Introduction
Cover Upper photo: A crowd of some 2000, gathers in Norfolk to observe the start of the nation’s first redevelopment project under the Housing Act December 11, 1951 Lower photo: State-of-the-art Grandy Village Learning Center on the Elizabeth River opens for business September 2010 This page photo: In 1940, NRHA began its first development, Merrimac Park, consisting of 500 military housing units.
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from the Chief Executive Officer On July 30, 2010, NRHA celebrated its 70th anniversary. This Annual Report will revisit some of the most significant milestones of “Setting the Example” over the last seven decades as well as provide the highlights from FY2010. As a special feature, former Business Editor of The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Choyke, interviewed myself and Board Chairman, Shep Miller, as well as Executive Leadership Team members in an “At Work With” format. These interviews are contained in this publication and others can be read at www.nrha.us. Also included is an overview of the FY 2011 capital and operating budget as well as the Statistical Digest. We continue to be guided by our five-year Strategic Plan (2008-2012), while making mid-course refinements that sharpen our focus. With 70 years of renewing Norfolk behind us, the Board of Commissioners and staff of NRHA are poised to set many more examples in the future. This would not be possible without great collaboration and support from our city and community partners.
Vision: Quality housing choices in neighborhoods where you want to live.
Mission:
Provide quality housing opportunities that foster sustainable mixed-income communities.
Values: Accountability
Customer Service
Excellence
Innovation
Teamwork
Goals:
Quality housing opportunities for all. Sustainable mixed-income communities. A strategic business approach. Community engagement and support.
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Mayor’s 70th Anniversary Resolution City of Norfolk Virginia
Proclamation WHEREAS, on July 30, 1940, Norfolk City Council adopted a resolution creating the Norfolk Housing Authority, adding the Redevelopment function in 1946; and WHEREAS, due to World War II, most of the Authority’s initial activity was focused on military housing construction projects, but following the war it was awarded the nation’s first redevelopment project for construction of new housing to replace 127 acres of slum housing; and WHEREAS, by the 1960s, Norfolk had become a national model for redevelopment, with the Boston Globe stating, “Norfolk is the place to send people who are discouraged or skeptical about redevelopment;” and WHEREAS, since those early days, the expertise and dedication of NRHA’s board of commissioners and talented employees, in collaboration with the City, has resulted in an impressive array of great projects that have reshaped Norfolk; and WHEREAS, future collaborations include moving beyond legacy programs to develop new methods for production and delivery of affordable housing, green building initiatives that are helping achieve a sustainable, low-carbon society as well as transitoriented development along the light rail path; and WHEREAS, on July 30, 2010, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority celebrates its 70th anniversary; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, That I, PAUL D. FRAIM, Mayor of the City of Norfolk, do hereby extend thanks and appreciation to Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority for its long record of numerous and important contributions to the City’s progress and offer warm congratulations on reaching this significant milestone. Given under my hand this 30th day of July 2010.
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Paul D. Fraim, Mayor
Board of Commissioners
From left back row:
Dr. Linda Horsey (Service ended Summer 2010) W. Sheppard Miller, III – Chairman Robert Soble Curtis Anderson (Service ended Summer 2010) Front row:
F. Nash Bilisoly Hattie Anderson L. Robert “Bob” Layton - Vice-chairman
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Executive Leadership Team
From Left: Richard Archer
Human Resources Director
James Gehman
Julius Norman Clara Graves Workforce Development Coordinator
Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Jones
Ed Ware
Donna Mills Nat McCormick Property Management Director
Tim Coyle
Architectural Design Review Specialist
Shurl Montgomery Brenda Wilson
Chief Development Information Communications Legal Counsel Chief Executive Officer Officer Services Director and Marketing Director
Not pictured: John Kownack
Chief Housing Reinvention Officer
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Michael Clark
Senior Real Estate Development Specialist
Donnell Brown
Chief Housing Officer
Budget and Compliance Director
NRHA at Work W. Sheppard Miller, III Chairman
The satisfaction of this job comes from probably three places. One is general - just trying to serve your citizenry and your fellow man in what we do in terms of making sure people have quality affordable housing. You can get a sense of accomplishment out of that. I think that working with colleagues and staff and having a good team brings its own level of satisfaction. Whether it is staff or counsel or citizenry or colleagues or whoever, I think most of them would say I listen, I try to make good judgments on what I think is best and I don’t have any particular agenda. So being involved in the organization and moving forward is satisfying. The last thing is the change that we are going through is good change. The Broad Creek project is great change. Certainly East Beach has been great change. But there are a lot of things. Down in Grandy Village, that is really cool. Nobody else is doing this in the country. Believe me, most of this stuff does not come from the board; it comes from our staff. We have done a very good job on the staff level of finding creative ways to get things done that have put us on the cutting edge.
