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A quick reminder of upcomming events!

COASTAL PONDS MEETING

 The Coastal Ponds Management Committee is planning a meeting at 7PM on February 8 at the West Falmouth Library to organize residents to assist the Committee on developing background reports for the West Falmouth Harbor Management Plan.

Committee members will be assigned to organize the groups in the following areas: public access, natural resources, flood and erosion issues, water quality (and stormwater issues), boating (docks and moorings).

 For more information, please contact:

Elizabeth H Gladfelter Ph.D.tel: 508-289-3446

FALMOUTH HOUSING TRUST

 

Join Us on Thursday, April 1st at 7pm at the West Falmouth Library to hear more about the Falmouth Housing Trust and meet its Executive Director, Anne Connolly Saganic.  Mrs. Saganic will speak about the Trust's current projects and answer audience questions on local affordable housing initiatives within the Town of Falmouth.  The presentation is free and open to the public, and is provided by the West Falmouth Library's Community Event's Committee.  For more information contact the library, [email protected], or the Falmouth Housing Trust, [email protected]. 

 

The Falmouth Housing Trust was organized in 1986 under Massachusetts General Law as a Community Development Corporation, (CDC) tasked with combating homelessness and promoting individual home-ownership for persons of low to moderate income for the Town of Falmouth.   

 

The Trust is a quasi-public, non-profit, 501 (C) 3, organization that works in conjunction with local agencies and Town government.  The Board of Directors is comprised of nine at-large members, with an additional four board members appointed by the Falmouth Board of Selectmen, the Falmouth Housing Authority, the Falmouth Human Services Committee, and the Falmouth Planning Board.  The Trust board acts independently of these Town committees, but does work in collaboration with them to achieve its goals and objectives through open dialogue and interaction. 

 

The Trust builds 100% affordable, deed- restricted neighborhoods on town-owned land that blend into their surrounding areas, with shingle style Cape Cod houses that include a buffer zone of undeveloped land for independent home-ownership for low to moderate income individuals.  The individuals and families the Trust helps are working Falmouth families with good jobs, high credit scores, a saved down-payment, and a mortgage commitment letter from a local bank.  All complete a certified first-time home buyer's and credit class prior to occupancy.

We provide advocacy and service provision through our ownership and operation of the Gerald Flynn House, a 7-bed SRO, (single room occupancy), for homeless individuals who present with co-morbidity issues, operated as a drug-free, sober house through case-management services provided by the Gosnold Treatment Center.  The Program includes preferential placement of U.S. Veterans and Falmouth residents. 

 

The Trust provides programs, services, advocacy, assistance, and related activities to promote and support the creation and preservation of affordable housing for the Town of Falmouth.  Other interests and activities the Trust engages in are economic development, outreach, education, and real estate development as it relates to affordable housing for its constituency.  The Falmouth Housing Trust screens applicants and maintains a ready-to-buy list for when a deed-restricted property becomes available for sale or resale, and acts as Monitoring Agent for 40B properties in the Town of Falmouth.

 

For more information, contact Anne Connolly Saganic, [email protected], 508-540-2370, or consult the organization's web page, www.FalmouthHousingTrust.org.