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Vol. 30, No. 40
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Affordable housing
Collaboration transforms 15 abandoned sites
RFP process
sparks
debate at
City Council
meeting
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place outside “The Hub” a community center that will be used for the police department, studios
for artists and after-school activities.
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
Things are looking up for the city of
Newburgh’s historic east end thanks
to the partnership of RUPCO with
Newburgh Community Land Bank, the
City of Newburgh and private investors
that transformed 15 abandoned sites
into affordable living homes.
The restoration was done in clusters
to spread development throughout
the neighborhood rather than restore
a single block. The 15 homes are on
Lander Street, Johnston Street, South
Miller Street, First Street and Dubois
Street.
There will be 45 apartments of
affordable living for rent. The recipients
of the newly restored homes will
include seven middle-income families,
five homeless young adults and two
veterans in need. They will be overseen
by Superintendent Eric Robinson.
“It’s been a collaboration with the city,
public and private sectors,” said Tara
Collin Director of Communications
and Resource Development at RUPCO.
“They have taken great strides to be a
part of a transformation of this size.
There are so many opportunities here,
this will give much needed rental houses
and opportunities for low to modest
incomes.”
Among the renovated buildings was
“The Hub” where the ribbon cutting
ceremony took place. The Hub will be
rented out by the police department
as a community policing sub-station
for $500 a month. It will also serve as a
studio gallery/art space for artists and a
meeting space for after school activities.
The project was funded through
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Debate over 41 Liberty Street at the
Newburgh city council meeting on
September 24 led into a larger discussion
on the Request
for Proposal
(RFP) process.
M a n y
members of
the
public
came forward
to discuss the
resolution
that
was
41 Liberty Street
passed Monday
in which five councilpersons voted in
favor and two voted against.
An RFP is a bid made for a property
with adequate plans for development, a
demonstration of the capacity to complete
the work, details of financial resources,
and a demonstration of ongoing operating
capacity. All the details of each bid go into
a scoring process, the bid with the highest
score is presented to the City Council.
The RFP for the property on 41 Liberty
Street was released on Friday, March
30, 2018. Proposals were due by April 30,
2018. According to Alexandra Church, the
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