Monday, January 12, 2009

Community Housing Action Plan Workshops

The Range Readiness Initiative Housing Work Team invites you to attend one of the sub-regional Community Housing Action Plan Workshops scheduled for the last week of January.

 

The workshops will all be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with lunch provided.

 

Three Workshop Locations 

Grand Rapids- Tuesday, January 27, 2009

  Grand Rapids Public Library 140 NE 2nd St

 

Hibbing – Wednesday, January 28, 2009

   Hibbing Public Library 2020 5th Ave East          

 

Virginia- Thursday, January 29, 2009

      Mesabi Range Community College room C156

     1001 W Chestnut St

 

 

The Team is excited to share financial and technical assistance resource information with you and provide an opportunity for your community to develop a vision for housing and establish local housing priorities. 

The workshops will highlight:

 

  • Assistance with matching innovative and existing financial resources with new housing development and rehabilitation projects locally.

 

  • Sub-regional housing five-year goals

 

  • Examples of small community housing development implementation

 

 

  • Group activities to identify local housing priorities and action steps

 

After the workshop an informal technical assistance session will be available for communities and developers…bring along your project ideas!

Professionals representing the Housing Expeditors, Lenders, Developers, and Planners will be present to discuss you projects and answer questions.

 

Please invite other community leaders to join you and attend a workshop at one of the listed locations.

 

If you have not responded already, please RSVP by Tuesday, January 20th so an accurate lunch count and meeting space set-up can be determined.  Provide us with:

1.      Your Name

2.      Organization or entity affiliation

3.      The workshop location you'll be attending

4.      Email address

5.      The information of anyone joining you

 

Phone: #218-529-7535 or #1-800-232-0707 ext. 535 or email: lsarabia@ardc.org

 

Hope to see you at one of the workshops,

 

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