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Multigenerational Affordable Community Campus Built on Vacant Church Land

Connect Apartments is planned for September 28th in Los Angeles. Here’s where to get more information and register.

A unique public/private partnership between Irvine, CA-based Jamboree Housing Corporation, the Garden Grove United Methodist Church and the City of Garden Grove succeeded in bringing to fruition an affordable housing campus in Garden Grove, CA called Wesley Village.

The adaptive reuse project was developed on 2.2 acres of the 141-year-old church’s excess parking space and vacant land under a 60-year ground lease. The urban site includes two three-story multifamily buildings that include 47 affordable apartments for 31 working families and 16 senior households with rents ranging from 50% to 60% of area median income (AMI).

Located at 10861 Acacia Parkway, the pioneering, multi-use development encompasses multigenerational affordable housing, as well as educational, social and health services programming available to residents and the community. A third building houses an Orange County Head Start Learning Center. The campus also features 10,000 square feet of active open space.

For comments, questions or concerns, please contact Dennis Kaiser

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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