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Anthony A. Tansimore, Carol Lamont, and Micha Berman have joined the San Francisco Foundation. Tansimore was appointed chief operating officer and will oversee the foundation’s program department. Previously, Tansimore was the vice president for communications at the Fannie Mae Foundation in Washington, DC. Lamont, previously with HUD, joins the foundation as program officer for neighborhood and community development. Berman assumes duties as the foundation’s associate program officer. The ICA Group, which develops and supports employee-owned cooperatives and community-based projects, has appointed Grady B. Hedgespeth president and executive director. Hedgespeth joins ICA after 25 years of experience in finance and government. Dominic Moulden, executive director of Manna Community Development Corporation in Washington, DC, has been elected chairman of The ICA Group’s board of directors. Allison S. Davis, a member of the Chicago Planning Commission and coordinator of the Chicago Local Initiatives Support Corporation, has joined Seedco’s board of directors. The National Housing Conference has selected Robert E. Rubin for its 2002 Housing Person of the Year Award in recognition of his outstanding commitment and leadership in affordable housing and community development. Rubin, former secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup, Inc. He has been board chairman of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) since 1999. Dr. Augusta Catalina Del Zotto has been named executive director of Asian Neighborhood Design. Del Zotto is a former researcher/planner for a National Endowment for the Humanities–funded project on U.S./Mexico “colonias,” or squatters’ settlements, and has more than 20 years of experience in the Bay Area’s non-profit sector. Community leader Lydia Goring was honored by Washington LISC for her efforts to improve the Shaw and Mount Vernon neighborhoods in Washington, DC. Goring received the Dr. Arthur Flemming Community Leadership Award ($2,500) in recognition of her 24 years of community work, which included discouraging drug activity, urging property owners to improve boarded-up buildings, and holding providers of city services accountable. |
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| Organizations & Initiatives | The Marin Community Foundation in Larkspur, California, has announced more than $2 million in grants and nearly $1 million in loans to fund three new affordable housing projects in Northern California’s Marin County. The grants are part of a five-year, $10 million affordable housing initiative launched by the foundation a year ago. The three projects receiving grants and loans are Bolinas Community Land Trust, Marin Continuum of Housing and Services, and Ecumenical Association for Housing. www.marincf.org. The National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) is the new name for the organization formerly known as The Better Homes Fund. The name change comes as a result of a decision by the Meredith Corporation, publisher of Better Homes and Gardens, to restrict use of brand names that it controls. www.familyhomelessness.org. Five organizations have been selected by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) to receive funds to assist formerly homeless persons with job training, child care, education, and other essential services in the cities of Chester, Philadelphia, and Uniontown. PHFA will provide a total of nearly $1.6 million to Community Action Agency of Delaware County/Wesley House Community Corporation, People’s Emergency Center, Project H.O.M.E., the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and City Mission-Living Stones, Inc. www.phfa.org. Six nonprofit agencies have been selected for the Fannie Mae Foundation’s 2001-2002 Maxwell Awards of Excellence Program for Affordable Housing. They are the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, San Francisco, CA; Davidson Housing Coalition and The Affordable Housing Group, Davidson, NC; Lakefront SRO, Chicago, IL; New Road Community Development Group, Exmore, VA; Better Housing Coalition, Richmond, VA; and Fifth Avenue Committee and Community Access, Inc., Brooklyn, NY. The organizations were cited for their outstanding work in developing and maintaining affordable housing in urban neighborhoods, metropolitan communities, small cities, and rural areas. www.fanniemaefoundation.org. HUD and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to undertake joint studies on ways to improve housing and living conditions for low-income people in Latin America and the Caribbean. Activities will include research on how to: strengthen the housing finance system and mortgage capital markets; create public-private partnerships for neighborhood revitalization; reconcile socio-economic and environmental goals in cities; and institute fair housing and fair lending policies to reduce discrimination against the poor and minorities. The IDB works in 26 countries in the Americas and is a principal source of financing for economic, social, and institutional development projects in the region. This is the first time that HUD and the IDB have entered into a formal agreement to share their knowledge and experiences on public policy issues. www.hud.gov. The 2002 J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development were given to three community organizations for innovative programs that help low-income people overcome challenges to job readiness and take steps out of poverty. Receiving the honors were Highbridge Community Life Center and the HOPE Program, both of New York City, and DC Central Kitchen in Washington, DC. The organizations were presented $15,000 each at The Enterprise Foundation’s Ready, Work, Grow Workforce Conference in April. |
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