Teams of students, under the direction of Daniel Johnson (project assistant) are performing basic home inspections to identify safety, structural and energy-related issues in houses that choose to participate.  Using the inspection data, students will complete detailed estimates to identify the cost of necessary repairs as part of this class’ laboratory assignment.

One of the overall objectives of the project is to facilitate the repair and rehabilitation of corridor housing by linking corridor residents to resources that are available in the community to help homeowners repair and maintain the corridor’s housing stock.  To that end, EMSDC has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to assist with housing rehabilitation and repair work in the East Market Street corridor.  This funding will support the EMSDC Neighbor to Neighbor Housing Program and also directly assist property owners in repairing and rehabilitating corridor housing. 

This community effort will be overseen by the EMSDC Housing Committee, which is made up of neighborhood residents, agency representatives and interested volunteers.  For more information,  contact Mac Sims or Jim Donnelly at 275-1101.                                      

EMSDC is a non-profit community development corporation that has been designated as the lead agent for the economic revitalization of the East Market Street corridor.