tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76540106946572929112024-03-17T23:02:56.820-04:00Neighborhood Housing Services of New HavenKeep up with the latest news from Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven! Come here for profiles on leaders in the community, scheduled event information, a deeper look into our community building and organizing events, and resources to help make home-ownership a reality for all!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14804111659204678638noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-10021562999712859052018-08-10T10:16:00.001-04:002018-08-10T10:16:26.649-04:00CB&O Weekly Newsletter Ed. 6 (July 31 – August 10)<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View NHS Sixth Newsletter on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/385897102/nhs-sixth-newsletter#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >NHS Sixth Newsletter</a> by <a title="View Will Taft's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/418713608/Will-Taft#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >Will Taft</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="NHS Sixth Newsletter" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/385897102/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-KveECQh9Lk15t4h9ESGS&show_recommendations=true" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" scrolling="no" id="doc_64472" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-45683793730979408932018-07-31T16:25:00.000-04:002018-07-31T16:25:30.964-04:00CB&O Weekly Newsletter Ed. 5 (July 24-July 30)<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View NHS Fifth Newsletter on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/385134798/NHS-Fifth-Newsletter#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >NHS Fifth Newsletter</a> by <a title="View Will Taft's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/418713608/Will-Taft#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" >Will Taft</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="NHS Fifth Newsletter" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/385134798/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-qcPpuUqnOdXgA6NCYmRz&show_recommendations=true" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" scrolling="no" id="doc_82330" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-55080272423281360682018-07-27T11:21:00.002-04:002018-07-27T11:21:56.181-04:00Weekly CB&O Newsletter<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Check out what out Community Building and Organizing Team has been up to this week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This week, Doreen launched free fishing courses at Beaver Pond Park, one of the few public bodies of water designated for fishing in New Haven. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection stocks the pond with trout and catfish throughout the year. On Wednesday (July 18th), Doreen taught the basics of fishing to a group of 42 students. On Saturday (July 21st), she worked with Fixing Fathers, a New Haven organization that works to strengthen father-family bonds, to put on another workshop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">32 people attended the workshop on the 21st and learned how to tie certain knots, how to cast, and different safety precautions to take. The lessons connect residents to a local greenspace and underutilized community fishing site and allow community members to build a coalition invested in the ecology of local waterways. Fishing is a great outdoor activity for the whole family and we have it right here in Newhallville! if you are interested in scheduling a fishing course with Doreen, call her at 203-415-3646. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the Learning Corridor, Doreen and Haley honed their concrete recipe for garden stepping stones. On Friday (July 20th), they guided Newhallville Ambassadors through the process of creating the stones so that the Ambassadors can teach younger students how to make their own. Each student will place their customized stone in the Learning Corridor garden. The stones and beautification activities give the students a sense of ownership that makes recurring visits to the garden more likely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Doreen and Haley also began working closely with Newhallville resident and gardener extraordinaire Mr. Alonzo (pictured below) in the Learning Corridor garden (also known as the Hazel St. garden). At 90 years old, Mr. Alonzo still tends to the community garden almost every day. He sowed the boun</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ty flourishing in the garden this season: collard greens, callaloo, kale, tomatoes, corn, squash, and herbs.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> In partnership with the Learning Corridor, Mr. Alonzo will work as the Learning Corridor Garden Keeper. He will continue to manage the garden and oversee plantings. His lifetime of gardening wisdom and knowledge of urban horticulture in New Haven will inform the lessons Doreen and Haley teach to visitors and student groups. Mr. Alonzo already gave Haley tips to ensure the pumpkin patch she planted with students on July 11th will be successful. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">On Monday (July 23rd), rain prevented Haley and Doreen from hosting an Explore.Discover.Create session at the Learning Corridor so kids were taken to the Harris and Tucker school. </span></div>
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Adam coordinated the delivery of a truck-load of wood chips to Sherman Forest on Wednesday (July 18th). The wood chips will be used to cover trails in the forest and protect trees from weeds along the tree corridor that runs parallel to Sherman Parkway. Adam will work with volunteer groups to lay the mulch.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">On Sunday (July 29th), the Mt. Zion Seventh-day Adventist church is sponsoring a road ride with doctors on the Farmington Canal Trail. Residents can stop at the Learning Corridor to ride a bike and talk about healthier living with a doctor from the Mt. Zion Health Ministry. Doreen coordinated the event Kim Holmes-James who works at the Mt. Zion Health Ministries.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The group met with Kwadwo Adae, the artist behind the Women’s Empowerment Mural, to discuss the motive for the mural and the role of art in shaping social development. After meeting with Kwadwo, the group walked down the Farmington Canal Trail to the Learning Corridor to discuss hosting a workshop on ceramics for Newhallville residents. The meet-up demonstrated the potential for the mural to inspire future programming and catalyze public art elsewhere in the community. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The unveiling ceremony has been postponed until early September when Kwadwo returns from Ecuador where he will be working on another project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><u><a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/07/is-bike-infrastructure-enough/565271/"><u>this
article</u></a></u></b></span>, read about how bike advocacy can produce bike
equity and how it often fails to do so. Doreen works to bridge the gap between
