Repost – #MemberMondays – Spotlight on Olympia Cure!
We are proud to announce that #MemberMondays returns with Olympia Cure!
After two unsuccessful years house hunting, Olympia Cure’s Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) counselor, Ms. Joyce Bonner, asked her if she would consider looking at property in Englewood. Olympia jokingly replied, “What?! Are you trying to get me killed?” Olympia grew up on Chicago’s West Side and although she had fond childhood memories of traveling to Englewood to visit her Grandmother and cousins, Englewood’s violent reputation made her skeptical to purchase a home there. After Ms. Bonner explained to her that all of Englewood isn’t violent and actually there is great real estate to invest in, Olympia drove to Englewood to view the house she suggested. Olympia admits, at first she thought the home looked funny from the outside but soon as she opened the door and saw the inside, she was inlove. In March 2005, she purchased…
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