Mr. W. Frank Topping (Program Primary Contact) Director Institutional Planning and Development 5500 Myron Massey Boulevard, 305 Brown Building Birmingham, AL 35064 Phone: (205) 929-1448 Ext: Fax: (205) 929-1435 wftopping@miles.edu
Miles College intends to use its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant to create and strengthen the capacity of the Miles College Community Development Corporation (CDC) to address ongoing community and economic development needs in the campus neighborhood, including commercial and residential property acquisitions, and rehabilitation, and/or reconstruction improvements. The university proposes to achieve this by: acquiring / rehabilitating one commercial property; acquiring/ rehabilitating five existing unoccupied housing units; providing six owner-occupied emergency housing rehabilitation grants; capacity-building for the Miles College CDC; and offering homeownership and financial literacy training workshops (36 each). The success of this proposal will be evidenced by an immediate increase in the number of decent and affordable housing stock available to low- to moderate-income and first-time homebuyers; improved and more livable owner-occupied units; and overall improvement of the immediate campus community of Miles College.
