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Lights & Lint
Thank you to those that came to yesterday’s Lights & Lint volunteer event! A special thank you to Johnston & Co. for bringing a couple helpers and providing lightbulbs for…
World Community Land Trust Day
Piedmont CLT is happy to join with others around the world to celebrate World CLT Day 2022! We are proud to learn from the Civil Rights leaders who pioneered land…
Breaking boundaries, building community: The Impactful 40
Piedmont Housing’s Executive Director to be honored at Affordable Housing Conference Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for the millions of…
Welcome to Victoria (Tori) Carter-Johnston, Manager of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion!
Tori joined Piedmont Housing Alliance as a Mentor for the JEDI Youth Ambassador Project and has expanded her role as Manager of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (M-JEDI). In addition…
What is Juneteenth and why should I care?
by Dr. Melody Jackson, Director of Justice, Education, Diversity, and Inclusion Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. First and foremost, slavery has not ended in…
Sentara Cares Provides $55,000 to Support Piedmont Housing Alliance’s Resident Services Programming
Charlottesville, VA – Sentara has provided a recent grant to Piedmont Housing Alliance totaling $55,000. This funding goes directly to supporting health outcomes in our affordable housing communities through our…
Welcome to Dr. Melody Jackson, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion!
Melody A. Jackson, Ph.D., MBA, MEd, joined Piedmont Housing Alliance on November 1st, 2021, as the organization’s inaugural Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (D-JEDI). For the last three…
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Donates $90,000 to Piedmont Housing Alliance
July 1, 2021 – We are excited to announce a new grant award of $90,000 from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Funding will be used to purchase a van…
Interview with Deputy Director, Celeste Brown
Celeste Brown joined our team in the newly-created position of Deputy Director of Operations in early 2023. Previously, she worked globally in international development, which, she mentioned is one of…
Hickory Hope Apartments news!
On Monday, March 6, Piedmont Housing Alliance received approval for its building permit to proceed with construction of the Hickory Hope Aparments. Read more below. More affordable housing units coming…
Friendship Court resident lottery
After 6 long years of planning, last weekend the first cohort of Friendship Court residents came together for a celebratory lottery to determine the order in which residents will choose…
A Reflection on Black History Month
Guest post by Manager of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Victoria Carter-Johnston There are Black people everywhere. Through colonialism, Africans were spread throughout the diaspora, giving us African-Americans, Caribbeans,…
Read about our New Board of Directors
We are excited to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors. Read about them below: Avnel joined the board in 2023. She has found herself in continuous service….
Funding For Racial Equity: Accelerate Private Investment In Underserved Rural Areas
Read Manan Shah’s interview with ED Sunshine Mathon and JEDI Director Dr. Melody Jackson, part of a 3-part series on the National Community Reinvestment Coalition blog: https://hubs.ly/Q01xVNF40