Grand Opening of Bridge Meadows|Redmond !

We are thrilled to celebrate with Bridge Meadows and Carleton Hart Architecture PC the grand opening of Bridge Meadows|Redmond and in welcoming children, parents, and elders to their new homes in Central Oregon! We are honored to partner with Bridge Meadows in their dedication to building intentional intergenerational living for the benefit of families and seniors. Our two organizations have celebrated the success of building three intergenerational communities together over the past 10 years – North Portland, Beaverton and now Redmond. What started as a concept that had major headwinds in the beginning, is now being celebrated nationally for bringing innovative solutions to healthy living for families and seniors. Thank you, Bridge Meadows!

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Washington Delegates Convene at ɁálɁal Together for Chief Seattle Club

Our ɁálɁal Together project, for Chief Seattle Club was host to an affordable housing press conference midday Tuesday! Speakers included Chief Seattle Club’s Executive Director Derrick Belgarde, MPA, Senator Maria Cantwell, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, WA State Housing Finance Commission’s Executive Director Steve Walker, Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers.

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Congratulations to Imagine Housing, SMR Architects and our project teams.

We enjoyed celebrating the grand opening of Imagine Housing‘s 30Bellevue yesterday.

30Bellevue provides 63 affordable homes for families, seniors, and veterans on an existing surface parking lot behind St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in the North Towne neighborhood of Bellevue. Congratulations to the 30Bellevue team!

Congratulations to Imagine Housing, SMR Architects and our project teams. It was a perfect day to celebrate the opening of this beautiful project!

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Northwest Housing Alternatives Campus Redevelopment Nearing Completion

We are deeply grateful to be a part of the team for the Northwest Housing Alternatives Campus Redevelopment which will provide much needed affordable housing and services to families! The new and improved facilities will enable NHA to continue to provide crucial housing services for low-income families, veterans, seniors and people with special needs. The campus is one of our Partner Projects as O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders (OWCB) with O’Neill Construction Group) and designed by MWA Architects!

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Tom Mathews of Walsh is named LIHI’s Housing Hero

LIHI’s Sharon Lee said Mathews helped change the stereotype of low-income housing, making it a community asset that gives dignity to families.

Sharon Lee and Tom Mathews have known each other for about two decades, and that relationship has helped each of their businesses grow.

Lee, executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute, recently presented Mathews with LIHI’s Housing Hero Award for his work on nonprofit housing, including 11 projects for LIHI.

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Portland Monthly “Merging Architecture and Recovery at a New Women’s Rehab Project”

Portland Monthly Magazine reports on Lifeworks NW and Home Forward’s new drug- and alcohol-free facility in their January 2015 edition.

O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders (OWCB) recently completed The Center for Hope and Recovery which is a residential drug and alcohol treatment facility in Northeast Portland which includes LifeWorks NW’s 36-bed Project Network and the 32-unit Home Forward Beech Street Apartments.

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