[yrhcworking] Fwd: Casco Bay Affordable Housing Forum, March 6, 2008

[Mlongreene2 at aol.com]

Hey All,   Anything and everything you have for suggestions are  welcome.  
Thanks,  Mark
 
 
  
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Sent: 1/16/2008  4:15:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Casco Bay Affordable Housing  Forum, March 6, 2008



Hello Casco Bay affordable  (year-round) housing folks, 
The holidays are over, and as cold as it  has been outside, many of us are 
already starting to look ahead, planning for  a busy spring and summer season.   
The Island Institute is responding to a desire expressed at the  Maine  State 
Housing Island breakout session at the  Governor's Affordable Housing 
Conference and the Fellows Advisors meeting  in August to hold an Casco Bay 
Affordable Housing Forum for folks to be  able to get together and discuss island 
specific problems, share strategies  and grant opportunities, and brainstorm 
solutions.  In order to make the 4 hour forum most  productive for you, we are 
asking island housing  organizations to identify ideas and needs that could be met 
during  this gathering.  It may be helpful to line up a panel of experts based 
on  your identified needs.  Please respond to the questions below by Friday,  
February 1st.   
We have scheduled the Casco Bay Affordable  Housing Forum to take place on 
Thursday, March 6, from 10-2.  The  location is yet to be determined and will be 
based on the number or  participants.  Please RSVP with the answers to your 
questions as to how  many people plan to attend so we can coordinate lunch.   
Please pass along to other folks who may be  interested in attending and 
providing feedback to these questions.  We  may decide to open this up to other 
islands, but I'm most concerned about  making sure that this forum is structured 
to meet the needs of Casco Bay  islands. 
Thanks for your help, and I look forward to a  productive gathering!  Hope to 
see you on March 6th! 
Chris   

Casco  Bay Affordable Housing Forum Survey 

Please fill out survey and return to Chris  Wolff by email at 
_cwolff at islandinstitute.org_ (mailto:cwolff at islandinstitute.org)  by Friday, February 1,  2008
. 
    1.  What would you like to learn more about in  regards to affordable 
housing policies: buy-back, equity, land leases,  etc.? 
    2.  What is going well for your organization?  What are some of the 
difficulties  you have faced?
    3.  What are some of the things you would like to  learn from the other 
islands?
    4.  If we were to pull together a panel of housing  experts, what 
group(s) would you like represented, or which professionals  should we include 
(housing lawyer, land trust people, etc.)?
    5.  How would you like the time structured:  morning panel discussion, 
afternoon sharing, etc.?
    6.  Who is planning to attend the Forum (please  give a concrete number 
and list of names)?








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