Grant Award Will Help Revitalize Manchester’s West Granite Neighborhood

Manchester, NH – NeighborWorks Greater Manchester announced today that the organization is a recipient of a 2009 Housing for Everyone Award from the TD Charitable Foundation. The non-profit organization is being recognized by TD Bank for its efforts to revitalize Manchester’s West Granite area, a neighborhood that has experienced significant decline in recent years due to a high rate of absentee landlords and foreclosures.  A $20,000 grant accompanied the award, and will be utilized as part of a comprehensive strategy to redevelop dilapidated properties in the neighborhood. 

“This award from the TD Charitable Foundation provides support for our efforts to revitalize a neglected Manchester neighborhood and bring back homeownership where it once thrived,” states Robert Tourigny, Executive Director of NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester.  “Residents are involved in our plans, and we appreciate the generous investment in our community that this award represents,” continues Tourigny.

About the TD Charitable Foundation
The TD Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Bank N.A., which operates as TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, and is one of the 15 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. The Foundation's mission is to serve the individuals, families and businesses in all the communities where TD Bank operates, having made over $53 million in charitable donations since its inception in 2002. The efforts of the Foundation are coordinated locally through TD Bank's community relations departments and are focused on the areas of affordable housing, education and financial literacy, and the environment. More information on the TD Charitable Foundation, including an online grant application, is available at www.TDBank.com.

About NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester is a non-profit organization that provides affordable housing in the Greater Manchester region for low and moderate income individuals and families.  The organization has developed quality affordable rental apartments that are home to over 700 individuals in the City of Manchester, provided home ownership education services to thousands of residents, and helped hundreds of families purchase a home of their own.  For more information about NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester please visit www.nwgm.org or call 626-4663.