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Sanford Housing Authority Tours Tampa’s Encore Housing Site
April 26, 2017

Orlando NBC-affiliate, WESH-TV, recently covered a day trip that Sanford Housing Authority (SHA) made to Tampa. The SHA has been awarded a Choice Neighborhood Initiative Planning grant to create an overall improvement plan for the Goldsboro and Academy Manor neighborhoods. Members of SHA, along with Sanford city leaders and other stakeholders toured Tampa Housing Authority’s Encore housing site, a mixed-income, mixed-use community was completed in 2015. Tampa is the only housing authority to receive and complete a CNI grant in the state of Florida. The tour was intended to show stakeholders what is possible through public-private partnerships.