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Care-A-Van, which began operations in 1994 and last year served 14,000 patients across the Richmond area.

According to Bon Secours, the health clinic will build on the care-a-van’s work by providing patients with “wrap-around services, including primary care, chronic disease management and behavioral health services. The clinic also will promote wellness and connect individuals and families to sustainable resources to support their needs.”

Dr. Paul Young, Bon Secours Richmond’s medical director for community health, including the Care-A-Van, stated the new clinic will allow the health care system to “bring all of the services we currently offer on the Care-A-Van to our patients and the community at one fixed location.

“The clinic will be outfitted with new equipment and the latest medical technology,” Dr. Young continued, enabling Bon Secours to provide quality care.

The Community Builders of Boston, which is redeveloping the Creighton Court public housing complex in the city’s East End, was awarded a $2.5 million loan for use in developing Phase B of the development. Two-thirds of Creighton has been torn down, and construction of new units are expected to begin this summer.

The list of area loan winners includes:

Enterprise Community Development, which is developing a 66-unit apartment complex on the site of an old church on East Brookland Park Boulevard in the Highland Park neighborhood in the city’s North Side.

Richmond-based Lynx Ventures secured a $700,000 loan to support its development of 218 income-restricted apartments at 7000 Carnation St. in South Side, while The Lawson Companies also received a $700,000 loan to support its development of 144 new affordable apartments at 700 W. 44th St. in South Side.

Separately, Commonwealth Catholic Charities was awarded a $400,000 to support its development of 56 new units on vacant land next door to St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Highland Park.

Two groups, project:Homes and Urban Hope, were authorized loans of $692,000 and $600,000, respectively to support their work. The loans are to aid project:Homes efforts to develop affordable homes and enable Urban Hope to expand its work to buy, refurbish and rent housing units with more affordable rents.

Chesterfield announces housing choice vouchers

Free Press staff report

The waiting list for Virginia Housing and the ChesterfieldColonial Heights Department of Social Services’ housing choice vouchers opens Thursday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone who wants to submit an application.

One hundred applicants from Chesterfield County and the City of Colonial Heights will be chosen randomly by lottery to be added to the waiting list. Interested persons may apply at virginiahousing.apply4housing.com.

Applications submitted in person, by phone or mail will not be accepted. Applicants with a disability and need of accommodations to apply can contact the DSS staff for assistance during the open application period.

Interested residents will receive a confirmation number after submitting their applications, though this does not guarantee placement on the waiting list. The lottery will begin at noon on Monday, March 27, and can be viewed when it starts at virginiahousing.apply4housing.com/status.

More information about the application process can be found by contacting Chesterfield-Colonial Heights DSS at 804-717-6832 or by visiting www.virginiahousing.com.

Stories by Fred Jeter