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2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Board Members at Annual Meeting
Members are named in our latest newsletter. If you have not already
received our newsletter, please email your request.
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CLCLT Receives Generous Gifts from Members
In May 2010, some retiring members of our board of directors
contributed funds paying half of the outstanding balance on the construction
loan for CLCLT's first permanently affordable home. Our membership joins
them in the hope that others would come forward and contribute to the goal
of retiring this loan. Paying this debt will free the land trust to take on
new projects that are well-suited to first-time homebuyers. It is our goal
to build a portfolio of permanently affordable homes to serve low- and
moderate-income families. Please help us with a generous gift if you
possibly can. We encourage your ideas, suggestions, efforts and
contributions to help us reach the goal of $10,000 raised during the course
of the next year. Your generous gift will help not only those families
served today, but will assure affordable housing options in Evanston in
perpetuity.
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Evanston Community Development Director
Addressed Annual Meeting
Nearly 50 members attended our Fourth
Annual Meeting. New board members and
officers were elected. Former board members
and affordable housing advocates Sue
Carlson and Fran Seidman were recognized by
the board for their long and outstanding
service as advocates of affordable housing
and efforts on behalf of our organization
as board members and contributors to our
efforts. Mary DeJong was also recognized
for her on-going contributions and work
with committees and fund raising efforts.
Mr. Lehman Walker
Lehman Walker, Evanston's Community
Development Director, addressed those
present. He provided an overview of the
department's efforts to improve the
delivery of affordable housing services and
described the city's goals for this work.
He noted that a review of
CHDOs'
operations
and capacity is called for by city plans.
Walker responded to the audience,
answering a variety of questions about city
plans, their consequences and aims. We
appreciated his willingness to engage the
community in dialogue and his openness to
considering various points of view.
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NSP Funding Provides Opportunity for Permanently Affordable Homes in
Evanston
CLCLT proposes including some NSP-funded homes
in the community land trust portfolio. This will
provide prospective buyers several options not
otherwise available.
First and foremost, they will participate in a
homeownership model that provides for affordable
homeownership for as long as the family wishes
to own the home. Second, the home will remain
affordable for the next buyers based on the use
of funds to purchase the land under the house to
be included in a land trust. Because the
homeowners lease the land, they are eligible for
reduced property taxes.
"Preserving the Affordability of NSP Funded
Foreclosed Properties" is a report written by
Rick Jacobus. He is one of the Partners of
Burlington Associates, national experts in
community land trust organization. His
colleague, Michael Brown, consulted with CLCLT
organizers and met many city officials when our
organization was establishing its policies and
procedures.
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North Shore Community Bank Donation Received
We are happy to acknowledge a donation from North Shore Community Bank
and Trust Company. The gift, in the amount of $1,000, will be used for
administrative purposes. The gift is just one aspect of the bank's
on-going commitment to developers of affordable housing opportunities
in Evanston.
We are especially grateful to the bank for its on-going attention to
applications from Evanston residents for home mortgages. The bank
works effectively and efficiently with Evanston's community housing
development organizations (CHDO) and City of Evanston staff. This
cooperation assures that affordable home loan applications are
promptly and personally considered.
Evanston CHDOs are able to work closely with buyer and banker to
smoothly complete the sale of affordable homes.
The bank also facilitated financing for our first home sale. Last
year, we were pleased to acknowledge North Shore Community Bank and
Trust for its support of Evanston homebuyers at our Annual Meeting.
We look forward to continued cooperation with the bank. Together we
look forward to creating more permanently affordable homes in
Evanston.
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CLCLT Acknowleges Donation
We are pleased to receive a generous donation from
Morgante-Wilson Architects. We especially appreciate the support of an
Evanston business. As we work to adapt our operations to new and
frequently changing market conditions, this gift helps us to make
orderly changes in our plans and methods. Despite challenging
conditions, we remain focused on providing affordable housing options
for low- and moderate-income families who live and work in Evanston.
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Success Never Tasted So Sweet!
Thanks to Carol Balkcom and Betty Ester, who baked dozens of sweet
potato, pumpkin and apple pies. Jill Graham and Vicky Daugherty
joined forces to bake almost two dozen apple pies with marvelous
lattice crusts.
Thanks to all those who purchased and enjoyed the pies. We appreciate
the donations from those who could not pick up their fresh, home-made
pies. Through the efforts of board members, staff and volunteers, we
gained nearly $500.00.
Among her many talents, Jill Graham conducts pie baking classes from
time to time. Anyone interested in learning the secrets to fine baking
should contact our office. We received many requests for information
about additional pie sales. We need more bakers to meet the demand!
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2212 Washington Street House Sold
We are happy to welcome the family of Sharon Weeks as the
first owners of a land trust home in Evanston. The sale was
completed in early July. North Shore Community Bank
provided funding to CLCLT to assure the smooth transition to
ownership.
We continue to work with interested persons and families to
make affordable homeownership a real option in Evanston.
Feel free to contact us at office@citizenslighthouse.org to
find out how you can own an affordable home in Evanston.
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Remember that completion of a government-approved homebuyer counseling program is a requirement for all applicants. Feel free to contact Housing Opportunity Development Corporation, CEDA Neighbors at Work or Rogers Park Community Development Corporation directly to schedule a session.
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Citizens' Lighthouse Community Land Trust (CLCLT)
has gratefully accepted the support grants from the
following donors: the Bank of America, Patrick and Anna
M Cudahy Fund, The root2fruit program of the Evanston
Community Foundation, and The Field Foundation.
We gratefully acknowledge a gift from the firm of
Morgante-Wilson Architects, Ltd., Evanston, Illinois.
Please contact us by email at
office@citizenslighthouse.org
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Our office is located at:
1904 Greenwood Street
Evanston, Illinois 60201-3909
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Fair Housing Act: Fair housing is a right protected by
law. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits
discrimination in housing because of race or color,
national origin, religion, sex, familial status, sexual
orientation, or disability. The Citizens Lighthouse
Community Land Trust practices fair housing and does not
discriminate on any basis prohibited by federal, state,
or local law.
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