A $10 million grant, courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), aims to supplement funding which will transform the S. Lincoln Park Homes public-housing project in Denver into a sustainable mixed-income community.
The Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood is located south of downtown Denver, just below the Auraria Campus. In addition to the current public-housing project – the neighborhood is home to one-story stuccos, row-homes, Victorians, and duplexes, along with a commercial corridor on Santa Fe Drive.
RTD’s light-rail station on West 10th Avenue and Osage Street sits on the western part of the neighborhood and makes this area a perfect candidate for expanding a transit-centered development.
Over the course of the next 7 years, plans envision creating a sustainable mixed-income use community within the Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood. The present, S. Lincoln Homes 270-unit public-housing project, will be supplanted with a 900-unit mixed-income/mixed-use development.
Proximity to downtown Denver, easy access to light-rail, and increased housing options available to a wider range of income groups, seems like a wise investment in Denver’s future.
Read more from HUD.
Michelle A. Potter
Denver Realtor
RE/MAX Professionals
