Douglas Park Place - ECONOMIC GROWTH CORPORATION

Douglas Park Place

720 9th Street, Rock Island
8 Supportive Housing
$2 Million Investment

Douglas Park Place is a $2 million new construction initiative developed by GROWTH and owned by Community Housing Solutions. The development represents an anchor investment in the Douglas Park neighborhood.Eight town homes provide a home to families where women are recovering from alcohol and substance abuse addictions.

The site features a playground, secured entrance, fountain, energy-efficient appliances, and 24-hour on-site case management support.

Interesting Fact: Douglas Park is named after a large baseball park located at the South end of the neighborhood, which hosted the International Softball Congress World Tournament.

Award Winning: Wyvetter H. Younge Illinois Affordable Housing Award for Douglas Park Place; the award was in recognition of an excellent and innovative development in a metropolitan area outside Chicago.

Above: The site for Douglas Park Place is being prepared; demolition of a blighted commercial site was completed along with site remediation.

Below: Douglas Park Place’s inspiration, Ametra Carrol-Castaneda during the groundbreaking and photo of construction.

Bottom Left: Fountain inspired by Ametra.

Corporate Office:
100 19th Street, STE 109
Rock Island, IL 61201
309-794-6711

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Economic Growth Corporation and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Providers.

Fair Housing/ Equal Opportunity Statements:
We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. Policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

Declaración de Equidad de Vivienda
Estamos comprometidos con la letra y el espíritu de la política de EE.UU. para el logro de la igualdad de oportunidades de vivienda en toda la nación. Alentamos y apoyamos un programa de publicidad y comercialización afirmativa en el que no existen barreras para obtener vivienda debido a raza, color, religión, sexo, discapacidad, estado familiar u origen nacional.

In accordance with federal law and the U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, Central States Development Partners, Inc. is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to Department of the Treasury, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington D.C., 20220 or call (202) 622-1160.

Conflict of Interest Statement:
Economic Growth Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, GROWTH) require staff and members of the Board of Directors to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations pertaining to GROWTH’s activities, to conduct themselves ethically and with integrity; and to avoid any conflict between their own interests and the interests of GROWTH.