Kevin Byrd (New River Valley Regional Commission) presents on mixed-income housing and food-based community use at the NADO-DDAA Washington Conference.

1. • Diverse team of collaborative
regional partners
• Mixed-income housing + food-
based community use
• Shared-use commercial kitchen,
brewery, restaurant
• $13.8M in local, state, and federal
investment
• $2.5M Community Development Block
Grant (VCI program)
• $500,000 Appalachian Regional
Commission
Old Prices Fork Elementary
Redevelopment Project

2. Job Creation
CDBG goal: 29 jobs created
• Progress to date: 25 jobs
• Comprised of 15 full-time employees
and 29 part-time employees
• Workers are 74% white, 17%
Hispanic, and 9% Black
ARC goal: 20 jobs impacted
• Progress to date: 20 jobs
• “From Scratch” business competition
• Brewery partnerships with local food
trucks

3. Neighbors in Need
a program of Millstone Kitchen
• Made-from-scratch meals to support small food businesses and food insecurity
• Partnership with Millstone Kitchen, local caterers, & food distribution non-profits
• Funded by CDBG-COVID funds
• $675,000+ over three funding rounds
• Projected to serve 58,800 meals to 847 individuals