What has been a vacant plot of land along Cumberland Road in Fishers, just south of 141st Street, will soon become the Cumberland Cottages housing development.  Ground will be broken on the project June 15.

HAND Incorporated is a nonprofit housing organization based in Noblesville with housing developments all around the area.  Cumberland Cottages will be HAND’s first Fishers endeavor.

HAND Executive Director Andrea Davis says of the 11 rental units to be constructed, 5 will be at market rate and 6 will have rents based on the tenant’s income.  Plans call for building four two-bedroom units and seven three-bedroom units in what’s known as a cottage court layout, clustered around shared green space.

Davis projects the construction will be completed in 10 months.

In August of 2021, HAND announced the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority’s Board of Directors voted to award HAND a $1.5 million grant from its HOME Investment Partnerships program and a $500,000 loan from its Development Fund supporting the Cumberland Cottages development.

In February of 2021, the Fishers City Council approved a zoning variance for Cumberland Cottages in a 5-4 vote.

(NOTE:  Earlier versions of this story gave the ground breaking as June 12…the correct date is June 15)