Gloucester Community Development Block Grant

Gloucester County is a recipient of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to rehabilitate 21 homes and conduct a job training program in the Indian Road Neighborhood. The Indian Road neighborhood is located in the Ware District, north of the Gloucester County Courthouse.

The neighborhood consist of 51 occupied houses (37 of which house low-to-mid income families), and 8 vacant houses. The MPPDC is the program manager and is working with the Chesapeake Bay Housing Services office of the Chesapeake Bay Agency on Aging, which provides inspection, bidding, and contract procurement services for the project. Twelve of the twenty-one homes to be rehabilitated will be substantial reconstructions.

The program will also provide 12 low to moderate income residents of Gloucester with job training. The job training program will introduce the students to all aspects of the home-building trade, and at the completion of the program they will be placed with a licensed contractor for employment.

The project began in April 2000 and is end in March 2003.

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Construction begins on the home of Elmo Ward

	This is Elmo Ward's existing home. It is over 100 years old and has been in the Ward Family since its construction. After inspection it was deemed to costly for repairs so a new home will be constructed and this home will be demolished.
	Mr. Ward watches as the Gloucester Housing Partnership stakes out the foundation of the new home.
	The Gloucester Housing Partnership begins work on the home.
	An instructor watches as students drive the stakes to mark the perimeter of the home.

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