cycling infrastructure and Newhallville residents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Read about Roberto Lugo’s work
to empower communities of color through his ceramic art <a href="https://www.artsy.net/unsupported-browser">here</a>. He visited the Women’s Empowerment Mural with a group of students from Artspace
on July 18<sup>th</sup>. </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Women's Empowerment Mural</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></b><br />
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On Wednesday (July 11), REI treated volunteers at the mural to free ice cream. NHS provided water and worked with Kwadwo to prepare the mural for the event. A group of children from the Keefe Community Center in Hamden painted at the wall, ate ice cream, and picked up stickers and temporary tattoos from the NHS.<br />
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Kwadwo will be at the mural every day from from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Saturdays 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Stop by the mural at 400 Goodrich St on the Farmington Canal trail to help out!<br />
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partnership with Doreen Abubakar and the West River Watershed Coalition, hosted
the West River Water Festival on Saturday (July 14). 13 volunteers from the
Choate Summer Volunteer Corps helped manage set up and festival activities</span></a></div>
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attendees free canoe rides, lunch, a magic show, and educational activities about
the West River Watershed. The New Haven Fire Department also partially opened a
fire hydrant, creating a sprinkler for kids. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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West River, which runs directly through the West River Memorial Park, and the
significance of the West River Watershed. Some families came to the festival
from their homes across the street, unware that a river cut through their
neighborhood park.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk519521168;"><span style="color: windowtext;">16 organizations hosted interactive activities that
dovetailed to explain the ecological importance of the watershed and what
residents could do to protect the watershed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the NHS table, children guided marbles
through a rain drop journey to visualize the role of rain gardens in storm
water management and pollution control. To the right of the rain drop journey,
parents could sign up for free rain barrels with Frank Panzarella from the </span></span>Bio-Regional Group<span style="color: windowtext;">. Our Summer VISTA Haley painted more than 50 faces at her table. At the </span>West River Watershed Coalition<span style="color: windowtext;"> booth, kids
tested the pH and oxygen level of water drawn from the portion of the river in
the park. </span>Cyril the Sorcerer<span style="color: windowtext;">’s</span><span style="color: windowtext;"> magic routine provoked children
to think about how water is polluted and how our waterways can be maintained. </span>The Sawtelles<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk519521168;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> provided
live music.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext;">There were also tables from New Haven Museum, Connecticut Fund for the Environment - Save the Sound, The Menunkatuck Audobon Society, Science Haven, Quinnipiac River Advocates, The New Haven Health Department, New Haven Bird Club, Regional Water Authority, Connecticut Stands with Standing Rock, and the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;">14 volunteers from Bike and
Build pulled knotweed, collected trash, and cleared trails at Sherman Forest on
Tuesday (July 10). They also cleared a new trail head that faces Sherman Avenue
and connects to the existing trail in order to make the trail more visible and accessible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from the Choate Summer Volunteer Corps collected trash at Sherman Forest before
coming to NHS for a presentation by Adam and Kathy explaining the importance of
removing trash from the West River Watershed. </span></div>
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to work on the gardening beds and the urban oasis. Newhallville Ambassadors
came to the site three times. On Wednesday (July 11), the ambassadors worked on
beautifying the space and planting a new pumpkin patch. On Friday (July 13),
they performed greenspace maintenance. New Haven cycling advocate Paul Hammer
taught a lesson on bicycle safety. After the lesson, the ambassadors rode down
the Farmington Canal Trail with bikes from the Learning Corridor. On Monday
(July 16), children from the Harris and Tucker school and the Newhallville
neighborhood laid mulch with the ambassadors. After gardening maintenance,
Haley and the ambassadors played active games with the children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">Haley has contacted over 94 New
Haven residents about their interest and expertise in gardening and she is
following up on the initial survey.Contact here by following this <a href="mailto:hbrown@nhsofnewhaven.org">link.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">In <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><u><a href="https://www.artspaper.org/articles/2018/7/12/womens-empowerment-served-la-mode">Women’sEmpowerment Served A La Mode</a></u></u></b></span>, Lucy Gellman covers the
Wednesday (July 11) volunteering event at the Women’s Empowerment Mural. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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define affordable housing in New Haven and how the Affordable Housing Task
force is reckoning with it in <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><u><a href="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/affordable_housing/">this article</a></u></u></b></span> in the New Haven Independent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">YES! Magazine explored the
challenge of providing affordable housing to all Americans in their most recent
issue. It covers co-ops, community land trusts, multi-generational homes, and
indigenous home design principles. Read the entire edition online <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><u><a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/affordable-housing">here</a>.</u></u></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DnEWI3IlnxBIlCVC1hFD0eYo17lQ7VNCxOux5GwFzm7yAVTNeIaY7zZayw4Vr-IPf7LO1FJ3QNI3eqo66G9fkN4Hr2uFBT6tuvHztjaHithJbz2i8QE_r4lXOehscjm3va6rdunILKHS/s1600/diane.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="929" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DnEWI3IlnxBIlCVC1hFD0eYo17lQ7VNCxOux5GwFzm7yAVTNeIaY7zZayw4Vr-IPf7LO1FJ3QNI3eqo66G9fkN4Hr2uFBT6tuvHztjaHithJbz2i8QE_r4lXOehscjm3va6rdunILKHS/s400/diane.png" width="300" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kwadwo Adae is adding a new edition to his design for the Farmington Canal Women's Empowerment Mural that is currently in progress! He is modeling one of the women on the wall after Diane Brown (left) the Stetson Library Branch Manager. In 2017, Diane received the Connecticut Library Association Special Achievement award, in recognition for her work to build programming that engages residents at the Stetson Library (<a href="http://nhfpl.org/locations-hours/stetson-branch/">link</a>). She forged partnerships with other community organizations to offer the "Teach Them While They Are Young," series of youth programming. <br /><br />The Women's Empowerment Mural features other accomplished women like Diane to call attention to the invaluable and often unacknowledged work of women in the greater New Haven are and in the world. <br /><br />Contact our Americorps VISTA Haley Brown at this <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:hbrown@nhsofnewhaven.org">link</a></span> to get more information or to volunteer for the project!