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City and State Historic Tax Credit Workshops
December 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm, Baltimore MD
This winter, Baltimore Heritage will be offering three workshops on historic tax credits. If you are doing work on your historic house, you may be eligible for the Maryland Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program which offers generous incentives for home owners in designated historic districts. Baltimore City also offers a historic tax credit that can help control the growth of your property taxes for up to a ten year period. Learn more & register...
Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition Annual Meeting
January 6, 8:00am - 12:00pm, Baltimore MD
The 2012 Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition Annual Meeting will feature Congressman Elijah Cummings as Keynote Speaker and recipient of the Housing Leadership Award. In addition, DHCD Secretary Raymond Skinner and CDA Director of Multifamily Programs Pat Sylvester will participate in a panel discussion Q&A moderated by Homes for America President Nancy Rase. Learn more & register...
New Partners for Smart Growth Annual Conference
February 2-4, San Diego CA
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference is heading west, back where it started! The San Diego region provides inspiring models for the smart growth movement, successfully creating transit-oriented development, designing walkable urban villages, and fostering the emergence of leading high-tech and telecommunications businesses. Learn more & register...
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| Funding Opportunities |
Maryland Housing Counseling Fund Supplemental Grants
Application deadline: December 19, 2011
The Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development is now accepting applications for the Maryland Housing Counseling Fund (MHCF) FY12 Supplemental Grant round. The MHCF continues to focus support on the necessary local partnerships that help households throughout Maryland avoid foreclosure. Activities that are eligible for grant funding during this round include: foreclosure prevention and/or mediation assistance, post-foreclosure counseling, and outreach to distressed homeowners. Download the application for more information...
AAUW Educational Foundation Community Action Grants Application deadline: January 15, 2012The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation works to advance educational opportunities for women in the United States. The AAUW Community Action Grants program provides funds to individuals, AAUW organizations, and local community based nonprofits for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Special consideration is given to programs in science, technology, engineering, or math. For more information...
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| Reading Room |
Report
What's Next? Real Estate in the New Economy
From the Urban Land Institute (ULI)
This report seeks to challenge readers and ULI members to re-frame the nature of the real estate marketplace by looking forward to 2020. More than ever before in the long history of urbanization, a number of economic, demographic, and environmental factors are coming together to elevate the importance of land use in meeting residents' and businesses' expectations for livability, amenities, mobility, and ongoing sustainability. This informative publication is designed to spur constructive dialogue at the local level about the future of our communities. Download the report here...
Book
For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places
By Peter Kageyama
This book is about "lovable cities"- the emotional connections that we have with some places versus others and the benefits that accrue to communities that are able to tap into that wellspring. The author pays particular attention to some of our most challenged places such as Detroit, Cleveland and New Orleans that have become hot beds of social innovation as "official" city-makers struggle to reconcile shrinking budgets and diminished capabilities. For the Love of Cities is written for both the lay person contemplating their city and the professional urban advocate searching for a new perspective. Learn more about this book here...
Online
Memorandum: Public Opinion on Opportunity and the American Dream, Homeownership, and Housing
From the Opportunity Agenda
The Opportunity Agenda's new research memo synthesizes existing public opinion data regarding economic opportunity and home ownership, exploring areas that are of particular interest to those working on housing policy. Their analysis finds Americans at a crossroads: believing in the American Dream, while acknowledging that it may be slipping way. African Americans and Latinos also emerge as more optimistic about their economic future, even as they report greater harm from the recession. Download the research memo here...
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Now Accepting Applications!
Chesapeake Bay Trust Awards Program | |
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is currently soliciting applications for its 2012 Awards Program!
Each year the Trust recognizes outstanding achievements by educators and students through five awards, including the Honorable Arthur Dorman Scholarship. The Dorman Scholarship awards $5,000 to an exemplary student of color who demonstrates a commitment to improving the health of the environment and the Chesapeake Bay.
Application deadline is December 16, 2011.
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In the News...
Grants Just Awarded! | |
The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation recently awarded a $120,000 grant to St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center to purchase, renovate and resell to qualified buyers 30 vacant homes in Baltimore City, as part of the bank's "Leading the Way Home" grant program. St. Ambrose's revitalization model targets those neighborhoods where strong assets exist but communities are struggling to recover from the recession.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced that the Baltimore was one of 29 regional areas to receive a 2011 Sustainable Communities Grant in the amount of $3.5 million. The Baltimore Metropolitan Council is the lead applicant for the consortium, of which BNC and other local partners are members.
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