A 5K Run/Walk and Kids Mile put on in conjunction with the St. John Neighborhood Association and the For the City Network to benefit a newly formed Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) – a not-for-profit created to build and maintain affordable housing in the area. The course is mostly flat and fast, and shows off the uniqueness of the neighborhood from the houses to the churches to the state of the art St. John Community Center - finishing at the famed Nelson Field. The Kids Mile will provide neighborhood school children an opportunity to run in a race for absolutely no cost.

Recently formed, the SJDO looks to model after other local and national CHDO’s in an attempt to build, restore, and maintain affordable housing. Their specific focus is in the St. John Neighborhood – a low-income community in central-east Austin. The goal is to develop quality and affordable housing and encourage individual and family self-sufficiency through homeownership. Across the United States, other CHDOs have served tens of thousands of families through providing economic development, education, and real estate development.