huduser-home-edge-ip-043026.mp4
Summary: A historic apple processing facility in Winchester, Virginia, was adaptively reused to create ZeroPak, a 121-unit workforce housing apartment complex. This project provides family-focused, income-restricted housing and aims to revitalize a disinvested area.
This video showcases the ZeroPak project in Winchester, Virginia, where a long-vacant apple processing facility has been transformed into a 121-unit apartment complex offering family-focused, income-restricted housing. It is the first such housing built in Winchester since 1999. The city supported the project for its potential to catalyze reinvestment in a previously disinvested area. The units are reserved for households earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income, and residents benefit from easy access to public transportation via a nearby bus stop.
Playback guide
1. timestamp: 0:00 text: Introduction to the 'New on PD&R Edge' series, highlighting an adaptive reuse project transforming a historic apple processing facility into workforce housing, shown over an image of apples on a tree. 2. timestamp: 0:05 text: Exterior view of the ZeroPak apartment building in Winchester, Virginia, formerly a vacant apple processing facility, now a 121-unit, family-focused, income-restricted apartment complex. 3. timestamp: 0:13 text: Interior view of an apartment unit's kitchen and living area, emphasizing the city's support for the project to catalyze reinvestment and the income restrictions (60% area median income) for residents. 4. timestamp: 0:28 text: People boarding a bus, illustrating residents' access to public transportation and encouraging viewers to 'Read the In Practice' for more information.