Lower Price Hill celebrates 'empowerment,' 'engagement,' 'persistence'

Lower Price Hill celebrates 'empowerment,' 'engagement,' 'persistence'

After six years of effort – and plenty of hurdles along the way – a new $15.2 million affordable housing development officially broke ground Thursday in Lower Price Hill.

ANYONE LOOKING FOR ANAPARTMENT THESE DAYS KNOWS HOWTIGHT THE RENTAL MART KEIS.ANDIT'S EVEN TIGHTER WHEN ITCOMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.THE LOWER PRICE HI COMMUNTYIS TACKLING THAT PROBLEM HEADON - WITH DOZENS OF NEW,AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS IN ADEVELOPMENT CALLED L-P-HTHRIVES.R OULUCY MAY WAS ATTHIS MORNING'S GOUNDBREAKING.Mary Delaney, executivedirector, Community Matters(9:34:34 on SLVY4288ó01) "Itstarted as a dream - a bit ofa pipedream."THIS OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKINGFOR THE L-P-H THRIVES PROJECTIS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR MARYDELANEY,HE T EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR OF COMMUNITYMATTERS.Mary Delaney, executivedirector, Community Matters(10:10:06 onVYSL4296ó01)"It's almost hard to describehow joyful it is today."(VO)CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FORTHE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BRING47 NEW AFFORDABLE APARTMENTSTO LOWER PRICE HILL.A NEWBUILDING HERE WILL CONTAINSIXTEEN LARGER, ACCESSIBLEAPARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES.THEOTHER 33 UNITS WILL BE SPREADACROSS 10 VACANT BUILDINGSTHAT ARE BEINGRENOVATED.Mary Delaney, executivedirector, Community Matters"There's people from theneighborhood working on theconstruction sit e.There'speople walking by every day.You can feel thatenergy."Cynthia Ford, resident ofLowePrr ice Hill (9:54:16 onSLVY4295ó01) "This is how youmove forward as a community."(VO)CYNTHIA FORD DESCRIBESHERSELF AS A PROUD RESIDENT OFLOWER PRICE HILL.SHE SAYS THISDEVELOPMENT IS INSPIRINGPEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOBUILD BETTER LIVES FORTHEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.(SOT)Cynthia Ford, resident ofLower Price Hill (9:54:21 onSLVY4295ó01) "Communitiesdon't just move forwardbecause they get more richpeople in the neighborhood.That's not necessarily movingforward.

(9:54:30 onSLVY4295ó01) "Moving forwardmeans th ateverybody has achance to move up and to besafe, comfortable and not wayover their head as far as whatthey'll have to pay for rent."(VO)DELANEY SAYS SHE HOPES THEPROJECT CA BEN A BLUEPRINT FORTHE REGION.(S)OTMary Delaney,executive director, CommunityMatters (10:12:08 onSLVY4296ó01) "The affordablehousing crisis is sointimidating when you'relooking at it from the countyor city level.

You think howare we going to come up with40,000, 20,0 00units.

When youlook at the community level,you can start to really breakit down and see, and make atangible impact."(VO)ONESHOVEL OF DIRT AT A TIME.LUCYMAY, WCPO NINE NEWS.DELANEY TELLS LUCY THAT THERENT FOR THESE APARTMENTS WILLBE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE WHOEARN ANYWHERE FROM NINEDOLLARS AN HOUR TO TWENTY-TWODOLLARS AN HOUR, DEPENDING ONTHEIR FAMILY SI.THE PROJECTIS SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED INABOUT A AR