Hiring Shurl (Montgomery in 2004 as chief executive) brought so much experience and so much knowledge about the city, and he was very well respected by pretty much everybody. He is a quiet, sturdy leader who retains the trust of the board and beyond our borders. We need to do a better job of having our funders, really understand what our needs are and earn their appreciation for what we can do for the city. People basically know NRHA is an important entity. It’s done all this good work. We are very engaged with the city on some things or individual city Council persons on some things. But as two bodies, we have greater potential for collaboration in many areas. Another challenge is that we have not had enough success of moving people from the need for public assistance to economic self-sufficiency. When public housing was created, it was intended to be a temporary safety net – move in, move out, and get on with it. We want to see people take advantage of programs and services that put them on a path to economic independence. As told to Bill Choyke, Former Business Editor for The Virginian-Pilot
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NRHA at Work Shurl R. Montgomery Chief Executive Officer
I have been in Norfolk for 32 years. I was born and raised in West Virginia and came from a blue-collar work atmosphere. My father was a contractor and he started out as a coal truck driver after he got out of the military after World War II. My mother worked in a glass plant. The whole family had to work to make ends meet up there. I was the oldest family member and so I had to set a lot of examples. I was the first one in the family to graduate from college. So I was kind of the pacesetter. After school in West Virginia, I had a job opportunity in Virginia in 1974 and I moved to Staunton. I was there about a year and a half, then I was in Richmond for three and then Norfolk.
housing side was somewhat limited. I had worked with assisted-rental housing on some projects, like building new parks or playgrounds for those areas. So that was probably the learning curve that I had to catch up on.
For about 10 years, I was the liaison with the Norfolk city manager’s office with the housing authority, and during those 10 years basically I worked with David Rice and other leaders of the organization, mainly on redevelopment projects. My exposure to the assisted-rental
During the past few years, the biggest change the housing authority has provided the city is to take a business approach to how we do things in our work and then the communities around the city. One of the pieces that I thought was really good was that as we developed
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I felt like assisted-rental housing was being well run. My visits to a lot of the locations and talking with staff and dealing with HUD in general because of the very heavy load of federal regulations and rules that they had to work by on a daily basis was just mind-boggling to me. I always thought that VDOT, in dealing with the city with capital projects was difficult, but this is more complex.
infill housing and housing in general, the quality of the construction and design is something that I supported very strongly because that gives lasting value to the building both in appearance and to its physical shape. And any of the houses that we build, as an authority or worked with builders, they need to be of good quality materials and also good quality design. At least from my perspective, that is one of the things that we have delivered year after year here in the last several years. We try to be futuristic. My words of warning about the economy to the staff have been that last year, this year and next year, from my perspective, we are in a fiscal stress position for at least three years. In my mind, I am hoping by 2013 or 2014 we will see an improvement in the economy and also the budget situation, which the housing authority faces. Pretty much, we have maintained what I would call a flat budget, generally around $100 million. Until the economy improves, I really don’t see that growing more than 5 percent or decreasing 5 percent. It has been difficult. We have had to make some hard decisions. We are actually delivering the same programs and services with a reduced amount of people, and it really gets difficult when you have to reduce programs and services to those who we serve because they are in need. From my perspective, if we cannot provide that service in a program, it’s our obligation to look into the community and try to find some other partners that maybe can do that service because it is needed by the residents. At this time and place, it is a necessity for organizations like the housing authority to find partnerships. I think we work very hard at that. I know within the city government, they’re also looking for community partnerships, and I think this is something that is going to be valued more
in the future because the economics and the demands require that. It behooves both governmental and private sector entities to come together in these partnerships and the economy is really driving that need right now. I have been a public servant for 40 years of my life and it’s pretty gratifying to know that you are meeting one of the essential needs of the people in this city, and that is housing. They need a good place to live, and when we do that, that’s a good message. What drives me are the needs of others. Everybody has some personal needs. But, I think I put the needs of others above my personal needs. The charge that I have in this job is to convince the employees that we have the right leadership to take them in the direction they need to move in the future. A lot of times, it is ingrained in the organization that we have done it this way for 70 years, let’s not change anything. Let’s not screw it up. And I am a guy who says I don’t want to screw it up, but I want to change it. So that’s been my challenge internally. We have a lot of really good people, but there a lot of conversations and a lot of meetings that require this. And that’s been one toughy. That’s been a toughy for me because we are 70 years old and we have been doing it for 70 years, and I think part of my acumen is to try to find niches or little things that we can do to secure our future and move us ahead. You could say in this and every job that I have ever had, I have always tried to set the example.
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Highlights: FY2010 Goals: 1) Quality Housing Opportunities for All - NRHA is committed to providing a continuum of housing options for citizens of all incomes seeking housing. 2) Sustainable Mixed-Income Communities - There is a need for a new housing model to create a healthy physical and social environment that would appeal to a wider range of incomes. 3) Strategic Business Approach - To meet changing requirements and to make the best use of our resources, we are developing a new approach for the delivery of products and services. 4) Community Engagement & Support - Recognizing the interrelated nature of our mission, NRHA resolves to become a trusted partner that works collaboratively with key stakeholders and partners.