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ambassadors strengthen their commitment to Newhallville and build skills to be agents of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">change through local community service. On Monday (July 9th 2018) the ambassadors shared what they had learned with a group of children from Harris and Tucker School. The exchange will serve as a model for future Learning Corridor programming that will teach residents community stewardship and enable them to share their knowledge with their neighbors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Doreen and her assistant Jonathan De Los Santos, a representative from the United Nations' Student's Association (pictured to the right) worked on the continuing Learning Corridor Beautification Project both Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5 - 7pm. This week they were laying mulch in flower beds along with general landscaping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Contact Doreen by following this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:doreenabubakar@gmail.com">link</a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to get involved and keep the corridor looking beautiful every week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Will and Stephen visited Mr. Brown (pictured right) at the Dixwell Community Garden to help cut back overgrowth and prepare the garden for cultivation this summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DeLauro presented the results of a staff <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://delauro.house.gov/sites/delauro.house.gov/files/Report%20on%20Tax%20Bill%20and%20Homeowners%20--%20CT.pdf">report linked here</a></span> prepared at her request. According to the report, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Trump's tax bill) will significantly increase the tax burden on Connecticut homeowners while handing a windfall to wealthy developers. This bill prevents homeowners from deducting more than $10,000 of their property tax from their income tax. Additionally homeowners will not be able to deduct interest payments on home equity loans from their taxes unless the loan is being used for home improvement. The bill also ends a tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums from those with incomes below $100,000. The wealthiest will not bare an equal burden. In just the next year, real estate developers will benefit from a $3.7 billion cheaper tax cut. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This new increase on top of New Haven's recent 11% tax hike (which you can read more about </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/New-Haven-alders-approve-11-percent-tax-increase-12952494.php">here</a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">) could easily spell disaster for many of our neighbors. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DeLauro echoed this sentiment saying that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act undercuts the financial security a home provides, damaging a core component of the American Dream.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-4455392290850477852018-07-06T14:48:00.001-04:002018-07-06T14:50:00.243-04:00Come Learn About Energy Efficiency in Our Lab!<div class="canva-embed" data-height-ratio="1.2941" data-design-id="DAC3FYa0saw" style="padding:129.41% 5px 5px 5px;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.03);border-radius:8px;"></div><script async src="https://sdk.canva.com/v1/embed.js"></script><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAC3FYa0saw/view?utm_content=DAC3FYa0saw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=embeds&utm_source=link" target="_blank">NHETF MEETING TEMPLATE</a> by <a href="https://www.canva.com/joneliss2?utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=embeds&utm_source=link" target="_blank">Sarah Jonelis</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-80258062572665092642018-07-03T13:47:00.002-04:002018-07-12T10:59:30.203-04:00Spotlight on the Learning CorridorWe are so excited to partner with Doreen Abubakar, the Newhallville community leader behind the Learning Corridor in Newhallville, to bring a summer full of affordable activities to the Learning Corridor. Doreen is working at NHS as an Americorps Vista this summer to build green spaces where residents can pursue healthier lifestyles together. The spaces will serve a broader goal of building community cohesion and changing the negative perceptions of poorer New Haven neighborhoods. The Learning Corridor, a hub for education and health and wellness programming on the Farmington Canal Trail, is one such space.<br />
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Five years ago, before Doreen started her work, residents of Newhallville called the space where the Learning Corridor sits the “Mud Hole;” an apt name for a plot of land that could not grow grass and served as a hub in the local drug trade.<br />
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The health and wellness disparities she witnessed in in Newhallville drove Doreen to turn the “Mud Hole” into the Learning Corridor. Doreen said she watched outsiders study Newhallville relentlessly as a locus for poverty and trauma. But, she said, those studies did not bring additional support or resources.<br />
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From the beginning, Doreen capitalized on the cycling infrastructure running through the corridor and the diverse group of people it brought to the heart of Newhallville. The Learning Corridor sits on the Farmington Canal Trail, a train line turned multi-use path, which runs from New Haven, CT to Northampton, MA. Five years ago, the space attracted volunteers on bicycles from outside of Newhallville. Riders on the trail would stop and pick up trash without engaging the surrounding community in the cleanup effort. Doreen wanted to bridge the gap between volunteering efforts and residents. She started beautification events and aggressively fundraised to turn the Learning Corridor into an engine for Newhallville revitalization that is responsive to the community.<br />
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While the portion of the Farmington Canal running through Newhallville is larger than any other neighborhood’s, many residents did not have a bike to enjoy it. Doreen made it possible for all residents to ride the trail safely. Purchased and donated bikes from Bradley St. Bike Co-op have a permanent home on the Learning Corridor in a shed. Devil’s Gear Bike Shop donated 25 helmets. In July, Doren plans to start holding regular bike safety lessons. Recently, Newhallville youth have been meeting at the Learning Corridor to use the bikes for their weekly Bike Club. Every Saturday, New Haven bicycling advocate Paul Hammer, leads the bike club down the trail and around Newhallville.<br />
