The Tallahassee Housing Authority takes another step toward completing a revamp of the Southside Tallahassee’s Orange Avenue Apartments. The housing complex will soon become a property for low-to-middle-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
THA’s executive director Brenda Williams, announced in a release last Monday, that her agency's newest funding brings the total for the project to nearly $83 million.
“This mixed-income housing development is being carried out in phases and represents a substantial investment in the city’s southside,” said Williams. “I am confident that it will have a profound and positive impact on the lives of many of our residents and I look forward to celebrating its completion.”
Reconstruction efforts finally got underway last October .
Phase 1 construction involves the 130-unit structure that is now underway at the site. Phase 2 will be complex for low-income seniors. Both phases will consist of nearly 300 units and is expected to be completed for occupants in the Spring of 2024.
The South City Foundation will help ensure the project meets the community needs. The foundation’s executive director Courtney Adkins, says the apartments will impact southside residents for the better.
“In this kind of project, it is not just putting a roof over someone’s head,” said Adkins. “It’s really creating a foundation for the future children and families living in south city. —"For the Tallahassee Housing Authority to have been able to acquire funding for both phase one and two of this redevelopment site, is pretty fantastic and amazing.”
Additionally, Atkin’s group received $2 million from the federal government to create an early learning center at the Wesson school across the street of the complex.