Join us July 16th from 3-6pm for a community celebration and dedication for the Siler Yard project Mark your calendar and tell all your friends, cause a community celebration and dedication for the decade-plus-in-the-making Siler Yard project is finally happenin’. Slap on some sunscreen and head on down to 1218 Siler Road on Saturday, July
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Construction started Monday on the 65-unit complex with eight residential buildings. The first building is expected to be ready for tenants in February with more buildings coming online each month through August 2021.
Siler Yard won an “Innovation Award” at the AIA Santa Fe 2019 Design Awards! This annual event celebrates the year in architecture. This year’s awards were juried by members of the international design firm, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Located in Copenhagen, New York, London, and Barcelona, BIG is one of the most renowned design practices in the
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by Ellie Duke Santa Fe, New Mexico — Sante Fe’s housing shortage has been a frequent topic of debate and discussion in recent years. The Santa Fe New Mexican has reported that “the fabric of the community is weakened” by the lack of housing, and that over 6,000 households are spending more than half their income on rent. Meanwhile,
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By Leah Cantor Santa Fe City Council cements final steps in handing over cash and land to Siler development for artist housing For the past five years, Santa Fe has skeptically waited for the vision of an affordable, sustainably built, solar-powered, community and arts oriented development on Siler Road to become a reality. On Wednesday, the City
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By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican Daniel Werwath was ready to throw in the towel. The chief operating officer of New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing had applied twice for federal tax credits to help finance a 65-unit affordable housing project on a city-owned parcel on Siler Road — and was turned down both times.
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New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing & Creative Santa Fe,along with over two dozen community partnershave been working on Siler Yard for nearly a decade! This 100% solar-powered affordable housing projectwas just awarded funding to move forward,and we want to celebrateeveryone who has helped us get here and toast to making it happen! *Tumbleroot will offer drinks specials & snacks will be provided by Alicia’s!
By Will Costello, Santa Fe Reporter The third time was a charm for New Mexico Inter-Faith Housing’s vision for a different kind of project in Santa Fe. The nonprofit just learned it will get a big check for its Midtown development, the Siler Yard Arts and Creativity Center, via a $10 million grant from a federal
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We are beyond excited to share the news that we were recommended an award of $10.4 million in federal low-income housing tax credits to build and provide affordable, subsidized, and net-zero energy housing for Santa Fe artists & creatives! A huge thank you to Creative Santa Fe, the City of Santa Fe, Artspace, The National
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by Eileen Cunniffe, Nonprofit Quarterly Nearly three years ago, the city of Santa Fe agreed to donate five acres of land for a project that already had been discussed for more than a decade: an affordable housing community for artists, in a city known for its artists. As reported last week in Next City,Santa Fe remains
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This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.