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Doreen also uses the Learning Corridor to attract the outside involvement and partnerships that will be critical to Newhallville revitalization. On CT Trails day (June 5), a statewide day of activities to build public support for trails, attendees from around Connecticut visited for free bike rentals and guided tours of Newhallville and the Learning Corridor. New Haven Friends of the Farmington Canal Greenway sponsored the event and Doreen supervised activities. The event gave attendees who are unable to bring their bike to the trail an opportunity to finally cycle down it. Doreen also invites New Haven schools to the Learning Corridor to volunteer and to ride the trail.<br />
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The Learning Corridor (on the corner of Shelton Ave and Hazel St) hosts much more than cycling events. Pollinator gardens, bee hives, fitness groups, line dancing and free pancake breakfasts are just a few of the things coming to the Learning Corridor this summer! Here’s what’s coming:<br />
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<b>GirlTrek:</b> GirlTrek encourages women of color to lead healthier lives by hosting weekly walking clubs around the nation. Starting in July, one chapter will meet every week on Thursdays at the Learning Corridor from 5:30 to 7<br />
<b>Explore.Discover.Create:</b> Every weekday starting July 9th and lasting until August, partners of the Learning Corridor will host Explore.Discover.Create activities at the Learning Corridor from 10 to 12. Expect hands-on educational activities and lots of fun!<br />
<b>Jazz at the Learning Corridor: </b>Starting July 15th, stop by the Learning Corridor for free jazz performances from 5 to 7.<br />
<b>Eating Healthy Lessons:</b> Stop by on Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 in July for lessons on healthy eating with a nutritionist.<br />
<b>Learning Corridor Maintenance:</b> It takes a lot of work to maintain the Learning Corridor, which now encompasses an urban oasis, two small fields, and a community gardening. Visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 to participate in beautification efforts and community gardening.<br />
<b>Biking Club:</b> On Saturdays at 9:00 am, younger residents meet at the Learning Corridor to use a bike free of charge. Bicycle advocate Paul Hammer leads the group.<br />
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See our flyer below for more information about each event.<br />
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Reach out to Doreen Abubakar at doreenabubakar@gmail.com to learn more about how to volunteer at the Learning Corridor and upcoming events.<br />
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<b>This piece was written by Yale Public Service Fellow Will Taft</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out our free 'Don't Borrow Trouble: How to Spot Credit Traps' webinar with the director of <a href="http://www.nhsofnewhaven.org/hoc/homeownershipcenter">The HomeOwnership Center</a>, Bridgette Russell. This class will help you; 1)Recognize the top 5 signs of dangerous credit 2)Study cases of scams in our community and 3)Identify what to do if it happens to you and how to report credit scams. Register <a href="http://learn.nhsofnewhaven.org/credittraps/">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">New Haven's <a href="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/notice_affordable_housing_task_force_20180606">Affordable Housing Task Force</a> will be holding a public hearing on the state of affordable housing in New Haven, in the Board of Alders Chamber on the second floor of City Hall at 165 Church Street, starting at 5:30 pm. Come learn from your neighbors and make your own voice heard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The New Haven <a href="https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/comm/environmental_advisory_council.htm">Environmental Advisory Council</a> will be meeting at 5:15 pm at City Hall in Meeting Room 3 (165 Church Street, 2nd Floor) to discuss environmental issues in the city of New Haven and watch a presentation from Nicole Davis of Save The Sound. You can read the agenda for their June meeting </span><a href="https://www.newhavenct.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=32149" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Work starts on <a href="http://kwadwoadae.com/home.html">Kwadwo Adae's</a> women's empowerment mural on the Farmington Canal! For the next several weeks volunteers will be working on the mural from 2 - 8 pm. The project is still looking for volunteers and donors. Check our the <a href="https://uk.gofundme.com/women039s-empowerment-mural">fundraiser</a> and</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join Doreen Abubakar founder of <a href="https://uri.yale.edu/programs/greenspace/groups/friends-farmington-canal">the Learning Corridor</a> for the weekly Beautification Community Project at the Learning Corridor on Shelton Avenue on the corners of Starr st. and H</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">azel st. from 5:30 - 7 pm. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We got rained out last week so come help Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Staff celebrate the belated kick off of <a href="http://www.neighborworks.org/Community/NeighborWorks-Week">Neighborworks Week</a> by working on a women's empowerment mural on the Farmington Canal at 400 Goodrich Street from 11 am - 3 pm. Muralist Kwadwo Adae will be leading us in painting, landscaping, and site clean up. Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven will provide tools, water, and food. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join Paul Chambers of <a href="https://elmcitycycling.org/">Elm City Cycling</a> for a bike tour of the city's green infrastructure including some of Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven and <a href="http://www.ctenvironment.org/">Connecticut Fund for the Environment - Save the Sound's</a> 2018 residential rain garden installations. The "Bringing the Rain" tour will be starting at 2pm on the New Haven Green as part of the International <a href="https://www.artidea.org/">Festival of Arts and Ideas</a> which kicks off this weekend! </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-7350201964757589652018-05-29T11:27:00.001-04:002018-05-29T12:29:36.754-04:00Whats on the Agenda this Week?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here are some public events we will either be hosting or members of our staff will be participating in throughout the week. Come say hi, have some fun, and learn more about what is going on in our city! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">Check out <a href="http://nhfoodpolicycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Stir-the-Pot-Poster-and-Syllabus.pdf">Stir the Pot Potluck</a>: an interactive cooking and food education series curated by Nadine Nelson, Global Local Gourmet, in collaboration with the <a href="http://nhfoodpolicycouncil.org/">New Haven Food Policy Council</a>. Be sure to come through to this month's potluck where we will be discussing the reading "How Food Can Be a Platform for Activism" over fresh spring rolls! This event will be held at Common Ground High School (358 Springside Avenue) from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">All are welcome! Bring a dish to share and an appetite for change.