Join Us on YouTube or Facebook live at the time of the event! Date: June 18, 2021 at 7:00PM Delivered Via: Facebook Live and YouTube Program Title: African American Communities and Gentrification: Heritage & Affordability Speakers: Dr. Julian Chambliss, Ph.D. and Dr. Igor Vojnovic
Inside Voices | Black Thoughts S3 E1: YOU=CHANGE, From the Bench to the Board Inside Voices | Black Thoughts S3 E1: YOU=CHANGE, From the Bench to the Board from AIA Orlando on Vimeo. The panel discussed the importance of being in positions of leadership to affect/enact real change within the black community as it pertains…
Gus Henderson: Crusading Voice for Voters and Newspaper Pioneer By Whitney Broadaway from the Spring 2020 edition of Reflections magazine In 1862, in the middle of the Civil War, Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson was born near Lake City, Florida. His mother was black, but not much is known about his father, who may have been white. He…
Celebrating Black History: Frank R. Israel and Walter B. Simpson Who were Frank R. Israel and Walter B. Simpson? From 1887-1893, these men served as the first (and only) African Americans to hold elected office in Winter Park’s city government. While we cannot know for certain, historians have speculated that the man holding the newspaper is…
What Community Land Trusts Can Do for Racial Equity Empowering Black Americans with access to own property and build wealth is key to cities addressing decades of racist policies and inequality. American cities represent part of the nation’s long and grim history of discrimination and oppression against Black people. They can also be part of the recovery from…
JUAN HOLLINGSWORTH INTERN ARCHITECT, HUNTONBRADYPRESIDENT, HANNIBAL SQUARE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST BOARD OF DIRECTORS For Juan Hollingsworth, board president of the nonprofit Hannibal Square Community Land Trust, life keeps coming full circle. The Chicago native earned a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, located just two blocks from the now-demolished housing project…
HANNIBAL SQUARE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST RECEIVES GRANT TO HELP HOMEOWNERS IN WINTER PARK Winter Park, FL — January 11, 2021 — Hannibal Square Community Land Trust (HSCLT) recently received a $23,400 grant from Winter Park Community Grants, a signature initiative of the Winter Park Community Foundation at Central Florida Foundation. The grant will help further HSCLT’s mission to…
In 2005, the Hannibal Square Community Land Trust (HSCLT) was established with the purpose of creating and maintaining permanent affordable housing in Winter Park and surrounding Central Florida neighborhoods. Investors have been flipping homes in Hannibal Square, a historically black community in Winter Park, for a profit since the early 2000s. They purchase land, sometimes two side-by-side…
Date: June 19, 2020 at 7:00PM Delivered Via: Facebook Live and YouTube Program Title: Imagining Freedom: Black Community and Creating Place Speakers: Dr. Julian Chambliss, Ph.D. and Dr. Scot French Format: A conversation between the two speakers; 3 15-minute segments with breaks in between for giveaways and sponsor recognition throughout the presentation. Total program time is…
Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings launched the Housing for All Task Force to prioritize short and long-term solutions to address the affordable housing crisis in Orange County. The Housing for All Task Force held its final meeting on November 15, 2019, culminating in a draft action plan that reflects high-priority recommendations that focus on the needs…
As home prices spike near University of Central Florida’s emerging downtown Orlando campus, a group is launching a regionwide land trust that would start in Parramore with below-market rents and prices. The Central Florida Foundation has worked with Orlando, Orange County, Florida Housing Coalition and other groups for more than a year on launching Central…
One out of every three people employed by the city of Gainesville cannot afford a modest two-bedroom apartment at fair market rental rates. With its housing wage at $16.88 per hour, too many residents across Alachua County face the same problem. Pamela Davis, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, shared these statistics during a…
A narrow strip on Orange Center Boulevard, where decaying apartments were demolished months ago, could become home to affordable two-story townhomes, apartments, shops and eateries. The nearly 5 acres in West Lakes was one of Orlando’s priorities in revitalizing the neighborhood and addressing a region-wide affordable-housing crisis. The city is poised to sell the land…
Enterprise Community Partners held its 2019 Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute from July 16-18, 2019 in Cleveland, OH. For nearly a decade the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute has brought together the nation’s leading designers and affordable housing developers to collaborate on buildings that improve health outcomes and community representation, reduce environmental impact and strengthen connections to…
