Archive for May, 2012

Miami-Dade College’s Tuyo Restaurant Announces Partnership with Homestead Farm Staffed by Formerly Homeless Residents

Executive Chef Norman Van Aken’s downtown Miami eatery looks to Verde Gardens affordable housing community’s 22-acre farm for locally-grown organic ingredients.

MIAMI, FL – May 16, 2012   In a move that aligns a South Florida culinary icon and one of the nation’s most innovative affordable housing projects, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Tuyo restaurant and Homestead’s Verde Gardens community have formed a new purchasing partnership. Executive Chef Norman Van Aken’s new Downtown Miami hotspot, which sits atop MDC’s ...

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NBC 6 Miami: Self-Sustaining Farm

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Westside Gazette

Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler Manor Opens in Liberty City
$30 million apartment complex developed by Carrfour Supportive Housing includes 100 affordable housing units for low-income and formerly homeless families.   

Westside Gazette

MIAMI, FL – Carrfour Supportive Housing, Florida’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer, is teaming up with Miami-Dade County and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide much-needed ...

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