8 scholarship winners announced by Richmond Better Housing Coalition
Jeremy M. Lazarus | 9/15/2016, 10:50 p.m.
The Richmond Better Housing Coalition has named
eight adult residents as winners of its first college scholarships.
A total of $10,000 will be awarded to the recipients at a
reception 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at RBHC’s Lincoln Mews
Community Center, 4013½ North Ave. in North Side.
Two recipients, Joi Green, who is attending Virginia Union
University, and Quinesse White, who has enrolled at Bryant
& Stratton College, are each to receive a $2,000 scholarship
for enrolling in a four-year program.
The six other recipients each are to receive a $1,000 scholarship
for enrolling in a two-year program. They are Anthony
Brooks, Cadisha Hurdle, Derek Lem, Brian Jefferson, Delsa
Sally and Joyce Spain.
Recipients in good standing can re-apply each year, RBHC
officials said.
The scholarships honor RBHC co-founders Carter McDowell
and the late Mary Tyler McClenahan.
Started in 1988, the nonprofit housing group is now
the developer and operator of 15 mixed-income apartment
communities with 1,500 units in Richmond, Petersburg
and Henrico and Chesterfield counties. It also has built or
renovated 200 single-family homes for first-time homebuyers.
