Alnardo More than 200 Los Angeles residents such as Alnardo have been hired to help build the CRA/LA’s Hollywood and Vine project, a massive project with mixed-income housing, hotel and retail components. Alnardo is one of many to benefit from CRA/LA’s Construction Careers Policy, which helps area residents get good-paying construction jobs on CRA/LA-funded projects.
Karen and her son Jason Honinberg Thanks to financial support from CRA/ LA and the state, Karen and Jason Honinberg were able to purchase land in the CRA/LA’s East Valley Region to expand Drapes 4 Show, their family-owned textile business, nearly doubling its warehouse space and creating new living-wage jobs.
Antoinette Morrison The Westminster Park Plaza housing complex in Watts received a $4 million upgrade and greening thanks in part to a loan restructure involving the CRA/LA. “They rehabilitated the whole complex and made it more beautiful,” says Antoinette Morrison, a long-time resident of the area.
The Huangs The Yale Terrace Housing development in the Chinatown Redevelopment Project Area was built to accommodate even large or multi-generational families such as the Huangs.