26-03-2025
HANDS planning to build new apartments at newly purchased space
New life is being breathed into a blighted corner in downtown Erie that has historic significance.
Housing and Neighborhood Development Service, known as HANDS, has purchased the property at 14th and Parade Streets from the Erie Land Bank.
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The now rundown property was once owned by Erie's first female African American land owner, Emma Howell. The building that stands there now will be demolished and apartments named in Howell's honor will be built in its place.
The four apartments being constructed are designated for persons with disabilities and homeless individuals.
'This really continues the work that we've done in this neighborhood for the last 30 years. And so we're happy to cross this side of Parade and continue our redevelopment work,' said Matthew Good, CEO of Housing And Neighborhood Development Service.
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Work on the apartments is in the design phase and will be supported by a $2,000 grant from Erie Bank presented to HANDS Wednesday.
The project will be out to bid for general contractors next month and is expected to begin this summer.
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