HANDS, Housing & Neighborhood Development Services, Inc.

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Welcome to the web site of HANDS, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to the revitalization of neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, New Jersey. Please click any of the buttons on the left to learn more about HANDS, Inc.

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HANDS 20th Anniversary

HANDS Executive Director, Patrick Morrissy, receives a citation from United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg in his Newark office, celebrating the organization’s 20th anniversary as a neighborhood revitalization organization. The citation acknowledges the nonprofit’s years of crucial work in redeveloping targeted abandoned properties to stabilize neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, expanding homeownership opportunities, cleaning up industrial brownfields and engaging citizens in planning for the future of their neighborhoods and city. HANDS has been a charter affiliate member of NeighborWorks America since 1999.

Shown L – R: HANDS Board of Directors Chair, Anita Rainford, an East Orange resident; United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg; HANDS Executive Director, Patrick Morrissy; NeighborWorks America Director of National Initiatives and Applied Research, Nelson Merced

F. Berg Hat Factory Construction to Start

After nearly four years of environmental investigation and clean-up, the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection has given HANDS the go ahead to convert the F. Berg hat factory to residential use.

Jefferson Art Walk Approved

On August 2, 2006 the Orange City Council approved a proposal by Harvard Redevelopment Associates (a HANDS partnership) to redevelop South Jefferson Street from Central Avenue to Nassau Street.