Piedmont Housing Alliance partners with several area nonprofits to bring enriching support to our client families. ReadyKids is one of those partners, providing services to children who live in Piedmont Housing Alliance supported housing, such as Friendship Court. We asked…
On October 26, 2017, the Friendship Court Advisory Committee held their monthly meeting at the architecture firm Grimm + Parker’s downtown Charlottesville offices. As background, the Advisory Committee is comprised of nine Friendship Court residents and six subject matter Charlottesville…
Inside the colorful community center at Friendship Court, a team of volunteers got on their hands and knees and scrubbed down floors and windows to make the center shine as a vibrant, welcoming place for children and teens to hang…
Spring break means sometimes kids are at home searching for ways to keep themselves busy during their time off from school. However, several third- through sixth- graders from Friendship Court stayed busy participating in a week-long Spring Break Academy offered…
David Dixon and Steve Kearney, both of Stantec, were essential parts of the team that developed the Master Plan for the redevelopment of Friendship Court. Stantec, an architectural design firm with experience in urban redevelopment called upon Timmons Group for…
One of our primary goals for redevelopment at Friendship Court is to improve quality of life and foster access to opportunity for all residents. One part of fulfilling this goal will be to create new affordable housing for different income…
Claudette Grant is the community organizer at Friendship Court Apartments. She has been working at Piedmont Housing Alliance for a little over a year, having been selected to her role by a panel of residents in November 2015. Claudette’s experience…
