1999 Multifamily Housing Drug Elimination Grants

SUMMARY: The GRAND II program for Green Hills Apartments in Knoxville, Tennessee is a comprehensive plan to continue helping the residents make a successful transition from the welfare system to the labor market through training being given the Neighborhood Network Initiative. Residents will continue to improve their job skills and educational skills. The Green Hills Computer Learning Center onsite will offer both younger and older residents an opportunity to become productive self-sufficient citizens. Youths will be offered outreach activities from local organizations at a nominal charge to provide safe alternative programs to reduce exposure to drugs, drug-related violence and gang visitations at Green Hills Apartments, which provide housing for 199 low-income families.

Knoxville, TN 37921
RECIPIENT: Knoxville's Community Development Corp.
PROJECT NAME: Ridgebrook Apartments
PROJECT STREET: 2121 Ridgebrook Lane
GRANT AMOUNT: $125,000

SUMMARY: The purpose of this grant application is to install a gated security system at Ridgebrook Apartments. The latest security technology will be used to protect residents from drug trafficking and other criminal activities perpetrated by non-resident visitors to the apartment complex. By using a pass card the size of a standard credit card, residents will be able to move freely throughout the complex. Visitors and/or deliveries will be permitted access by contacting the tenant directly or by contacting the managers office from the access kiosk located at the entrance of the complex. KCDC anticipates drug-related and other criminal activities to be reduced significantly by this system.

Memphis, TN 38116
RECIPIENT: Peppertree-Memphis, Ltd.
PROJECT NAME: Peppertree Apartments
PROJECT STREET: 4243 Graceland Dr.
GRANT AMOUNT: $125,000

The purpose of this program will be to support and encourage a community, which is trying to free itself from the social ills of drugs and drug-related crime requires a multifaceted approach. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has given us an opportunity to provide such an approach with the Drug Elimination Grant. A Neighborhood Network Center will educate and motivate the young people. A center will provide a harbored environment, which will motivate the participants to stay away from the criminal elements that permeate this low-income neighborhood. In addition, the physical environment must act as deterrent for drug-related crime by security, lighting and creation of defensible spaces through landscaping. Our plan addresses all of these issues and if implemented, would be the pride of the neighborhood.

Nashville, TN 37206
RECIPIENT: CWA I AND II
PROJECT NAME: CWA I and II Apartments
PROJECT STREET: 500 Shelby Street
GRANT AMOUNT: $200,000

Together with the education and family services already offered by Martha O'Bryan Center, the CWA Learning Center was started to help bring customers access to technology. However, in comparison to the general population there is a serious lack of access to technology of any kind, leaving our children and adults unable to successfully compete for grades, jobs and financial independence. Failure to address the these issues leaves our community vulnerable to other kinds of initiatives: drug dealing, burglary assault, along with a raft of juvenile crimes that rob our children of their childhood and continue the cycle of poverty. We need to expand the CWA Learning Center to serve more people more effectively. We also need more equipment to support the technology needs of the programs already in place, and staff dollars to add a part time teacher to supplement the growing Homework Club at the Center. These elements, in combination with Martha O'Bryan Center's Model Adult and Children's programs, will help us reach our various goals:

*Funded/State of TN Grant Totals: 4 Grant Amount : $575,000 Project Totals: 4 Project Units: 903

Content Archived: January 20, 2009