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Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity announced a $100 million signature project at City Hall today called Dream Dallas, an initiative to revitalize, reclaim and reinvent neighborhoods in Dallas’ most impoverished areas including Bonton, South Dallas/Fair Park, Joppa, Lancaster Transportation Corridor and West Dallas. The $100 million will be used to fund new Dallas Habitat homes, refurbish existing homes and purchase land for future development.
“Dream Dallas is not just new homes, it’s new neighborhoods,” said Bill Hall, CEO of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. “We see a Dallas where every neighborhood is proud and we’re proud of every neighborhood. Dallas Habitat is looking to transform these impoverished areas into neighborhoods people want to call home, and break the cycle of poverty for deserving families in Dallas.”
Dream Dallas is a comprehensive approach to neighborhood revitalization. Working collaboratively with partner organizations, Dream Dallas will focus on the essential needs of reducing crime, encouraging access to public transportation, improving education, enhancing medical services, promoting development of retail services and partnering with existing community programs like mentoring services.
“One house can make a difference for one family,” said Mike Gruber, Chair of the Dream Dallas Advisory Council. “But homeowners, non-profits, private industry and governmental agencies working together, reaching for the same goal, can revitalize, reclaim and reinvent entire neighborhoods, improving all of Dallas in the process.”
“Dream Dallas can forever change and improve the City of Dallas,” said Mike Rawlings, Mayor of Dallas. “This is the right type of public-private partnership, in the right neighborhoods, at the right time. Dallas is committed to working hand-in-hand with Dallas Habitat to see this project through to completion.”
The Dream Dallas Advisory Council
Mike Gruber Gwyneith Black Toni Brinker Tim Dove
Stan Fredrick Ron Gafford Stephen Goldmann
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