1. Quality Housing Opportunities for All • Through owning and managing assistedrental properties as well as administering Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), NRHA serves approximately 6,300 households in the City of Norfolk. • The waiting lists for assisted-rental properties and Housing Choice Vouchers were opened in 2010 for the first time since 2006. Total applications received this year were 12,306 (9,708 HCV and 2,328 for assisted-rental properties), compared to 4,000 in 2006. • HomeNet produced 65 new first-time homebuyers in FY 2010. This activity generated $8.4 million in mortgage loans and $9.8 million in residential sales for the City of Norfolk. HomeNet partnered with the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) to graduate 142 prospective clients from first-time buyer education classes. Some 152 clients are currently enrolled. • NRHA began updating its Comprehensive Agency Plans in accordance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
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1998. The Five Year and Annual Plans provide details about NRHA’s planned activities, current policies, operations, programs, and services for assisted-rental and the Housing Choice Voucher programs. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Commissioners on April 12, 2010. • In collaboration with HUD, NRHA launched a community health pilot program to help lower the rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity among 100 residents. • Two NRHA-owned properties received recognition from the Tidewater Multifamily Housing Council. Awards of Excellence for 2009 were presented to outstanding properties in South Hampton Roads with 94 communities vying for recognition. Mission College Apartments received the award for communities completed between 1986 and 1990. Park Terrace Apartments received the award for assisted-rental communities. • In November 2009, NRHA received a rating of “high performer” from HUD for the Housing Choice Voucher Program for the second year in a row.
Highlights: continued community ($2.6 million) and window replacement at the 310-unit Calvert Square community ($513,000). The balance of the grant covers additional improvements at the Young Terrace, Partrea, Hunter Square and Bobbitt properties. NRHA was commended by the HUD Richmond office for obligating all funding in a timely manner.
• In January 2010, HUD awarded NRHA a $136,000 grant to help assisted-rental residents find jobs that lead them toward economic independence. The grant, provided through HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program, will enable NRHA to hire FSS program coordinators who work directly with residents to connect them with local education and training opportunities, job placement organizations and local employers.
• NRHA secured a $445,745 grant from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security for fire prevention and awareness at its assisted-rental communities in March 2010. NRHA received the largest grant of 33 recipient organizations nationwide and the only entity in Virginia. • HUD approved NRHA’s application to demolish the 58-year old Moton Circle assisted-rental apartment complex. The approval was issued May 27, 2010. Following demolition and obtaining financial commitments, NRHA will construct affordable rental units as well as affordable and market-rate homeownership residences on the 11-acre site. These new dwellings will accommodate displaced residents who want to return to the community and meet return criteria for re-occupancy. • The 2010 Recognition of Achievement Banquet celebrated the accomplishments of 328 resident honorees and featured guest speaker State Senator Yvonne Miller, who was once a resident of Moton Circle.
• Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), NRHA received $9.1 million from HUD for capital improvements at its assisted-rental properties. Funding has been allocated to road and site improvements at the 257-unit Oakleaf Forest
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Highlights: continued 2. Sustainable Mixed-Income Communities • An obsolete 16-unit apartment building on First View Street was razed. Three singlefamily homes will be built in its place, bringing about a much needed change according to local residents and West Ocean View Civic League members. • A residential sales open house was held at Broad Creek featuring new construction townhomes and single-family homes. The builders, Tivest Development, L&M, Richardson Homes and Real Developments, had their properties open for viewing. In total, 17 contracts resulted within 30 days of the open house event. • On Saint Patrick’s Day 2010, the 50-year-old Ocean Dream Apartment building at 1128 Little Bay Avenue in Willoughby was demolished as part of blight removal. The site will be redeveloped, likely with single-family or duplex housing, after area residents weigh in on the plans. • In March 2010, NRHA selected Howerin Construction to develop 14 EarthCraft townhomes along the south side of 26th Street at Hampton Boulevard. Site improvements consist of rebuilding and reconfiguring West 26th Street west of Hampton Boulevard including the intersection with Bowdens Ferry Road. Improvements to 26th Street include a parking lane, widened sidewalks, new landscaping and upgraded storm drainage. New water and sewer lines
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and all overhead utilities will be placed underground. • On April 26, 2010, the Norfolk Department of Public Health, NRHA and other agencies tested their ability to respond to terrorist acts during a drill designed to measure the agencies’ ability to meet Norfolk’s readiness mandate. The drill covered over 3,500 residents. • Earth Day 2010 saw the preview of the currently under construction Grandy Village Learning Center (GVLC) showcasing stateof-the-art environmental design, wetlands reclamation as well as aquatic education and recreation on the Elizabeth River. These efforts are breathing new life into a portion of the river largely written off as dead and expediting the Elizabeth River Project’s goal of making the river fishable and swimmable by 2020. A Grand Opening event was held September 1, with over 200 attendees. • NRHA continues to acquire land parcels that will largely complete development of the Old Dominion University Village in 2011. • City Council designated the Campostella neighborhood as a Special Service Area where NRHA will provide residential rehab services. Wards Corner and Fairmount Park were previously designated.
