Eastside Restore & Repair Program

A project by LIFT JAX, the Historic Eastside CDC and LISC Jacksonville

Helping homeowners remain in the neighborhood their families have called home for generations.

In an effort to preserve the remarkable legacy of the Eastside, the Restore and Repair Program supports longtime Eastside residents in making improvements to their homes, ensuring those families can remain in safe, stable housing now and into the future. The families we serve have experienced hardships that have hindered their ability to maintain their homes when the structures fall into disrepair, have storm damage, or experience typical aging.

The program sources bids from contractors who are based in the Eastside and other Urban Core neighborhoods, serving as an additional economic development mechanism for BIPOC- and women-owned contractors and construction workers.

Meet the families.

Three families with longtime generational roots have been identified and the first repairs have been completed, while others are in progress. Stay tuned for updates!

Georgette Robinson has lived Out East her whole life. Her family history in the neighborhood dates back multiple generations and is still strongly represented by Georgette’s sisters, kids and grandkids. Her dad was a lifelong Eastsider, following in the footsteps of his grandparents who also owned land in the Eastside. Georgette is self-employed and suffered a loss of income due to the pandemic and illness. Her house, built in 1990, was in need of a new porch, new flooring, a new HVAC system, ceiling repairs, flooring leveling, and bathroom updates.

  • Exterior: Before

  • Exterior: Before

  • Front Porch: Before

  • Front Porch: After

  • Flooring: Before

  • Flooring: After

  • Side Door: Before

    Side Door: Before

  • Side Door: After

  • Ceiling: Before

  • Ceiling: After

Angie and Jerome Rogers have shared their Eastside home for more than 30 years and raised their kids Out East. Angie is a lifelong Eastsider, as were her parents before her. One of Angie’s forefathers owned land in the area before it was even called the Eastside. Jerome moved to Jacksonville 50 years ago, after serving in the Vietnam War. Recent medical issues have left Jerome unable to complete necessary home repairs that he was accustomed to doing himself for decades. Built in 1889, the home was in need of a new roof and a new ceiling due to water damage.

Our Project Partners

We are grateful to Wells Fargo for providing the catalytic funding to launch this program and support our first three home repairs, including those of the family listed above.