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">The Hopkins School students will be volunteering with us all week long. Check our Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nhsofnewhaven/?hl=en">@nhsofnewhaven</a> for updates on their whereabouts throughout the week!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join visual artist and muralist <a href="http://adaefineartacademy.com/home.html">Kwadwo Adae</a> at Whitneyville Cultural Commons (1253 Whitney Avenue) from 6 - 8:30 pm. There will be a presentation on past collaborative mural projects orchestrated by Adae; the upcoming Women's Empowerment Mural currently being installed on the Hamden/Newhallville border of the Farmington Canal Greenway; and a discussion on how we may best utilize public art to support, empower, and connect one another. Light refreshments courtesy of <a href="https://ninthsquaremarkettoocaribbeanstyle.eat24hour.com/">Ninth Square Caribbean Market </a>will be provided.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join Doreen Abubakar founder of <a href="https://uri.yale.edu/programs/greenspace/groups/friends-farmington-canal">the Learning Corridor</a> for the weekly Beautification Community Project at the Learning Corridor on Shelton Avenue on the corners of Starr st. and H</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">azel st. from 5:30 - 7 pm. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Come help Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Staff celebrate the kick off of <a href="http://www.neighborworks.org/Community/NeighborWorks-Week">Neighborworks Week</a> by working on a women's empowerment mural on the Farmington Canal at 400 Goodrich Street from 9 am - 1 pm with a barbeque at 11 am. Muralist Kwadwo Adae will be leading us in painting, landscaping, and site clean up. Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven will provide tools, water, and food. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Celebrate <a href="https://www.ctwoodlands.org/ct-trails-weekend">CT Trails Day</a> with Aaron Goode of <a href="http://www.farmingtoncanal.org/">Farmington Canal Rail to Trail Association</a>, Doreen Abubakar, and Kwadwo Adae on a public walk and bike ride exploring community gardens, public art, and historical sites in Newhallville on the Farmington Canal from 1 - 4 pm. The walk starts at the Learning Corridor on Shelton ave at the corners of Starr st. and Hazel st.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">contact (203)-819-8398 for more information</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">Celebrate CT Trails Day with Anna Marshall of <a href="http://www.ctenvironment.org/">Connecticut Fund For the Environment -Save the Sound</a>, by walking through the recently opened Pond Lily Preserve and the West River Open Space. The trail is from Pond Lily Preserve to Edgewood Park on the West River Greenway Trail from 10 am - 12:30 pm.The walk starts at 42 E. Ramsdell St.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">contact (207)-314-6592 for more information</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">Join Frank Panzarella and the <a href="http://newhavenbioregionalgroup.org/">Bio-Regional Group</a> for a Rain Barrel Workshop at 344 Norton ave </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">from 11 am - 1 pm. You will learn how to install a rain barrel and the many benefits of storm water management installations on your lawn </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">contact(203)-865-6507 for more information</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Stop by Neighborhood Housing Services of New Have for a CT Historic Homes Tax Credit Workshop that is sponsored by the </span><a href="https://nhpt.org/">New Haven Preservation Trust</a><span style="color: #222222;">. Learn about historical tax credits that may be available to you and how to use them. The event will be held at our Home Improvement and Energy Conservation Lab (333 Sherman Ave Building # 3) from 10 am - 12 pm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out the New Haven Food Truck Festival at Long Wharf Park (555 Long Wharf Drive) from 12 pm - 7 pm. The festival will feature delicious food, live musical performances, and more. The Festival is FREE and open to the public! However, Food, beverage, and some activities are an additional cost.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">contact (203)-500-7777 for more information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Celebrate CT Trails Day with Stephanie Fitzgerald of <a href="http://www.friendsofedgewoodpark.org/">Friends of Edgewood Park</a>, by walking downstream from Edgewood Park to the West River Tide Gates on the West River Greenway Trail from 10 am - 1 pm. The walk will be starting at the northeast end of Olmsted-designed Edgewood Park at the Sunday Farmer's Market</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">The 7th Annual West River Water Fest will splash down at West River Memorial Park next Saturday, July 8<sup>th</sup>,</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> taking place from 1 to 4 p.m. at West River Memorial Park at the corner of Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and Rt. 34.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">This year’s activities will focus on teaching about the nature around the watershed and the things they can do to help care for it. Free canoe and kayak rides, coloring page activities, bird watching, fishing activities, and more! Free hot dogs and packaged snacks will be served throughout the event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-9545092573967568962017-06-22T12:04:00.001-04:002017-06-22T12:04:33.156-04:00Two Volunteer Events - One Incredible Day!On Wednesday, June 21, NHS' Community Building & Organizing Department hosted two volunteer events at our Sherman Forest site along Sherman Parkway in New Haven. This site is one that has been weeded, mowed, cared for, and tended to by multiple New Haven volunteer groups. It is a site that NHS is proud to continue to work on each and every day. If you're ever interested in learning more about work at Sherman Forest, be sure to contact <a href="mailto:scremin-endes@nhsofnewhaven.org" target="_blank">Stephen Cremin-Endes</a> at NHS.<br />
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The day began at 9AM with volunteers from <a href="http://bikeandbuild.org/" target="_blank">Bike & Build</a>. Founded in 2002, Bike & Build is an organization that benefits affordable housing and empowers young adults for a lifetime of service and civic engagement. During their first 13 years, Bike & Build's eight cross-country trips have engaged 3,000 young adults in service.<br />
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The volunteers helped to clear out a large section of Sherman Forest that has been taken over by invasive plant species and weeds. Clearing out the plants allows for a clear trail to become visible while also helping to make the park easy to maintain.<br />
