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OVERVIEW “Wherever there is conflict in the world, a few years later you start to see that population showing up here,” says Andriana Abariotes, executive director of Twin Cities LISC ( Local Initiatives Support Corporation ). Minneapolis-St. Paul has a long history of welcoming immigrants and refugees from around the world and is home to many organizations serving these populations. St. Paul’s East Side, where LISC has worked for years, is home to a rich cultural mix of immigrants including Hmong , Somali, Karin, Bhutanese, Sudanese, Latinos and others, alongside Native and African Americans. “Wherever there is conflict in the world, a few years later you start to see that population showing up here.” “It is a hard to reach population,” says Amy Gillman at the LISC national office . These are “highly impoverished and culturally diverse residents , who face significant barriers to physical and social activities related to health.” To make matters worse , the city is experiencing a ...

Change is coming to Hicksville. It may not come easily. It will take time, and the right combination of local leadership, private investment, community engagement, innovative thinking and, perhaps most important, a new Oyster Bay way. Most Popular But it is coming. The pieces of the puzzle that hopefully will bring new energy to downtown Hicksville have been slowly falling into place: the $ 121 million upgrade of the Long Island Rail Road ’s busiest station; renovations of the Hicksville athletic center and the once vibrant Broadway Mall ; and the repaving, cleanup and drain repair of Routes 106 and 107. And the recent approval of the third track expansion project will mean vastly improved LIRR service and the potential to lure workers to Hicksville businesses. Now, town and state officials are starting to fill in critical missing pieces that could turn this tired crossroads into a major hub with housing for younger adults starting out and older ones wanting to downsize, entert...

Advocates for affordable housing in the St. Augustine area have learned they better be creative, resourceful and sometimes patient to make progress. The recent overhaul of the Southern Villas senior living complex is the perfect example of that. The set of 60 rental units just off State Road 207 near St. Augustine Health & Rehab has seen the results of $2.3 million worth of work that should keep it as a viable housing option for years to come. The residents, along with housing officials and politicians celebrated the work at a ceremony Thursday. Bill Lazar, St. Johns Housing Partnership executive director , said the complex, built around 1982, is tremendously important in a county where apartment complexes are simply not being built. And with the median price of homes in St. Johns County now up to more than $300,000, many of those on fixed incomes need a place like Southern Villas . Lazar said research shows that more than 5, 000 county seniors are severely cost burdened , pa...