WDC: Womens Development Corporation

WDC Awards & Recognition

Awards / Recognition

>> The A. Eric Palazzo Community Service Award
RI Council of Community Mental Health Organizations Inc., 2007

>> Community Leadership Open Doors, Open Minds Award
Fund for Community Progress, 2002

>> The New Master Builders, Architecture, July 1998.

>> Honorable Mention, Maxwell Awards of Excellence
FannieMae Foundation, 1997

>> Recognition of Dedication to the Spirit of Warwick
Rhode Island Office of the Governor, 1997

>> Recognition Award
Northern Rhode Island Community Mental Health Center, Inc., 1997

>> Preservation Award for Neighborhood Revitalization
Providence Preservation Society, 1995

>> Affirmative Action Award
Rhode Island Housing Mortgage Finance Corporation, 1995

>> Preservation Award
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1994

>> Planning to Meet the Changing Needs of Women
American Planning Association, 1994

>> Honorable Mention, Maxwell Awards of Excellence
FannieMae Foundation, 1994

>> Affirmative Action Achievement, Workforce Participation
Rhode Island Housing Mortgage Finance Corporation, 1993

>> Design Matters: Best Practices in Affordable Housing
The City Design Center

 

WDC Recognition / Awards

>> Female Solutions to Housing Need
The Christian Science Monitor. November 6, 1990.

"For the past decade, Women's Development Corporation (Wdc), a nonprofit group in Rhode Island run by women, has been trying to turn around the lives of low-income mothers by providing housing."

"Since the group's inception, it has consistently tried to break the stereotype of low-income housing that has made many communities resistant to such initiatives."

>> Quality Housing for Women and Children
Canadian Woman Studies les Cahiers de al Femme, Fall 1990

"Once settled in affordable and secure Wdc units, women describe feeling a heightened sense of independence and control over their lives. Individual women speak of 'having a greater spirit,' 'a stronger belief in themselves,' 'more confidence to achieve a better life' and of 'no longer expecting other people to do things for them.'"

>> Outstanding Program for Women
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Executive Chamber, 1989

>> Planning New Living Spaces for the Nontraditional Family ,
New York Times, September 20, 1984.

"Some recent efforts in progressive housing have been made to accommodate single-parent, low income families in Providence, RI, the Women's Development Corporation, working with a local community, in a federal housing program has addressed many social issues along with housing."