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Preservation of 7610 Maple Completed ~ Formerly Abandoned Building Starts Chapter 2 Newly Renovated and Fully Leased Up
2012 Calendar of Events
June-July Building Dreams Tours
June 11 24th Annual Golf Classic - Rain Date
July - August Back to School Drive
October 19 Building Community Breakfast
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Long Awaited Grand Opening
MHP President Robert Goldman and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett cut the ribbon on the $5.75 million renovation of the former Maple Towers in Takoma Park on November 16, 2011. They were joined by partners and officials from the City of Takoma Park, Montgomery County Council, the State of Maryland, Capital One Bank, and NeighborWorks America.
The grand opening of 7610 Maple completed another successful public-private partnership that preserved the 1960s building as affordable rental housing for 36 families. The green gut-rehab breathed much needed life into the 8-story building, which had sat vacant for nearly 3 years before MHP acquired it. The project created 42 jobs.
The facelift included all new kitchens, bathrooms, windows, an elevator and roof. A necessary addition to the building were the eight handicap-accessible units, along with ramps to the laundry room and community center, and secured entry with automatic door openers. Sustainable green building products were used throughout, including the reflective Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO) roof, which is made of recycled material; low-VOC paints, primers, adhesives and sealants; Marmoleam floor tiles, Green Label certified carpets, pads, and carpet adhesives; low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucets; and Energy Star appliances and lighting fixtures. The Juliette balconies add a modern touch.
The formerly run-down property in the heart of Takoma Park is now the jewel of the block. Residents began moving in mid-October, and it was fully leased by December.
7610 Maple Debuts 7610 Maple Avenue * Takoma Park, MD 20912
36 homes—1-, 2-, and 3-bedrooms
Play and Learn Circle Preschool
Summer Enrichment Program
Playground, Computer Lab
BUILDING
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COMMUNITIES
MHP creates quality affordable homes. It houses people, empow-ers families, and strengthens neighborhoods. Chartered in 1989 as a 501(c)(3), it is the larg-est nonprofit housing developer in Montgomery County, MD and serves more than 1,300 residents.
MHP is a chartered member of NeighborWorks® America. For more information, visit www.MHPartners.org.
MHP News and Notes New Staff
MHP welcomed Ilana Branda in March as Special Assistant to the President for Research & Policy.
Also in March, David L. Parish joined the Real Estate Development and Neighbor-hood Development department part-time as a Project Analyst.
Bill Ewing was named Director of Fundraising last July. He served as Public Cam-paign’s Development Director for eight years before becoming a strategic planning and development consultant in 2010. Prior to joining Public Campaign, Bill spent more than a decade providing fundraising and management services to candidates, political committees, and non-profit organizations.
Promotions
Congratulations to Artie L. Harris on his promotion to Vice President of Real Estate and Neighborhood Development. Artie joined MHP in 2008. He is LEED certified, and has more than 20 years of experience developing multi-family housing and re-tail facilities.
Board of Directors Changes
Rhonda Cunningham Holmes Elected 2011-2012 Board Chair
The Board of Directors welcomed a new slate of officers and six new members on July 1, 2011. Rhonda Cunningham Holmes succeeded Stacy Plotkin Silber as Board Chair. Rhonda lives in Wheaton, and is the deputy director of the Washing-ton Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She has been leading MHP’s Building Dreams community outreach efforts since last fall. Her term ends June 30.
Joining the MHP Board for a 3-year term (2011-2014) were: • Tebabu Assefa, owner of Blessed Coffee • Cynthia M. Bar, Senior Counsel, Lerch, Early & Brewer Chtd. • Christopher King, