Rural Housing - New Opportunities For Central and South Alabama

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

10 a.m.

Thomasville Civic Center

559 West Front Street N.

Thomasville, AL 36784

Register by calling 251-438-5591.

Lunch will be provided.

Who should attend? Housing councils, banks, local government, economic development commissions and nonprofit organizations working with affordable housing.

Learn more about the state of affordable housing in Central and South Alabama as well as housing market trends. Local representatives will discuss models of success in housing development.

Speakers and panelists include:

*        Ron Gilbert, Alabama Arise / Alabama Association of

          Community Development Corporations

*        John Zippert, Federation of Southern Cooperatives

*        Pam Dorr, HERO

*        Michael Pierce, MLK Avenue Redevelopment

          Corporation

*        Carolyn Branton, Housing Assistance Council

*        Tom Carew, Federation of Appalachian Housing

          Enterprises

*        Josh Tessier, USDA Rural Development

*        Hollis Wormsby Jr., U.S. Department of Housing and

          Urban Development.

By increasing the availability of affordable homes, we increase social stability and fuel the engine that drives our economy.

Sponsored by The Community Foundation of South Alabama, Black Belt Community Foundation, Alabama Giving, Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, and Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.

Conducted by Housing Assistance Council and Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises.