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Citizens’ Lighthouse COMMUNITY LAND TRUST |
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CLCLT IS A MEMBER OF THE NETWORK FOR EVANSTON'S FUTURE |
Archived filesMay 6 Annual Meeting becomes public forumThe public is cordially invited to our Annual Meeting. Scheduled for 2:30-4:30 pm on May 6, 2007, at the Presbyterian Homes, (One Calvin Circle, 32 Grant Street, Evanston), our Annual Meeting will feature talks from such community land trust advocates as Evanston resident Mary Ellen Tamasy, (Executive Director of Housing Opportunity Development Corporation; former director of Highland Park’s community land trust), Bill Howard, (Executive Director of the First Community Land Trust of Chicago) and Kevin Jackson, (Executive Director of the Chicago Rehabilitation Network). These notables will will talk about how CLCLT can move effectively to provide affordable homes today and for the next generation of Evanstonians. "Such a meeting is"urgently needed, says Wilfred Gadsden, CLCLT's own new Director. “While planning for an Evanston community land trust has been underway for several years by community residents, we’re finally ready to build a portfolio of properties to provide affordable homeownership in Evanston. Given the turtle’s pace at which Evanston’s community planning process has dealt with the decline in affordability of homes in the community, we felt it was necessary to bring in people who can show that this particular model is being used effectively in other Illinois cities, and is one that saves taxpayer dollars in the long haul.” For more information on the meeting, please contact media relations contact Sue Carlson, 847-866-7802. office@citizenslighthouse.org |