Sunday, July 30, 2017
3520–3542 West Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
2:00–4:00 PM
Harvest Homes is a 36-unit affordable housing community in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, the first of its kind in the area in over three decades.
MISTRESS OF CEREMONY
Kim Jackson, Community Pro Partners
WELCOME
Alderman Jason Ervin, 28th Ward
OPENING PRAYER
Pastor George Daniels, First Baptist Congregational Church
HARVEST HOMES PROJECT OVERVIEW
Pastor Michael Eaddy, People’s Church of the Harvest, People’s Community Development Association of Chicago (PCDAC)
Jamie A. Smarr, SVP, Affiliate Program, The NHP Foundation
NHP FOUNDATION / PROJECT PARTNER
Richard Burns, President and CEO, The NHP Foundation
COMMUNITY RESIDENT
Anthony Green
HARVEST HOMES RESIDENT
Sarah Anderson
HARVEST HOMES APARTMENTS IMPACT
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City of Chicago
REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Pastor Michael Eaddy
Honorable Richard “Dick” Durbin, U.S. Senator
Honorable Danny K. Davis, U.S. Congressman 7th District
Honorable Bruce Rauner, State of Illinois, Governor
Honorable Bobby Rush, U.S. Congressman 2nd District
John “Jack” Bernhard, JP Morgan Chase
Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Presiding Elder Albert Tyson III, City Clergy Representative, AME
AWARD PRESENTATIONS / PROCLAMATION
Michael Eaddy / Vance Henry, Mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff
CEREMONIAL RIBBON-CUTTING
Pastor Ephraim Eaddy
APARTMENT TOURS
FUNDED IN PART BY
J.P. Morgan Chase
Enterprise
City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development
David L. Reifman, Commissioner
Anthony Simpkins, Deputy Commissioner
Anna Booth, Development Officer
State of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
PRE-DEVELOPMENT FUNDING BY
Calvin Holmes, Chicago Community Loan Fund
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Harvest Homes Apartments L.P.
Patrick Fry, The NHP Foundation, Project Manager
Teresa Prim, Development Consultant, Prim Lawrence Group
Anthony Akindele, NIA Architects
Nicholas Brunick, Applegate & Thorne-Thompson PC
Realty Mortgage & Management, Inc.
Kim Jackson, Project Consultant, Community Pro Partners
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Claude Powers, Powers and Sons Construction
SPECIAL THANKS
Alderman Jason Ervin, 28th Ward
Wayne “Coach” Gordon, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Patricia Feeley, Environmental Design Inc.
Ralph Land & Associates, CPA
Elijah L. Everette Investments
Drew Smith, Site Director, Powers and Sons Construction
PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS (PCDAC)
Reverend Michael Eaddy, President
Deborah Tucker, Secretary-Treasurer
Attorney C. Edward Watson, Member
Shirley Halford, Member
Ephraim M. Eaddy, Member
Steven G. Campbell, Member
People’s Community Development Association of Chicago, an affiliate of the People’s Church of the Harvest Church of God in Christ, fulfills community and economic developments and is a pillar in the East Garfield Park community. PCDAC was created in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. It’s programs are threefold: job training and placement, youth services for at-risk children, and affordable housing. Their mission is to increase family wealth by promoting home ownership and building affordable housing for residents who wish to remain. PCDAC is committed to making a difference by enhancing their existing programs, to combat disparities in access to resources and unemployment. PCDAC has successfully accomplished its greatest goal yet. The building of Harvest Homes Apartments. Home to 36 families who love their new apartments! This is only the beginning of more great things to come.