Highlights: continued 3. Strategic Business Approach • The Facilties Management’s carpentry shop was recognized in a July 6, 2009; The Virginian-Pilot article entitled “Norfolk Housing Authority Makes Its Own Cabinets and a Profit, Too.” The article pointed out the entrepreneurial nature of the shop, which crafts cabinets for other housing authorities, such as Richmond and Charlottesville that produces incremental revenue for NRHA. • In 2009, the Residential Rehabilitation department utilized $1 million in funding from the City of Norfolk to help Wards Corner area homeowners renovate and bring their homes up to safety codes. The results were recorded in the July 25, 2009, edition of The Virginian-Pilot’s “At Home” section where this was the cover story. • For FY 2010 NRHA provided residential rehab services to 144 Norfolk households for a total of $3.5 million. • City Council appointed F. Nash Bilisoly to NRHA’s Board of Commissioners replacing former Commissioner Peter M. Meredith, Jr., vice chairman, who served on the board with distinction for six years. Bilisoly has been a partner with Vandeventer Black since 1985 and concentrates his law practice in maritime matters, representing shipyards, terminals and vessels. L. Robert “Bob” Layton replaced Meredith as vice chairman. • Norfolk City Council named Dr. Linda Horsey and Curtis Anderson to the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) Board of Commissioners. They replaced Rodney Jordan and Ulysses Turner. Current Board Chairman W. Sheppard Miller III was reappointed, as was vice chairman Layton. • NRHA entered into an agreement with Ameresco, for energy performance contracting services. Ameresco will identify and evaluate energy-saving opportunities at 13
assisted-rental housing properties, consisting of more than 3,500 units. Ameresco is conducting an investment-grade energy audit to determine energy improvement needs, as well as to design and install equipment/ systems that will create energy savings. • NRHA retained RRMM Architects to perform a comprehensive capital needs assessment of rental-assisted and market-rate apartment properties. • NRHA’s Board of Commissioners adopted a FY2011 budget of $102 million. FY2011 budget expenditures of $102 million represent a 3% net increase over the previous year’s $99.3 million budget. • NRHA issued $52 million in tax exempt bonds for construction of student housing at ODU. • Final design was completed for NRHA’s proposed new office complex expected to be under construction in 2011 - 2012. • A new employee compensation plan was implemented and revised employee handbook rolled-out, the first of such changes since 1996. • Development Integrated Reporting Tool (DIRT) was launched. DIRT is a uniform system of consolidated Development Division reports that generates real time information. It replaces former practice each department running status reports in different software systems. NRHA is believed to be the first redevelopment and housing authority to create this type of comprehensive tool. • Hampton Roads Ventures won $60 million in New Markets Tax Credits from the U.S. Treasury Department. HRV has successfully competed for $160 million in NMTCs since 2003.
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Highlights: continued 4. Community Engagement & Support • Commissioner Hattie Anderson was recognized during Campostella Elementary’s fourth annual National Women’s Month celebration luncheon on March 27, 2009. When Campostella Elementary School uniform colors changed due to increased gang activity in the area, Anderson organized fundraising to provide each student, many from NRHA’s Oakleaf Forest and Diggstown assisted-rental communities, with new uniforms. • The City of Norfolk, NRHA and U.S. Small Business Administration hosted the “We Care about the Success of Your Business” seminar on February 25, 2010, at the Workforce Development Center to provide business owners the opportunity to learn about available financial resources. • NRHA sponsored the second AfricanAmerican Male Focus (AAMF) Conference February 18-19, 2010, at the Crispus Attucks Cultural Center and Mount Carmel Baptist Church. The conference featured nationally renowned speakers in the areas of religion, education, human relations, business, criminal justice and law. • The 2010 Vendor Fair was held June 17 and provided companies an opportunity to meet with contracting officers, learn of upcoming contract opportunities and network with other contractors and businesses. Special guests included redevelopment authorities from Chesapeake and Portsmouth, the City of Norfolk, WM Jordan Company and US General Services Administration (GSA). • NRHA was honored during PR News’ Corporate Social Responsibility Awards lun14
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cheon February 24, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., when the “Under One Roof” campaign was chosen as a finalist in the video category. Other finalists in this category included Coca-Cola Enterprises,Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City. • NRHA’s website received an Award of Distinction in the 2010 Communicator Awards presented by the International Academy of the Visual Arts in May 2010. The competition received over 7,000 entries from across the U.S. and around the world, making it the largest and most prestigious award of its kind. • Tidewater Builders Association chose East Beach for Fall Homearama 2010. The event was also held there in 2004. • NRHA hosted a Real Estate Update attended by nearly 100 builders, agents and lenders September 25, 2009 at The Bay Front Club @ East Beach. • Two NRHA programs received Merit Awards from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). They are Sparking Renewal in an Underserved Neighborhood which entailed the $1 million revitalization of Wards Corner neighborhoods via home improvement loans and grants for homeowners below 120% of the Area Median Income; and Park Place: Restoring a Historic Neighborhood, which provided grants of up to $50,000 per apartment building to their owners for restoration as well as homeownership opportunities for residents at 50-80% AMI.
