$3.3M affordable housing development brings message of hope to the Eastside

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By David Chapman, Staff Writer
Rodney Wallace and Eloise Stewart have seen the Eastside change over the years.

A. Philip Randolph Boulevard had businesses along the thoroughfare until the 1960s when the riots that came with the struggle for civil rights. Stewart, 62, was there. Wallace, 42, had only heard about them from his mother.

Since that time, it's been a mostly steady decline.

On Monday, both were smiling as they stood on the empty lot at East First Street and Florida Avenue. Minutes before, Mayor Alvin Brown, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, City Council member Johnny Gaffney and other community leaders had announced a new investment in the area. Construction of affordable housing, with a preference for veterans, named in honor of the Rev. Charles B. Dailey, a local longtime civil rights leader.

The C.B. Dailey Villas will be a three-story, 24-unit project with a cost of $3.3 million, all coming from federal, state and private sources, including $200,000 from EverBank.

Full article: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=544513

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A video of the C.B. Dailey Villas groundbreaking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6eE6W2pg78