The groundbreaking for St. Anthony Garden Courts, a low-income senior housing project on the site of the former Hamilton Park in St. Cloud, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The housing project, a collaboration between Osceola County government and Catholic Charities of Central Florida using $7 million in federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds, will be built north of 5th Street and west of Brown Chapel Road. The 51-unit development will be for low-income seniors age 55 and older.

The complex will feature one- and two-bedroom rental units and will have a community center for recreational activities. Support services will be available on an as-needed basis, including limited healthcare, a 24-hour nurse call system, food and benefits assistance.

During the ground breaking, Bishop John Noonan, of the Orlando diocese, will bless the project and Arne Nelson, president and CEO for Catholic Charities of Central Florida, as well as city of St. Cloud and Osceola County officials, will be present.

Catholic Charities is partnering with JPH & Associates, Fugleberg Koch, Walker & Company and SPM on the project.

St. Anthony Garden Courts will be located close to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and St. Thomas Aquinas Medical Clinic, another of Catholic Charities of Central Florida’s programs, according to project officials.

Catholic Charities of Central Florida developed and operates a similar facility, St. Joseph Garden Courts, in East Orlando, for low-income seniors.

“There is great need for developments of this kind. It is imperative that we reach out to our senior population. It is our moral obligation,” Nelson stated in a press release. “We are grateful to Osceola County and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for choosing Catholic Charities of Central Florida to develop and operate this critical project.”