July 30, 2010 - Employees enjoy 70th Anniversary festivities at The Virginia Zoo.
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Historical Milestones
Setting the example since 1940 In the beginning...
In 1935, a group of concerned citizens realized that large areas of the city were in an advanced state of deterioration. Because living conditions in these neighborhoods had become unacceptable, City Manager Thomas P. Thompson formed a fivemember advisory committee “to make a study of the slum districts of Norfolk with the hope of obtaining federal funds to eliminate them….”
On Jan. 23, 1940, a statewide slum-clearance conference was held in Richmond. The conference was held by the League of Virginia Municipalities to give local officials an opportunity to see what other cities were doing in slum clearance. One result of that meeting was that on July 30, 1940, Norfolk City Council voted to activate the state law passed in 1938 and created the Norfolk Housing Authority.
Work of the Thompson Committee kindled local interest in housing and slum clearance. Largely as a result of its report, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in 1938 creating local housing authorities to pursue slum clearance programs and permitting any Virginia city to participate in federal programs to eradicate slums.
Another situation in Norfolk that year had also influenced City Council: the urgency of defense housing. By July 1940, Norfolk was inundated with thousands of defense workers and service members. A strong plea for City Council to set up a local housing authority, which could build low-cost housing for Navy personnel, was made by Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, Commandant of the Fifth Naval District and the Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base. Admiral Taussig Boulevard is named for him.
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1940s
1950s
• July 30, 1940 - City Council passed a resolution creating the Norfolk Housing Authority. Mayor John Gurkin appointed five board members and Louis Windholz as the first chairman. • July 31, 1940 -Wasting no time, the first meeting of the Authority was held the following day. As its first act of business, the Authority applied for a $4 million grant for 1,000 units of military housing and, by the end of August 1940, received word that is was approved for $2 million. • The grant funded the Authority’s first project, Merrimack Park, consisting of 500 military housing units.
• Under the Housing Act, the nation’s first redevelopment project was designated in Norfolk in 1951 on what are now segments of Tidewater Drive, Brambleton Avenue and Virginia Beach Boulevard. • Redevelopment Project #1 got underway December 11, 1951, when a blighted structure at 755 Smith St. (located in what is now Young Terrace) was demolished. As the first city in the U.S. to begin the redevelopment process, the event drew national media attention and a crowd of 2,000.
• Similar projects, Oakleaf Park and Roberts Park, were completed during the war years. • The Virginia Redevelopment law was passed in 1946, enabling the Norfolk Housing Authority to become the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. As a result, NRHA began moving from a war mission to a broad program of urban development.
• Over the next five years, the project cleared 127 acres of slums for new commercial, institutional and residential development, including Young Terrace. • The Atlantic City Redevelopment plan received federal approval in 1957, resulting in clearing 140 acres. • In 1958, the first demolitions for extensive redevelopment of the downtown area begin.
• Norfolk and Galveston, Texas were the first cities, under the federal Housing Act of 1949, to receive public housing funding. • December 1949 - City Council approves construction of 3,000 public housing units to provide for family relocation for upcoming slum clearance projects.
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Historical Milestones: continued 1960s
• Park Place conservation plan approved in 1973. • Colonial Place and Lafayette-Winona show improvement after conservation efforts began in 1973. • Ghent Square welcomes first residents in 1976. • Park Terrace opens and Church Street redevelopment efforts begin in 1977.
• Norfolk emerges as a national model for redevelopment.
• In 1977, David Rice appointed executive director.
• In 1963, campus expansion work begins for Old Dominion University as an independent university.
1980s
• In 1966, the Boston Globe said, “Norfolk is the place to send people who are discouraged or skeptical about redevelopment,” and Detroit’s mayor said, “Norfolk’s redevelopment makes the city a showcase for the rest of the country.” • HUD’s first secretary, Robert Weaver, remarked after a walking tour of Berkley that “this city is where the story of rebuilding American cities begins.”
• In 1980, developer James Rouse reveals plan for Norfolk waterfront, anchored by Waterside Festival Marketplace. NRHA plays a lead role in implementing that vision to include Town Point Park, Pagoda Park, Nauticus and other amenities. • East Beach redevelopment project launches in 1989.
• By 1969, most of the blight in downtown Norfolk had been removed.
