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Whoopee, Housing Progress….. Maybe

After two months of postponements, your housing team met on August 13. With the full team in attendance, NHA+ presented us with a cost analysis and architectural drawings of the next possible step in our housing project. While the latest iteration gave good details...

Meet the Summer

Progress is being made, additional resources are being sought out, and new opportunities are being explored – all in the face of the obstacles life presents. This article, with the help of Stephen McMurray, the plus in NHA+, will help you understand what all...

Housing Masterpiece Work Continues  

In the March 20 newsletter, you read a description of our housing project as steps in creating a masterpiece. Two of those steps were “Layout – NHA+ has created 15+ dreams of the possibilities afforded by our property dimensions which your Team has reduced to...

Housing Team Outreach and Planning

Your housing team had its monthly meeting on April 9 with far reaching results. The meeting opened with several members sharing their far reaching experiences in Salem while trying to make a difference for affordable housing. Linda, Anna, Diane and Ervin were part of...

Steps to Creating a Masterpiece

A painting relies on multiple steps to get to the masterpiece. The artists among us, and those who watch painters on their how-to shows, will understand this process. First and foremost is the under painting, which establishes the tone, background and feeling of the...

What About Federal Funding

Last week I (Mike Smiley) sent a note to Steve McMurtrey, one of our developers. I felt that with the current federal administration instability, it would be good to have an idea of what Steve’s thoughts were on its impact on our housing project.My note read: With our...