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Around 1PM, Sherman Forest was filled with another group of volunteers -- this time from Hamden's <a href="https://www.burtprocess.com/" target="_blank">Burt Processing</a>. Burt Processing is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of high purity and corrosion equipment, systems, and services.<br />
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The employees of Burt Processing, who came to volunteer to us through the <a href="https://www.uwgnh.org/" target="_blank">United Way of Greater New Haven</a>, were an immense help in clearing out large tree branches, leaves, and debris that covered a large portion of the site (closer to West Division Street). NHS staff were shocked at the speed in which these amazing volunteers cleared out the site and we are grateful for their service and hard work!<br />
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If you or your group/organization are interested in volunteering with NHS of New Haven, please contact <a href="mailto:arawlings@nhsofnewhaven.org" target="_blank">Adam Rawlings</a> at NHS of New Haven. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A FOUR-POINT STRATEGY TO REVIVE HOMEOWNERSHIP</b></div>
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It’s not looking good for homeownership these days. According
to the U.S. Census Bureau, 63.7% of households owned their homes at the
end of 2016, down from a peak of <a href="https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf">69.2</a>% in 2004. While there have been small increases in recent quarters, the homeownership
trend since the financial crisis continues to veer downward. We need to
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<b>First, we have to demystify the process.</b> </div>
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More than
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NeighborWorks America described the homebuying process as complicated. Our network’s
counselors report that a common refrain from customers they help to achieve
homeownership is, “I never thought I could do this.” Because the purchase process
is so complex, many potential homeowners don’t even try, essentially
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Increasing the homeownership rate in New Haven, CT will energize the
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<b>Second, we have to return to rational credit standards. </b> </div>
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We return
to the loose underwriting of the early 2000s. However, right now, credit
standards are too tight and thus reduce the prospects for homeownership for
many. A recent <a href="http://www.urban.org/urban-wire/innovations-credit-scoring-could-help-more-families-become-first-time-homebuyers">article</a>
by the Urban Institute noted that innovations in credit scoring practices could
help up to 3 million first-time homebuyers across the country. The lending industry must seriously pursue such modifications.</div>
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<b>Third, we need to do a better job in reaching out to low-
and moderate-income consumers.</b></div>
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These are the first-time buyers of the future
and they are unsure about the path to homeownership. Nonprofits housing
organizations have had a “field of dreams” mindset: if we’re here, homebuyers
will find us. That’s not working. The NeighborWorks survey mentioned above also
found that fewer than 10% of consumers think of nonprofit’s like Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven first when considering how to achieve homeownership. Our organization and
others working to increase homeownership, especially among first-time buyers, need
to behave more like businesses and seek out these types of customers. Word of
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<b>Fourth, we must overcome financial obstacles.</b> </div>
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and the stereotypical 20% down payment is out of reach for most
first-time buyers. However, the truth is, consumers don’t need a 20% down payment to purchase a home these days. In some cases, just a 3% down payment is required. However, not every lender offers flexible mortgages. </div>
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By working with Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"></span> and other housing nonprofits,
consumers will learn about the lenders who offer 3% down-payment
mortgages. In addition, they also will be made aware of the potentially
millions of dollars in down-payment assistance funds available in this
community and others. The NeighborWorks survey showed that only one-third of
consumers are aware of down- payment programs for middle-income buyers. </div>
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nonprofit organizations, the homeownership rate would increase. That’s good for
individuals, families and Greater New Haven.</div>
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On Saturday, June 3rd, <a href="http://www.nw.org/" target="_blank">NeighborWorks America</a> officially kicked off their <a href="http://www.neighborworks.org/Community/NeighborWorks-Week" target="_blank">NeighborWorks Week</a> events around the country. This year's theme is <i>NeighborWorks Works</i>!<br />
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NeighborWorks Week is a nationwide celebration of the good that comes out of neighbors working and playing together. <a href="http://www.nhsofnewhaven.org/" target="_blank">Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven</a> and the entire NeighborWorks network are committed to bringing about positive change by improving lives and strengthening communities. NHS is helping residents thrive in New Haven, ensuring that the core needs of individuals are met by listening to our neighbors, no matter their income or professional position, and providing or linking residents to essential services.<br />
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This year, NHS of New Haven's volunteer event was themed "<b><i>NeighborWorks Works</i> for Veterans</b>!"<br />
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Staff from both NHS and <a href="http://www.ctenvironment.org/about-us" target="_blank">Save the Sound</a> (a local nonprofit that aims to protect and improve the land, air, and water of Connecticut and the Long Island Sound) came together at the home of veteran, Loreen Lawrence, to make minor repairs and additions which included: sanding and staining a wheelchair ramp at the back of her home, landscaping in the front and backyards, as well as installing an eco-friendly rain barrel, storm drain and rain garden.<br />
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We simply cannot thank Kendal Barbery (Save the Sound) and her staff enough! Kendal worked the entire week prior to our kickoff with senior students from Hopkins School in order to prepare the rain garden installation. Kendal was also kind enough to teach the Hopkins Students (and NHS staff) the <span style="text-indent: -24px;">intricacies of designing and building a system that connects the gutters, rain barrel, storm drain and rain garden. The project will help diminish storm water runoff in the West River and the Long Island Sound and help prevent raw sewage from entering the water system unfiltered. </span><br />
