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Huntsville Housing Authority eyes next step in deconcentrating poverty

November 18, 2011

The authority’s volunteer board of commissioners agreed Thursday to seek a HUD planning grant for a makeover of Sparkman Homes on Holmes Avenue. It will also apply for tax credits to rehabilitate some of the 194 units at Lincoln Park on Washington Street and solicit proposals from individuals or businesses …

Local rapper returns to Sparkman Homes to play positive music for children

August 27, 2011

Friday afternoon, a group of about 40 children at the Sparkman Homes Boys and Girls Club sang along with a saxophone in hopes of being in a music video for a local rapper.

Huntsville Housing Authority has $367,000 to spend on new public housing units

August 17, 2011

Executive Director Michael Lundy said the authority would look to buy apartment properties with four to 10 units, scattered across the city.

Girl, 5, OK after being struck by hit-and-run driver near downtown Huntsville

July 24, 2011

Witnesses said the female driver and a passenger were in an older-model brown or gray Chevrolet Impala.

Man shot in leg near Sparkman Homes apartments

March 27, 2011

One man was injured in an afternoon shooting on Mason Court at a Sparkman Homes apartment, police said. Dalvin Toney was charged with first-degree assault in connection with a shooting Sunday, March 17, 2011. HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection…

Stepping on the court, off the streets

July 27, 2010

Every Tuesday and Thursday night during the summer, a group of young men get together to shoot hoops at the Sparkman Homes' Boys & Girls Club gym. They aren't professionals nor do they play college ball. But these guys mean more to the community than Kobe Bryant, Lebron James…