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Huntsville Housing Authority seeks HUD money to transform Sparkman Homes, Terry Heights

April 29, 2012

The agency’s Choice Neighborhoods grant application envisions a walkable, mixed-income area with access to good schools, ample job opportunities and improved public transit.

Huntsville Housing Authority calls special meeting to consider grant application

April 25, 2012

The agency is seeking a $300,000 planning grant through HUD’s Choice Neighborhood Initiative program. It would cover the cost of creating a plan to transform the Sparkman Homes public housing site near Butler High School into a modern, mixed-income development with shopping and other amenities.

Huntsville Housing Authority advisory board considers future of Sparkman Homes west of downtown

March 10, 2012

Most of the 170 public housing units at Sparkman Homes date to the Eisenhower administration. Residents there have an average annual income of just $5,531 — lowest among the city’s nine traditional public housing areas

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…