1970s • East Ghent and Huntersville redevelopment projects get underway. • Through the mid-1970s, NRHA continued directing efforts toward housing, redevelopment and conservation programs across the city. • Residential rehabilitation and housing for lower to moderate income households become goals of federal government and NRHA. Focus turns to residential neighborhoods although emphasis on downtown redevelopment remains strong. • Berkley redevelopment initiated in 1972. 18
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• Middletowne Arch opens in 1986 on the site once occupied by Liberty Park. • Ballentine, Bayview, Cottage Line, Mid-Town Industrial Park, Villa Heights and West Ocean View among new conservation projects that get the green light from City Council.
Historical Milestones: continued • In 1986, condos developed in partnership with NRHA open on Freemason Harbor. • In 1989, NRHA enters a limited partnership with then Sovran Bank to develop Mission College.
1990s • Central Brambleton and South Brambleton conservation/redevelopment efforts begin in 1991. • Urban Land Institute names Ghent Square Best Large-Scale Residential Development in the nation. • Hampton Boulevard redevelopment project commences in 1997, leading to the development of Old Dominion University Village and Ted Constant Convocation Center.
• NRHA serves as developer of the Tidewater Community College downtown campus.
2000s
• Diggstown selected as one of 63 Great American Places in May 1995. • Pinewell-by-the-Bay and Stonebridge Crossing open.
• In 2000, NRHA receives a $20 million HOPE VI grant from HUD for Broad Creek redevelopment. • Downtown Tidewater Community College campus complete and project wins Economic Development Award from International Downtown Association in 2002. • NRHA serves as co-developer of MacArthur Center with Taubman & Co., which opens in 1999. • NRHA enters into agreement with Connecticut-based Collins Enterprises for $32 million downtown residential/retail development.
• Willoughby and Campostella Heights conservation projects get underway in 2001. • NRHA partners with the City of Norfolk and the Crispus Attucks Cultural Center to begin a $10 million renovation of Attucks Theatre.
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Historical Milestones: continued
• Tidewater Builders Association’s new home expo, Homearama, held at East Beach in 2004 and Broad Creek in 2005. Combined events attracted 180,000 attendees. • Townhomes at East Church completed in 2007. • In 2008, NRHA began $7.5 million renovation of Mission College apartments.
• Grandy Village transformation to a quality mixed-income community begins. • Franklin Arms dedicated in summer 2002 as first component of Broad Creek redevelopment. • NRHA’s Hampton Roads Ventures subsidiary receives $15 million in New Market Tax Credits from U.S. Treasury, making it the first redevelopment and housing authority to do so. • In 2003, West Church becomes the first new residential community along Church St. in decades and its 31 architecturally distinctive homes quickly sell out. • In 2004, Shurl Montgomery appointed Chief Executive Officer.
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• Also in 2008, NRHA launched its first fiveyear strategic plan with a refreshed vision, mission, values and goals. • HomeNet receives a $13 million SPARC grant from VHDA to assist first-time homebuyers.
Historical Milestones: continued
• In November 2009, Hampton Roads Ventures wins $60 million in New Market Tax Credits from U.S. Treasury. This brings total HRV allocation to $160 million. • In 2010, NRHA was a finalist for PR News’ Corporate Social Responsibility Award for the “Under One Roof” video and receives an Award of Distinction from International Academy of Visual Arts for the new website. • HUD approves demolition of Moton Circle. A big step in neighborhood transformation.
• NRHA received a 2008 League of American Communications Professionals’ Magellan Award for “Most Creative Campaign” for marketing the revitalization of Grandy Village. • In 2009, NRHA received a record six Awards of Merit from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. • Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, NRHA receives $9.2 million for capital improvements at assisted rental properties. Timely expenditure of funds receives commendation from HUD.
• The Maplewoods @ Olde Huntersville is completed. Largest green-built townhome community in Virginia.
• In fall 2009, NRHA earns a rating of “high performer” from HUD for the Housing Choice Voucher program for second year in a row.
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NRHA Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Details in the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY2011) Budget are by Division and Major Programs. The Approved FY2011 Consolidated Annual Operating and Capital Budget sets forth both revenue and expenditures for the Authority, and it delineates operating and program budgets for specific initiatives within conservation neighborhoods and assisted-rental communities. FY2011 Budget expenditures of $102,029,532 represent a (3.0 percent) net increase over the previous year’s $99.3 million budget. NRHA believes the approved budget to be balanced, fair and representative of our overall priorities. Listed below are detailed comparisons for expenditure and revenue categories. PROJECTED EXPENDITURES The primary categories of expenditures are: Labor, Employee Benefits, Administrative Cost, General Expense, Payment on Debt, Capital and Multi-year Program Initiatives. Housing Operations account for $78.4 million (76.9 percent) of the FY2011 budget (which includes $9.9 million from Housing Reinvention Programs); Development Operations make up $23.2 million (22.7 percent); Other Operations make up $.44 million (0.4 percent). Budgeted expenditures for Housing Operations will increase by $2.6 million (3 percent) compared to FY2010. Development Operations expenditures will increase by $.68 million (3 percent). Other Operations will decrease by $.52 million (-54 percent) as compared to FY2010. The chart below represents the three major NRHA components which compares the Approved FY2011 Budget to the FY2010 Budget.
