Working In Neighborhood’s eight-year collaboration with the College Hill Housing Team continues to make remarkable progress! As part of WIN’s mission to empower people to improve their lives and their neighborhoods, the College Hill project has targeted the Cedar Avenue corridor for housing development that includes both new and rehabilitated construction. 1549 Ambrose Avenue
For the past 35 years, WIN has set out to develop a comprehensive, sustainable method to address home ownership and family stability. We work with residents to target strategic areas that will benefit from development. We transform vacant buildings into homes by renovating and rebuilding. We empower residents to become leaders who can advocate on behalf of their communities. And we strengthen
______________________________________________ Working In Neighborhoods' ongoing work along Cedar Avenue in the Cincinnati neighborhood of College Hill is a great example of how all of the different aspects of our work--community organizing, financial literacy, housing development, and home ownership--come together to strengthen communities and families.
For at least 10 years, the men of Little Flower's Old Timers softball team have been volunteering with Working in Neighborhoods. These guys have done everything from pouring concrete and demolition to painting and building fences, porches, and decks--usually during four to six-hour "barn-raising blitzes." This year, the Old Timers are working to complete a whole-house rehab project within