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At the rear of the home, NHS staff worked diligently on landscaping, as well as performing simple and small repairs to the wheelchair ramp and backyard deck. Staffers also managed to fit in time to stain the deck with a special traction paint.<br />
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The work is far from done, but NHS staff members are so proud to have been able to help a Veteran homeowner enjoy her home just a little bit more, become more environmentally savvy, and have a gorgeous deck to relax on. We look forward to a few more volunteer events at Loreen's home.<br />
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A few pictures of the event are below, and more can be found on our facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/nhsofnewhaven/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10155380525958482">www.facebook.com/nhsofnewhaven</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-58414384393960194662017-06-03T08:00:00.000-04:002017-06-03T08:00:25.063-04:00Meet the Instructor: Leslie Radcliffe!<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>NHS of New Haven is proud to announce our Inaugural Environmental Leadership Series! </b></div>
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Learn
about the environment and your neighborhood, connect with useful
resources and people, and aspire to create your own environmental
projects.<br />
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This year's workshops are as follows:<br />
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June 13, 2017: Climate, Health, and Neighborhoods<br />
June 20, 2017: Home Energy-Efficiency, Going Solar, and Other Renewable Solutions<br />
July 11, 2017: Planning a Project<br />
July 18, 2017: Water in Your Home and Neighborhood<br />
August 1, 2017: Talking Trash, Managing Waste, and Greening Neighborhood Spaces<br />
August 8, 2017: Transportation Matters and Project Showcase<br />
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Leslie Radcliffe will be facilitating our third workshop on Planning Your Project!</h4>
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Leslie Radcliffe is a life-long resident of New Haven. Her association with NHS began almost two decades ago when she began her journey to become a homeowner. In addition to attending financial literacy workshops, first-time homebuyer seminars, landlord classes, and resident leadership programs at NHS, Leslie has attended two Community Leadership Institute national programs, completed the New Haven Citizens Academy, graduated from the New Haven Democracy School, and is certified member of the Community Emergency Response Team. Active in service to her community, she worked with other residents, Urban Resources Initiative and New Haven Land Trust to establish the Truman Street Community Garden and Greenspace; is a Board member of the City of New Haven City Plan Commission; holds a seat on the New Haven Farms Community Advisory Board; serves as Secretary on the NHS Executive Board; reactivated the Truman Street Block Watch; participates in her District Management Team; holds office and serves faithfully in her church; and is a devoted mom and grandmother.
She advocates for her community by working with residents, municipal and non-profit agencies, and other stakeholders for the betterment of her neighborhood and community. Her outlook on neighborhood improvement is ‘we may not be able to change the world but we can start right where we are ... yard by yard, block by block, street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood …’.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-83727225550722370542017-05-27T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-27T08:00:15.259-04:00Meet the Instructor -- Chris Schweitzer!<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>NHS of New Haven is proud to announce our Inaugural Environmental Leadership Series! </b></div>
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Learn
about the environment and your neighborhood, connect with useful
resources and people, and aspire to create your own environmental
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This year's workshops are as follows:<br />
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June 13, 2017: Climate, Health, and Neighborhoods<br />
June 20, 2017: Home Energy-Efficiency, Going Solar, and Other Renewable Solutions<br />
July 11, 2017: Planning a Project<br />
July 18, 2017: Water in Your Home and Neighborhood<br />
August 1, 2017: Talking Trash, Managing Waste, and Greening Neighborhood Spaces<br />
August 8, 2017: Transportation Matters and Project Showcase<br />
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Chris Schweitzer will be facilitating our first Climate, Health, and Neighborhoods!</h4>
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Haven, CT —</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS), </b>revitalizing
neighborhoods for more than 37 years,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>announced
today the launch of their inaugural <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Environmental
Leadership Program</b>. The program is designed to offer New Haven residents the
opportunity to learn about the environmental impact on their neighborhoods, and
aspire to create environmental projects to better their homes and
neighborhoods. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Through a six-workshop series, participants
will cover subjects such as climate change, energy-efficiency, storm water management,
waste reduction, and the benefits and challenges of sustainable transportation
options. In addition, each participant will learn the basics of planning
community-based projects, identifying funding resources, and examine outreach
and community engagement strategies that will ensure their project’s
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Admission for the six-part series is
open to all New Haven residents, or participants willing to create a project
within New Haven. A $20 fee covers the cost of all classes as well as a
pre-workshop networking dinner. Scholarships are available upon request. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“In 2012, the United States Green
Building Council awarded our Home Improvement and Energy Conservation
Laboratory the highest level of certification, LEED® PLATINUM,” said <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NHS of New Haven </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">E</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">xecutive </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">D</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">irector Jim
Paley</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">. “Since that time, a
core tenet of NHS’ mission has been focused on the environmental impacts on New
Haven’s neighborhoods and residents. By offering home improvement workshops,
winter gardening classes, and laboratory tours, we strive to serve as a leader
in environmental and energy-efficien</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">cy</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> awareness.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“The
goal of this series is to highlight the myriad of ways in which everything is
connected,” remarked <b>Deputy Director of NHS’ Design and Construction
