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I'm not sure but I have observed some lack of knowledge of technology. I think as more examples become available of successful applications at the CDC level more organizations will jump in. As part of a workshop I was involved with in May, a colleag…
Chief Innovator at Community Development Consulting 1995-present
Executive Director at NeighborWorks Rochester 1991-1995
Executive Director at Black Rock-Riverside NHS 1985-1990
BA in Environmental Design and Planning State University of NY at Buffalo 1985
Community Development Interests
Arts and Social Development, CDFIs, Community Building and Organization, Community Stabilization, Neighborbood Revitalization
Years in the Community Development Field
more than 25 years
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Your course was one of four "gifts" that NeighborWorks provided to those of us that attended the NeighborWorks & Annie E. Casey Foundation "Building Stable Communities: A Regional Forum held in Baltimore this past February. So I would be curious to see how many others took advantage of the course from that event.
Hi Eileen, thanks for the response! I worked on a project for New Jersey Community Capital this past spring/winter. We provided Jersey City, NJ with a snapshot of one of their neighborhoods utilizing resident confidence and block/parcel surveys. The tools we used were well designed and allowed for good analysis, but we had some feedback of course.
I second Sarah -- also, I've been hearing some NSP grantees say, more or less, "we have interest but none of the people interested can qualify for a mortgage", and they describe that as a lending problem. To me, that sounds more like a marketing pro…
I noticed these interesting stats at Realtor.org today:
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I like Home Makeover. And, I like adding free architectural, landscaping and decorating assistance with the loan to help homeowners choose high-impact investments and maximize the fixed costs of bringing a contractor out. Geneva, NY offers free arch…
Thanks Vince. At this time, I know non-profits do not have access to RD's loan origination software, UniFi. I'm not sure how much we've discussed the issues of access to CAIVRS in the 502 course.