2013 Scholarship Recipients
CEDC announces that it has selected the 2013 recipients of the Rodney Fernandez Community Building Fund. Details are below.
Awarded: Ten Recipients totaling $6,750
Everyone in California needs a safe and affordable place to call home. Rents and mortgages within the reach of working families are critical to maintaining California’s business competitiveness. Let’s get California building again.
We just completed our annual NeighborWorks Week event on June 1 at the R.J. Frank Intermediate School and it was a huge success! More than 150 people came out to learn how to preserve their home (from foreclosure), manage their finances, save money by "living green" and more.
The event included a resource fair with community partners to celebrate Homeownership Month.
We also featured a free 8-hour Home Buyer Education Seminar that is approved by the U.S. Department of Housing...
For more than 10 years, the Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) has enjoyed a diverse and widespread relationship with Citibank. Since 2003, Citi has proactively partnered with CEDC to support programs and services, provide much-needed predevelopment and construction financing for affordable housing developments, underwrite policy and community awareness efforts around affordable housing, and volunteer for neighborhood beautification efforts.
In 2013, Citi Foundation...
The Rodney Fernandez Community Building Fund 2013 Applications Open-March 15, 2013
Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) is excited to begin its second year of the Rodney Fernandez Community Building Fund (RFCBF) aimed at building CEDC residents’...
Congratulations to Jasmine Sanchez, one of our young 12-year-oled residents at our Villa Cesar Chavez community in Oxnard, for winning an essay contest from Enterprise Community Partners. She received $500 for her essay. See article in the Ventura County Star.
“What home means to me”
By: Jasmine Sanchez
I remember when I fell in love with the best playground...
CEDC Helps Launch National “Home Matters” Campaign
On March 12th, CEDC helped launch a unique national initiative called Home Matters™, which aims to unite America around the essential role that Home plays as the bedrock for thriving lives, families, and a stronger nation. As it expands, Home Matters will animate the connections between stable housing and jobs, education,
The Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) announced that it successfully achieved the LEED® for Homes Platinum level of certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design, for its newest affordable home development in the City of Ventura called Azahar Place. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green home certification program that rewards homes that are...
Karen Flock, CEDC's Director of Real Estate Development, accepted the "Affordable Builder of the Year" award from Build it Green (www.builditgreen.org) -- a membership-supported Bay Area nonprofit organization that works with building and real estate professionals, local and state governments, and homeowners to increase awareness and adoption of green building practices....
CEDC has endorsed an important piece of legislation: The California Homes and Jobs Act. Will you join us?
Here is why. Everyone in California needs a safe place to call home, but California’s housing crisis means U.S. military veterans, former foster youth, families with children, persons with disabilities, and seniors on fixed incomes go without a stable place to live, or risk losing the homes they have. The...
