Norfolk city officials, developers celebrate new Kindred communities [Video]

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk city officials and developers celebrated a milestone for the new Kindred communities on Tuesday.

The City of Norfolk, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA), the Franklin Group and Brinshore Development celebrated the opening of two buildings in Kindred, Reunion Senior Living and Origin Circle, at an official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The St. Paul’s Area Transformation/Tidewater Gardens Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) aims to replace distressed public and assisted housing with high‐quality mixed‐income housing; improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; and create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods.

The City partnered with NRHA to redevelop a flood-prone, public housing community adjacent to downtown Norfolk. Kindred was the first step of …