A new neighborhood replacing the former Tidewater Gardens public housing in Norfolk continues to grow. City leaders and residents cut the ribbon on Unity Place at Kindred Friday morning.
Kindred is the name of the overall development replacing the 70-year-old Tidewater Gardens housing units which were torn down a few years ago.
The redevelopment is part of the larger transformation of the St. Paul’s neighborhood, which also includes public housing in Young Terrace and Calvert Square. Adjacent to Downtown, the area has become known for poverty and crime over the decades.
Unity Place includes 140 mixed-income units, nearly 50 of which the city says have been reserved for former residents of Tidewater Gardens. Susan Perry, Director of Housing and Community Development for the city of Norfolk, says more than 100 former residents have returned to Kindred overall…