Allenwood

The Allenwood project in Grants Pass, Oregon, is an affordable rental and homeownership development led by Pano LLC and Ink Built Architecture for the non-profit organizations Neighborworks Umpqua and Oregon Human Development Corporation. It aims to provide affordable housing and supportive services to a diverse local community, including farmworkers and Latinx/Indigenous individuals. The project includes 110 rental townhomes in Phase 1, with a future phase of 20 townhomes for affordable homeownership through a community land trust model. The project includes a mix of studio, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom units, a community center with shared indoor/outdoor amenities to foster community.

The team is collaborating with the City to protect existing wetlands, plan and construct a new public street connection, and dedicate a 3-acre neighborhood park back to the City. Community engagement informs these aspects as well as safety considerations for access and evacuation in a wildfire event, and to mitigate impacts to neighboring properties.

The project addresses a critical need for housing in Grants Pass, identified by the City's 2021 Housing Needs Analysis which showed extremely low vacancy rates. The comprehensive approach to community development we’ve been able to take from project conception allow us to fully address key considerations effectively, including long-term management, operation, and maintenance of the homes, vital services that support residents' health and well-being, best use of city resources and shared amenities, and alignment with the City's broader goals for livability and resilience.  The project also has a goal to eliminate utility bills for residents through net-zero energy design and solar energy production, and aims to minimize construction cost per unit in order to utilize public subsidies responsibly for maximum community benefit.