AS 2021 ENDS, WE LOOK BACK OVER LOTS OF ACHIEVEMENT.

December 2021

Riviera Beach Housing Authority

Happy Holidays From Our Team to Yours!

Following our re-scheduled December meeting held on Dec. 21, we hosted our first-ever Jingle & Mingle event--and that's what we did! Our husbands and wives were there, a minority contractor and his wife were there, an RBHA resident and her daughter were there. It was fun!

The Chairman with Wesley Potts, owner of From Green to Greener, a minority contractor

Commissioner Spiritis talks to Marie Hope-Davis, who is Legislative Aide to City Councilman Tradrick McCoy

The Chairman's wife, Charlayne, with Wesley Potts' wife, Kitty Lundan, who has a popular podcast, People of Power

And the Fun of it All! The event was held at the RBCRA Ambassador Center on Singer Island

Visit the RBHA!

An Affordable Housing Discussion

Board Commissioner Alexis Lockhart is also the Communications Coordinator for the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce, which hosts each month a breakfast discussion on a different topic. For November: affordable housing. She invited the team to come. This is what she had to say:

Thank you all who attended the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours Breakfast on Essential Workforce Housing yesterday morning at the Embassy Suites. We were well represented and Commissioner Horace Towns did a great job starting things off with the Welcome and Pledge and also letting the audience know about the great things we are doing for the City. Thank you all for your support!

For more information on the Chamber, click here. And who is that other man in the picture, on the right? Riviera Beach Mayor Ronnie L. Felder.

She Continues to Give Back

From the time she was appointed to the Board in 2016, Vice Chairwoman Jessica Thurmond has worked with--and on behalf of--the residents. She's been bringing issues to the Board from Heron Estates Senior residents, supporting them with free food and, during the pandemic, helped ensure they received tests and vaccines.

Even during this holiday season through her church, Faith Holy Temple Church in Riviera Beach, she did the same for the Christmas Toy Giveaway on Dec. 18 and Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31. Indeed, for those events, more than 350 children received free toys and 150 families received free food--and she'd helped collect both. "Giving back to my community has always been a passion of mine," Vice Chairwoman Thurmond said. "And both my church and the housing authority have given me a wider platform to serve more residents of Riviera Beach. It means a lot to me."

Development Update

The work continues! Heron Estates Family is now 74 percent complete and occupancy in the 79-unit workforce housing development is likely to begin in March of 2022, according to Ray Wells, our construction consultant. The grand opening should also be coming soon; that's according to Chairman Jackson. Read what he says, below.

About the RBHA

The RBHA was founded in 1968 and is a special district of the City of Riviera Beach. It is also an agency of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as are six other housing authorities in Palm Beach County. The five-member Board of Commissioners meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Authority offices. The meetings are open to the public and nearly all information is available to the public by request. Click here for more Board information, including meeting dates, agendas and meeting minutes.

Administration

John W. Hurt

Executive Director

Matthew C. Russell

Board Attorney

2001 Broadway, suite 101

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

561-845-7450 office

800-431-8738 fax

Chairman's Corner

On behalf of the RBHA Board of Directors and staff, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year filled with many blessings and opportunities. Speaking of blessings, the Riviera Beach Housing Authority and the Housing Trust Group will soon host a grand opening for Phase II of the Heron Estates project, which is Heron Estates Family. With the project nearing completion, it is proof that the Board of Directors is delivering on its mission of providing affordable housing to the citizens of Riviera Beach. So, stay tuned! Continue to follow your award-winning BHA team as 2022 promises to be a year full of hope, renewed collaboration and prosperity. Happy Holidays to you and yours.