Newport News Receives $500K Federal Grant from HUD
Newport News, the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the Marshall/Ridley community received a $500,000 grant June 28 from the the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to stimulate affordable housing and economic development in the Marshall/Ridley neighborhood. The grant, one of 10 awards totaling $8 million funded through HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, will help local leaders to craft a comprehensive, homegrown plan to revitalize and tran