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New phase soon underway for Memorial Villas project New phase soon underway for Memorial Villas project By William Putt | May 5, 2021 at 6:29 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 6:29 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Construction is just around the corner on a new phase of home development in Tepe Park. Officials say that Phase 7 of the Memorial Villas project will allow 10 families to build a home in the neighborhood. It’s part of the Memorial Community Development Corporation’s plan to build 50 new homes in Evansville. The first of those new houses is being built on South Bedford Avenue. Officia...

The nonprofit company is excited about 26 housing units now under construction at the site. The work at Lincoln and Garvin Street, combined with 24 more units being built nearby at Bayard Park and Kerth Avenue, will add 50 apartments to the city’s affordable housing stock. Altogether, the two-site project is known as Memorial Lofts. “We really have developed a niche for affordable housing, so it makes sense for us to continue to meet that need,” said the Rev. Adrian Brooks, who founded Memorial CDC in 1994. The company's grocery store endeavor on Lincoln Avenue faced tough headwinds. ...

95 vaccinated at Memorial Baptist Church on Saturday 95 vaccinated at Memorial Baptist Church on Saturday By Joseph Payton | March 15, 2021 at 6:43 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 6:43 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Memorial Baptist Church in Evansville hosted its first COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday. “I think it went really well considering we didn’t know how many people were going to be able to make it,” said Serita Cabell of Memorial Community Development Corporation. By partnering with Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, 95 people were vaccinated at the church. Organizers say t...