PUBLIC NOTICE Bridging Communities, Inc. is providing this notice pursuant to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009. Bridging Communities, Inc. is the primary applicant for $9,000,000.00 under the aforementioned NOFA to develop new housing on foreclosed vacant residential lots. The proposed new housing is to be built in the Delray neighborhood located in the southwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The target area is bounded by Melville (North), West Jefferson (South), Green (East), and Leigh (West). Citizen comment comments are encouraged and can be emailed to: nofa2009@bridgingcommunities.org

Comments may also be mailed or dropped of at the following address.

Bridging Communities, Inc.
6900 McGraw
Detroit, Michigan 48210.

MISSION STATEMENT
It has been the mission of Bridging Communities, since its founding in 1980 (Project SAVE); expansion in 1989 (Parkside Intergenerational Center); and merger in 1998 to improve the quality of life and the quality of the community around us.

To follow this vision, we are rebuilding the “village” in Southwest Detroit for the homebound elderly through direct services provided by professional staff and volunteers, building intergenerational relationships and rebuilding the physical infrastructure of the community through housing re-development.

Bridging Communities strives to to recreate neighborhoods that are great places to live, raise a family and grow old with dignity.

We work on the premise that just as it takes a village to raise a child; it takes a village to care for an elder.  By providing services and creativity to bring both generations together we can provide a community that grows together for all generations.