The family of Mrs. Essie Mae Reed was overjoyed last week when ground was broken for the Reed at Encore apartment complex. Officials of the U. S. Department of HUD, Tampa Housing Authority, and City of Tampa joined members of the Reed family to break ground in the third building of the Encore Project. From left to right are: THA Commissioner, M. G. “Manny” Alvarez, Jr.; Bank of America Tampa Bay Market President, Bill Goede; Bank of America CDC Washington, Maurice Perry; THA Sr. Vice President/CFO Andrew Libby; THA Commissioner, James Cloar; THA Sr. Vice President/COO, Leroy Moore; THA Board of Commissioners Chair, Hazel Harvey; THA President/CEO, Jerome Ryans; Reed family member, Shakina Blunt; THA Commissioner, Billi Johnson-Griffin, Reed family member, Shelia Palmore (daughter);  from the office of U. S. Representative Kathy Castor, Chloe Coney; THA Commissioner Rubin Padgett; City of Tampa Council member, Yvonne ‘Yoli’ Capin, District 3 at-large; Bethel A. M. E. Church, Reverend Beverly Lane, Pastor; City of Tampa Council member, Frank Reddick, District 5; Florida House of Representatives, Representative Betty Reed; and U. S. Department of HUD, Tampa Office, Rosemary Gadsden, Community Builder. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)