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KCDC’s First Creek at Austin Phase 1 earns national housing award

Oct. 14, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), has earned a top award from a national housing and community development organization for First Creek at Austin Phase 1. The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) selected KCDC for an Award of
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KCDC receives grant to improve pedestrian access in Western Heights and Beaumont neighborhoods

Sep. 05, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has been awarded a $1.7 million Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Demonstration Grant from the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve pedestrian access for key neighborhoods included in the Transforming Western
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KCDC celebrates opening of Phase 2 of mixed-income, affordable housing at First Creek at Austin

Aug. 29, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), along with business and community leaders, stakeholders and residents, officially cut the ribbon Aug. 29 on the second phase of First Creek at Austin, part of the city’s first mixed-income, affordable housing community. Located just
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Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation adds Jubran to board

Aug. 15, 2024
Nadim Jubran has been appointed by Mayor Indya Kincannon to serve on the Board of Commissioners for Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC). The board oversees programs provided by KCDC, including affordable housing administration and redevelopment. Jubran is a partner in
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KCDC officially breaks ground for First Creek at Austin Phase 3 housing development

Aug. 01, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) officially broke ground Aug. 1 for the third phase of First Creek at Austin, the city’s first mixed-income, affordable housing community. First Creek at Austin is being built in three housing phases with Phase 1
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Boy Scout establishes Little Free Library and picnic seating area at KCDC’s Nature’s Cove

Jul. 17, 2024
A local Boy Scout has provided a Little Free Library and seating area for residents at Nature’s Cove, a housing community for families owned by Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC). Grayson Rosenblad of Boy Scout Troop 757 officially unveiled the
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KCDC adds Ken Woodhouse as director of development

Jul. 05, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has hired Ken Woodhouse as director of development and major gifts. “Ken’s extensive nonprofit and development experience will help advance the efforts of key KCDC initiatives, such as raising philanthropic dollars for the Transforming Western
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KCDC’s First Creek at Austin earns statewide award for neighborhood stabilization

Apr. 28, 2024
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation’s (KCDC) First Creek at Austin redevelopment has earned a 2024 Tennessee’s Best award in the neighborhood stabilization category. Presented in March by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) at the Tennessee Housing Conference in Nashville, the
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City’s largest federal grant in recent history will help reconnect communities

Mar. 14, 2024
The City of Knoxville and Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) have been awarded a $42.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a civic infrastructure plan intended to begin the restoration of cultural and economic opportunity
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Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation promotes Kimberly Trame to Section 8 rental assistance director

Mar. 01, 2024
Kimberly Trame has been promoted to director of rental assistance for the Section 8 housing programs at Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC). “Kim has served as an integral part of our team, growing and expanding her expertise in the operation
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