NRHA FY2011 vs. FY2010 Expenditures Total
Housing
Development
Other
FY 2011 ($)
102,029,532
78,422,080
23,170,729
436,723
FY 2010 ($)
99,288,354
75,846,553
22,485,929
955,872
2,741,178
2,575,527
684,800
- 519,149
3%
3%
3%
-54%
100.0%
76.9%
22.7%
0.4%
$ Change % Change (FY10 to FY11) % of FY2011 Budget
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PROJECTED REVENUE Housing Operations account for $78.4 million (76.9 percent) of the FY2011 budget; Development Operations make up $23.1 million (22.7 percent); Other Operations make up $.44 million (.4 percent). Revenues for Housing Operations will increase by $2.5 million (3 percent) compared to FY2010. Development Operations revenues will increase by $.68 million (3.0 percent). Other Operations will decrease by $.52 million (-54 percent) as compared to FY2010. The chart below represents the three major NRHA components which compares the Approved FY2011 Budget to the FY2010 Budget. Revenue includes: HUD and City Grants, Tenant Income, Current Year Earning from Privately Managed Properties and Appropriations from Program Reserves and Other miscellaneous income.
NRHA FY 2011 vs. FY 2010 Revenue Budget Comparison Total
Housing
Development
Other
FY 2011 ($)
102,029,532
78,422,080
23,170,729
436,723
FY 2010 ($)
99,384,051
75,942,250
22,485,929
955,872
2,645,481
2,479,830
684,800
-519,149
3%
3%
3%
-54%
100%
76.9%
22.7%
0.4%
$ Change % Change (FY10 to FY11) % of FY2011 Budget
The $2.5 million increase in Housing Operations is attributable to the funding provided via the President’s stimulus plan, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and net operating increase from other various housing programs. The Development Division will experience a $.68 million (3.0 percent) increase in funding. Other agency initiatives (Old Dominion Real Estate Foundation) will complete their acquisition program during the upcoming fiscal year. Development is largely funded by City Grants and HUD Grants which have been stable in prior years, but FY2011 projected revenues have some uncertainty that will need close monitoring. Administration: NRHA’s health insurance premiums will increase by an average of 10.5 percent during FY2011. Increased cost will be shared between employees enrolled in the plan and NRHA. Employer contribution to Virginia Retirement System (VRS) will increase from 14.9 percent to 15.38 percent in FY2011. Payroll cost does not include pay for performance increase or Cost of Living Allowance in FY2011. Overview Conclusion: Staffing costs are being controlled through attrition and position control measures. While new positions are being proposed under the new budget, total headcount is anticipated at
324 employees in FY2011 which is a net reduction of 3. Current earnings are not allocated into unrestricted reserves during this time of uncertain economic conditions and continuing revenue reductions. If these conditions do not improve within the next fiscal year, further reserves reductions will transpire.
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Statistical Digest of Housing and Community Revitalization
ASSISTED-RENTAL APARTMENTS (Managed by NRHA) Community Names
Units
Occupied
Acres
84
1980
3
Broad Creek
300
2006
87
Calvert Square
310
1957
19
Diggs Town
422
1952
30
Franklin Arms (Senior)
100
2003
3
Grandy Village
363
1953
44
91
1978
3
138
1952
11
25
1988
7
Oakleaf Forest
257
1942
24
Partrea Apartments (Senior)
114
1979
6
Scattered Site Transitional
17
1993
N/A
Sykes Apartments (Senior)
84
1980
2
Tidewater Gardens
618
1955
44
Young Terrace
752
1953
36
Bobbitt Apartments (Senior)
Hunter Square (Senior) Moton Circle North Wellington Place
TOTAL Assisted Rental Units
3,675
NRHA-OWNED APARTMENTS (Under Private Management) Merrimack Landing
492
1941
56
Mission College
260
1990
13
Oakmont North
408
1971
21
81
1977
Park Terrace TOTAL UNITS
1,241
Housing Choice Voucher Program Vouchers
3,579
Participating Landlords
859
Homenet FY2010 First-Time Buyer Closings ……………............…………….…65 TOTAL Residential Sales ……………………...………………..……...$9.8 million TOTAL Mortgage Loans Generated …………….....…..…........…….$8.4 million
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MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS Units
Berkley II Sumler Terrace Apartments
126
Carney Park Beechwood Apartments
136
Central Brambleton Area
32
Condominium Conversions
52
Downtown West Redevelopment PierPointe Condominiums Freemason
72
River Park Condominiums
44
The Heritage at Freemason Harbour Educational Center Bowe Apartments
180 16
Ghent (includes Ghent Conservation) Ghent on the Square Apartments
110
Ghent Village Apartments
140
Grace Covenant Scattered apartment projects
79 150
Huntersville Huntersville Village Apartments
180
Huntersville II Paradise Gardens Apartments
84
Rosemont Baily Parker Townhouses
114
Cedarwood Village Apartments
104
Dundale Apartments
100
Oakmont Apartments
128
Ramblewood I and II Apartments
300
St. Andrews Place Condominiums
184
Spartan Village Townhouses TOTAL Multi-Family Units
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69 2,400
SINGLE-FAMILY & TOWNHOME PRODUCTION * Under construction
Units
Occupied
Acres
5
2001
1
17th to 19th Bay
22
2002
3
Attucks Square
28
1990
4.5
Attucks Square West
24
1992
5
Bay Oaks Place
10
1994
1.4
Bell Diamond (6-15)
74
1973
8
* Broad Creek
70
2005
86
Carney Park
72
1976
25
Central Brambleton Arch
30
2001
4.9
Cottage Place
11
1999
2.3
204
2004
100
10
2000
1.3
462
1976
65
Ingleside
23
1995
4.9
Lamberts Point
14
2011
1.5
Lincoln Gardens
54
1981
18.8
Meadowbrook Woods
120
1979
32
Middle Towne Arch
188
1986
62
8
1997
1
Park Place East at Broadway
21
2006
12
Pinewell-by-the-Bay
73
1990
19
108
1997
51
27
N/A
3
Townhouses @ East Church
12
2007
3
Wellington East
19
1991
3
300
1974
31
31
2004
3.7
No.
