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Sen. Mark Warner Presents Culpepper Garden With $2 Million Check At Community Town Hall With Rep. Don Beyer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Eissa Saeed(416) 659 0466eissa@jlh-strategies.com Culpepper Garden received federal earmarks in March to fund housing assistance for at-risk older Americans ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 20, 2024) – Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) presented the staff of Culpepper Garden with a $2.03 million check at a community town hall today at the senior living facility in Arlington. In March, Sen. Warner’s office helped secure a $2.03 million grant for Culpepper Garden as part of a Senate appropriations bill that will fund a housing revitalization project to improve accessibility and safety at Culpepper Garden, which serves at-risk…
Culpepper Garden Receives $2 Million In Federal Funding To Update Senior Living Facilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Eissa Saeed(416) 659 0466eissa@jlh-strategies.com U.S. Senate passed a HUD appropriations bill to provide housing assistance for at-risk older Americans (ARLINGTON, Virginia) – On Friday, the United States Senate passed the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill that will award $2.03 million to Culpepper Garden, the only affordable housing community in Arlington serving financially-vulnerable older adults. The federal funding will help Culpepper Garden take up a housing revitalization project that will make much-need updates to its Independent Living and Assisted Living wings. The updates will include a host of renovations to apartments, install elevators and walkways, and more to improve…
Virginia Home Grown Visits Culpepper Garden
Watch the season premiere of the PBS series “Virginia Home Grown”, featuring Culpepper Garden’s display of 35,000 daffodils. View the segment now. Virginia Home Grown (Virginia Home Grown | PBS) recently visited Culpepper Garden to film a segment of the popular PBS series. The program, which airs monthly from March through October, features interviews with experts and enthusiasts from around the state of Virginia. We were so thrilled by the opportunity to share our gardens and honor the legacy of Dr. Charles Culpepper, a botanist for the USDA who purchased the property in 1926 and later sold it at reduced cost for the purpose…
Legislators must ensure affordable housing for low-income older Americans
Marta Gray Hill, Executive Director for Culpepper Garden, urges Congress to introduce and pass legislation to ensure that low-income older Americans have access to affordable housing and assisted living facilities in this article for McKnight’s Senior Living. READ ARTICLE