plans.

The CNI ensures that current residents will benefit from this transformation by preserving affordable housing or providing residents with the choice to move into affordable and accessible housing in other existing neighborhoods of opportunity.


Planning Area - The Hollow Choice Neighborhood

Target Housing Site: Charles F. Greene


Planning Team

Our Planning Team

The planning process will be led by the Park City Communities (PCC) in collaboration with the City of Bridgeport. The creation of the Transformation Plan will be overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the planning process will be coordinated by BORDERLESS and COLLABO.


Park City Communities

Park City Communities is the leader for this planning grant and manages the target housing development Charles F. Green Homes.

City of Bridgeport

The City of Bridgeport is co-leader for this planning grant through the Office of Planning and Economic Development (OPED). 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD supports the development of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans through the Choice Neighborhood's Planning Grants.

Borderless Studio

Borderless Studio is an urban design and research practice based in Chicago (IL) and San Antonio (TX).

Collabo

COLLABO is a dynamic planning and urban design practice based in Chicago (IL) and St. Paul (MN).


Community Ambassadors

Community Ambassadors are community residents dedicated to local engagement and participation. They help by organizing small group meetings, facilitating activities during community meetings, being a resource to communicate with the community, and spread the word about the Plan process with community members.


Steering Committee

Steering Committee members help identify resources, provide information and help generate and vet ideas for strategies and projects that merit consideration for inclusion in the Choice Neighborhood Plan (CN). They also help in identifying potential partners, and guide post plan implementation.

  • Alli Ganim, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
  • Angelica Rendon, Greene Homes Resident
  • Aurora Sanchez, Greene Homes Resident
  • Chadwick Schroeder, Department of Sustainability, City of Bridgeport
  • Comm. Jorge Cruz Sr., City Council 
  • Comm. Eneida Martinez, City Council
  • Darcy Cobbs, Yale New Haven/Bridgeport Health System
  • Dr. Monette Ferguson, Alliance for Community Empowerment
  • Felicia Davis, Greene Homes Resident
  • Julian Pierce, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
  • Joseph Carbone, Workplace
  • Kimberley Rivera, Greene Homes Resident
  • Laura Magnotta, Wakeman Boys & Girls 
  • Matt Fulda, MetroCOG
  • Melissa Kaplan-Macey, Housing Collective
  • Natalie Pryce, Leadership Greater Bridgeport / Business Council
  • Roderick Porter, Police Department, City of Bridgeport
  • Samantha Lucas, Greene Homes Resident
  • Stephen Nelson, PCC Commissioner
  • Sonia Moncrieffe, Hollow Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ)
  • Vanessa Liles, PT Partners
  • Yvette Williamson, Greene Homes Resident

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Page last updated: 01 Nov 2024, 09:16 AM