department, Kathleen Fay</b>. “Someone’s quality of life, the condition of
their home, and the environment in their neighborhood are all related and each
one other affects the other. Through these workshops, we hope to inspire
residents to make active change within their neighborhoods and their lives – no
matter how small – by stimulating their creativity and ability to see
opportunities for change.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The
series will begin <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">June 13, 2017</b> and
offer two workshops in June, July, and August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Workshops will be held at NHS of New Haven's campus on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sherman Avenue</b>. All participants must
apply by June 6, 2017. Further information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.nhsofnewhaven.org/"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">www.nhsofnewhaven.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">.</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">About Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> <br />
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is focused on positioning New
Haven’s neighborhoods to succeed by increasing homeownership; making homes
beautiful, energy-efficient, and affordable; and helping residents take charge
of their neighborhoods. We believe that increased homeownership, educated
homebuyers, and rehabilitated houses will produce stable, revitalized
neighborhoods that our clients will be proud to call home. </span><a href="http://www.nhsofnewhaven.org/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">www.nhsofnewhaven.org</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Neighborhood Housing
Services of New Haven is part of the national <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NeighborWorks® Network</b>, an affiliation of more than 230 nonprofit
organizations that increase homeownership, produce affordable housing and
revitalize neighborhoods in more than 4,400 communities across the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.nw.org/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">www.nw.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14804111659204678638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-73487968955426515502017-05-22T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-22T08:00:03.876-04:00Meet the Instructor: Doug Hausladen!<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>NHS of New Haven is proud to announce our Inaugural Environmental Leadership Series! </b></div>
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This year's workshops are as follows:<br />
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June 13, 2017: Climate, Health, and Neighborhoods<br />
June 20, 2017: Home Energy-Efficiency, Going Solar, and Other Renewable Solutions<br />
July 11, 2017: Planning a Project<br />
July 18, 2017: Water in Your Home and Neighborhood<br />
August 1, 2017: Talking Trash, Managing Waste, and Greening Neighborhood Spaces<br />
August 8, 2017: Transportation Matters and Project Showcase<br />
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Doug Hausladen serves as the Director of the Transportation, Traffic & Parking (TT&P) Department for the City of New Haven and the Acting Executive Director of the New Haven Parking Authority (PNH). He was appointed to his position by Mayor Toni Harp for a four-year term beginning on February 1st, 2014. Prior to that time, he was twice-elected to the Board of Alders in New Haven representing the 7th Ward in Downtown. As Director of TT&P he is charged with the maintenance and safe operation of the City’s traffic signals and signs, on-street parking meters, parking enforcement, fair adjudication of parking ticket appeals, and school crossing guards in addition to transportation planning. As Acting ED of PNH he manages over $24Million in revenues earned by over 8,500 off-street parking spaces including 18 surface lots and 6 parking structures, including New Haven’s historic Union Station. Mr. Hausladen comes to the public sector from a transportation advocacy and activism background with professional experiences in real estate management, entrepreneurship, and public health. Mr. Hausladen was born and raised on the Northern Kentucky side of Cincinnati, OH and graduated from Yale University with a degree in molecular biophysics & biochemistry. Outside of work he proudly serves on the board of the New Haven Diaper Bank and is celebrating his 10th year as head coach of the Yale Water Polo program.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14804111659204678638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654010694657292911.post-90809286789067209912017-05-19T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-19T08:00:13.901-04:00Meet the Instructor! Maritza Estremera<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>NHS of New Haven is proud to announce our Inaugural Environmental Leadership Series! </b></div>
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Learn about the environment and your neighborhood, connect with useful resources and people, and aspire to create your own environmental projects.<br />
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This year's workshops are as follows:<br />
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June 13, 2017: Climate, Health, and Neighborhoods<br />
June 20, 2017: Home Energy-Efficiency, Going Solar, and Other Renewable Solutions<br />
July 11, 2017: Planning a Project<br />
July 18, 2017: Water in Your Home and Neighborhood<br />
August 1, 2017: Talking Trash, Managing Waste, and Greening Neighborhood Spaces<br />
August 8, 2017: Transportation Matters and Project Showcase<br />
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Maritza Estremera is a program administrator for United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas managing the Home Energy Solutions-Income Eligible program. She currently holds a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Leadership from Post University, a Bachelor’s of Science with a concentration in Finance from Post University, and an Associates in Science with a concentration in Marketing from Housatonic Community College.<br />
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<b>Participants must attend at least five of the workshops listed above. </b></div>
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<b>Sessions will be held from 6pm-8pm at NHS of New Haven. Dinner will be provided. </b></div>
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<a href="http://nhsofnewhaven.org/content/environmental-leadership-program" target="_blank"><b><br /></b></a></div>
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<b><a href="http://nhsofnewhaven.org/content/environmental-leadership-program" target="_blank">Visit our website to apply today!</a> </b></div>
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We hope you can join us at a Ribbon Cutting for a new homeowner in Newhallville! </div>
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017</div>
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11AM - 1PM</div>
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944 Sherman Avenue, New Haven, CT </div>
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