* The Dallas Arts District is the largest urban arts district in the United States

 *African American, Garrett Morgan invented both the gas mask and first traffic signal

Well now you do! 

• The Health Insurance Marketplace will offer a new way to shop and enroll in a health plan. You will be able to compare plan prices and benefits from a number of health insurance companies offering coverage on the Marketplace. You can apply for coverage online, over the phone or with a paper application. Open enrollment starts November 15, 2014 for insurance coverage that begins Jan. 1, 2015.
• Preventive services will have no out-of-pocket costs. Most preventive care will be fully paid by your premium - like certain screenings to check for conditions such as diabetes or mammograms for early cancer detection. 
• Essential health benefits are included in most health insurance plans.
• You can keep your adult children on your health insurance plan until they turn 26. 
• You choose your doctor. 
• Emergency access is guaranteed. 
• Health coverage will be easier to understand. 

SouthFair is once again participating in the North Texas Giving Day scheduled for September 18, 2014. Last year we raised a little under $2,000 so of course we want to raise more this year. 

Help us do so. Please consider donating to SouthFair! Specific donation information will be provided in late August/early September.

Save the Date - September 18, 2014

Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) are one of the greatest assets to communities that are in need of revitalization. We work in neighborhoods that are blighted, has its fill of dilapidated housing, lack access to amenities and much more. Many times for profit developers don't have a great interest in developing the neighborhoods that we serve due to decreased profit potential, the threat of vandalism during construction and more. CHDOs not only develop housing but we assist in helping to recreate a neighborhood, further develop its assets and its people through various means whether it is a neighborhood school drive or a celebration of a demolished eyesore. CHDOs build what the neighborhood needs and wants, not just what is best to turn a profit. 

SouthFair has been a certified CHDO with the City of Dallas Housing Department since 1998. We have developed a little over 350 units of multifamily, just under 50 units of single family housing and 1 commercial development. It is challenging work that is rewarding in itself by just driving through parts of the neighborhood that has been touched by redevelopment. 

Continue to support SouthFair and the other CHDOs as we continue to do what we do best, revitalize communities! 

If we didn't do the work...then who?

Our Seniors that reside at AYA Village and Ethel Parnell Place Apartments, always enjoy their outings. Just this month they viewed they play, Mamma Mia, at the Fair Park Music Hall. They also enjoyed lunch at The Dinning Room inside the Music Hall.

Our long time Coordinator at AYA Village, Gwen Sessions, retired last month. We will certainly miss her vibrant personality at AYA. Gwen you are more than welcome to attend the senior outings!