Ribbon-cutting for seniors’ new home //It took an extra five months, but the Highland Park Senior Apartments are finally finished and all 77 units are filled. The completion of the $11.4 million project was celebrated Tuesday with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the former elementary school building at 1221 E. Brookland Park Blvd. Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney and other dignitaries attended.
From left, residents Richard Cheatham, Wilbert Curry and Jerome Hewlett watch the program from the balcony. “It’s like living in heaven,” Mr. Hewlett said of his new home.
Mr. Hewlett and other residents were relocated from Fay Towers in Gilpin Court. Washington-based Community Preservation and Development Corp. undertook this redevelopment and is working on the next two phases to raze the aging towers.
