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Special insulated panels sped construction at Southern Pointe Apartments while providing a more comfortable energy efficient final property. Southern Pointe Apartments is our latest new apartment community, offering 3 and 4 bedroom apartments in Spencer, Iowa. The building offers larger apartments that are badly needed in Clay County and the Iowa Great Lakes Region generally,…
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Jul
10
2017
If you’ve passed a 1905 two-story house on Cleveland Street near E. 13th Street lately, you’ve probably noticed something striking about the place: A new mural by Joseph “Sentrock” Perez was installed at the end of June. It depicts a masked figure nearly 15 feet tall speaking the words “We learned to fly without wings.” …
Jun
23
2017
Serving communities statewide, CHI remains committed to Northwest Iowa Staff assembled little free libraries which will be placed at CHI apartment communities to allow anyone who wishes to take or leave a book. It is part family reunion, part training seminar, and part service event as 33 staff of Community Housing Initiatives converge on Spencer…
Jun
15
2017
New $500,000 award will support range of housing, public art and infrastructure work Community Housing Initiatives, CHI, has announced receipt of a new $500,000 grant award to support the Viva East Bank neighborhood revitalization initiative focused on Des Moines’ Capitol East, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and Capitol Park neighborhoods. The funds will support numerous…
Jun
08
2017
Roosevelt School Apartments in Clinton, formerly the Clinton Community School District’s administration building, has been recognized as Iowa’s top historic adaptive use restoration for 2017 by Preservation Iowa, a statewide nonprofit advocate for historic preservation. Roosevelt School Apartments received the “Preservation at Its Best” award June 8 at the 2017 Preserve Iowa Summit, in Fort…
May
26
2017
Event offers opportunity to learn about plans for artist apartments, share memories of historic school Community Housing Initiatives, the nonprofit responsible for converting West Des Moines historic Phenix Elementary to mixed-income artist apartments, has announced an open house at the property Monday, June 12, from 4 to 7 pm. “With this event, we are also…
Jan
12
2017
Picture it: Community leaders and neighbors gather at Phenix Elementary in West Des Moines to hail the public-private partnership that saved a historic school. A community takes pride in the fact that one of its landmark buildings is protected for another generation, and hundreds of area residents pack the building for a first look inside.…
Jan
09
2017
At its regularly scheduled meeting January 6, the Polk County Housing Trust Fund's board of directors unanimously expressed its support for the conversion of the former Phenix Elementary School in West Des Moines into 17 high quality apartments for artists. In its letter, the board wrote, in part: "Overall, we firmly believe that CHI’s proposal…
Nov
07
2016
Community Housing Initiatives, Inc., a statewide housing nonprofit, celebrated the rehabilitation of its first rehabilitated home in Des Moines' Capitol Park neighborhood Nov. 1 with an open house for the community. The home is a 1908 four bedroom 2 1/2 story property on E. 12th Street. "The home is beautiful, and it's been through…
Oct
26
2016
Staff of Community Housing Initiatives (CHI) are preparing to accept applications for residency at Southern Pointe Apartments, a new apartment community located at 902 13th St. SW in Spencer beginning November 1. Currently under construction, these 30 new apartments and townhomes will all be available for move in by December, according to Community Housing Initiatives,…