{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norcross.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-norcross-announces-multi-million-dollar-federal-housing", "Congressman Norcross Announces Multi-Million Dollar Federal Housing Grant Award for South Jersey", "2016-12-13", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Donald Norcross", "N000188", "norcross.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Camden, NJ- Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced a $13.2 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant awarded to the Housing Authority of the City of Camden for the City\u2019s Mt. Ephraim South neighborhood.\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement highlights our collective commitment to ensuring residents of Camden have affordable, safe places to call home. These funds will go a long way changing lives and generating the transformation of this Camden neighborhood for generations to come,\u201d said Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01). \u201cI\u2019m proud to have supported this federal grant initiative and look forward to Camden\u2019s best days, which are still ahead.\u201d\nCongressman Norcross was joined by United States Senators Bob Menendez & Cory Booker, as well as Camden Mayor Dana Redd for the grant announcement at Branch Village, a distressed housing site that will be replaced with 176 new townhomes and a 50-unit senior facility in two separate phases.\u00a0\n\u201cThis is such a tremendous achievement for the City of Camden, its partners and of course our residents.\u00a0 Camden has invested an incredible amount of effort to ensure our application was competitive and received favorably by federal officials.\u00a0 I applaud HUD for working with the City and our partners throughout the application process and for deciding to awarding Camden with the Choice designation,\u201d said Camden Mayor Dana Redd. \u201cI also commend Senator Menendez, Senator Booker, and Congressman Norcross for their unwavering support and advocacy for Camden at the federal level. \u00a0The Choice designation will be transformative, leveraging funding and support services for \u00a0the targeted community while impacting development efforts citywide.\u201d\nThe Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant will be supported by nearly $280 million in addition private and public resources to enhance the neighborhood\u2019s high poverty housing and struggling schools. The Camden City School District will spend up to $50 million to build two new state-of-the-art Renaissance schools in the Mt. Ephraim South neighborhood.\n\u201cThese funds will revitalize a part of Camden that will soon enjoy a much better quality of life, giving people improved access to the downtown area and better connect neighbors with the City\u2019s mass transit & transportation hubs, which will take them to school, their jobs, employment training, and all that Camden has to offer,\u201d added Congressman Donald Norcross.\n###\nCongressman Donald Norcross is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Budget Committee, and serves as Assistant Whip in the 114th Congress.\n\u00a0http://norcross.house.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norcross.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-norcross-announces-multi-million-dollar-federal-housing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8780708778649569, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}