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Grand Opening: Ascent at Hover Crossing, Longmont

Source: Mile High CRE Grand opening photo credit: Pennrose Pennrose, Longmont Housing Authority (LHA), and project partners celebrated the grand opening of Ascent at Hover Crossing, a 75-unit affordable housing community with an early childhood education center in Longmont. The $39 million energy-efficient, mixed-income community provides much-needed family housing in […]

Longmont Housing Authority celebrates opening of Ascent at Hover Crossing

75-unit affordable housing development includes early childhood education center Source: Times Call; Author: London Lyle Longmont Mayor Susie Hidalgo Fahring cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Ascent at Hover Crossing apartments on Tuesday. City officials, housing leaders and development partners gathered Tuesday afternoon to celebrate […]

New affordable housing communities in Colorado aim to serve families with the greatest need

New affordable housing communities in Longmont and Denver's Berkeley neighborhood are offering larger family units and on-site child care as Colorado expands its post-COVID housing investments. By: Adria Iraheta Source: Denver 7 LONGMONT, Colo. — For Skye Beck and her husband, the decision to uproot their family of five […]

SAP FEATURE: The Greenest Building is the One Already Built: Why Adaptive Reuse Wins

In the face of a dual global crisis, a shortage of housing and an urgent need for climate action, the construction industry is shifting its focus from new to next. Adaptive reuse, the process of repurposing existing structures like vacant offices, old motels, or disused […]

Mill Valley reapproves city-led affordable housing project: 1 Hamilton Drive

A rendering of the proposed Bayfront Terrace housing project on Hamilton Drive in Mill Valley. (Van Meter Williams Pollack) By Steven Rosenfeld | srosenfeld@marinij.com Source: MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL The Mill Valley City Council has reapproved a four-story, 45-apartment complex for low-income families at the edge of Hauke Park. The unanimous vote Monday […]

Dozens of homes built for San Mateo County farmworkers 3 years after mass shooting

Source: CBS San Francisco, By Max Darrow   In the aftermath of a tragedy, hope is often what keeps people moving. In Belinda Hernandez Arriaga's case, it's a hope that farmworkers will have a better life as a result of a day that changed Half Moon Bay […]

Progress Rooted in Partnership: VMWP Minneapolis recognizes the deep and meaningful collaborations of 2025

Celebrating the milestones and community-driven designs that defined our work in Minnesota this year Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) has always believed that the most enduring projects are those built upon a foundation of shared values and collective vision. By blending intentional architecture with forward-thinking urban […]

Burbank Housing and Partners Break Ground on Dry Creek Commons Rural Affordable Housing in Healdsburg

Source: Burbank Housing Burbank Housing, alongside the City of Healdsburg, Sonoma County, and California Housing & Community Development (HCD), has broken ground on Dry Creek Commons at 155 Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg. The development will deliver 58 affordable homes for families, farmworkers, and individuals facing […]

From Uncertainty to Home – Rebecca’s New Beginning and the Power of Partnerships

Source: Housing Trust Silicon Valley; Author: Darlene Davila-Thrower Across California, the housing crisis continues to put families at risk of displacement and homelessness. In Santa Clara County, families with children make up a significant share of the unhoused population – 1,679 people across 486 households, with […]

1,100-Unit Balboa Reservoir Development Breaks Ground

Source: The Ingleside Light The upper Balboa Reservoir has been fenced off to build the project's infrastructure.   Work crews are demolishing asphalt and concrete ahead of preparing the grounds for buildings, streets and sidewalks in December. Without fanfare, the years in the making Balboa Reservoir housing development officially […]
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