Units
$ million
1
N/A
$9.9
Commercial Industrial/Other Development Bonds
76
N/A
184.9
New/Rehabilitation Multi-family
30
5,879
149.6
1
N/A
53.2
8th to 9th Bay
* East Beach Gatewood Square Ghent Square
Osborne Road
StoneBridge Crossing * The Maplewoods at Olde Huntersville
Wellington Oaks Westchurch Scattered Site In-Fill (new and rehabilitated)
4,642
Total Single-Family Units
6,282
REVENUE BOND ACTIVITY (since 1977) Type
East Ocean View Acquisition Bond
Retirement Community
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CONSERVATION PROJECTS Area *Inactive projects
Acres
Started
Ballentine Place
244
1987
Bayview Rehabilitation District
733
1989
Berkley II
8
1972
Berkley III
200
1986
Campostella Heights
80
2001
Central Brambleton
77
1991
234
1973
299
1988
33
1974
571
1989
155
1969
67
1986
386
1979
89
1994
106
1988
28
1983
221
1973
83
1986
West Ocean View
362
1981
Willoughby
138
2000
* Colonial Place-Riverview Cottage Line * Downtown West East Ocean View * Ghent Kensington /Dominion Place * Lafayette-Winona Lamberts Point Mid-Town Industrial * North Titustown Park Place Villa Heights
TOTAL PROJECTS: 20 Special service districts
Started
Fairmount Park
2007
Wards Corner
2008
TOTAL Rehabilitation Loans/Grants Made In Conservation Areas Since 1969: 3,346
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Valued at $92.7 million
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Project *Closed-out projects
Acres
Start
141
1957
medical center
28
1969
residential
Berkley II (A-1-5)
68
1972
residential
Berkley IV
36
1994
residential
Church Street
29
1977
commercial
* Downtown East (R-18)
20
1961
commercial, public
Downtown North (R-8)
106
1958
commercial, public
Downtown South (R-9)
72
1961
commercial, public
Downtown West (A-1-6)
70
1973
residential, commercial
E. Ghent North (A-1-2)
90
1969
residential, schools
E. Ghent South (A-1-1)
69
1969
residential
150
1989
residential
118
1969
residential, schools
Hampton Blvd.
66
1997
commercial, residential, institutional, office, retail
Huntersville I (R-70)
28
1971
residential
Huntersville II
71
1980
residential
Old Dominion (R-28)
37
1963
campus expansion, commercial, residential
Project #1(UR1-1)
123
1951
commercial, public
Rosemont (R-25)
305
1962
residential
South Brambleton
142
1991
industrial
10
1978
public
Atlantic City (R-1) * Bell-Diamond (A-1-3)
East Ocean View * Educational Center (A-1-4)
* Wood Street TOTAL PROJECTS: 21
Primary Land Use
1,779
Special Projects
Completed
Attucks Theatre
2004
MacArthur Center
1999
Tidewater Community College - Norfolk Campus
2000
Waterside Festival Market Place
1983
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SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS* Units
Carney Park Tucker House
127
Educational Center COGIC
150
Ghent John Knox Towers
150
Huntersville II Calvary Towers Medical
112
Facilities of America Nursing
180
Lamberts Point Village Pointe Apartments
60
Village Gardens
40
Middle Towne Arch Annetta Lane
40
Grace Place
40
Rosemont Braywood Manor TOTAL
1,127
*Developed by NRHA, now under different management
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Once the site of a brewery (from 1895 to 1980), the 1500 block of Church Street is now the site of Virginia’s largest green-built townhome community – The Maplewoods @ Olde Huntersville.
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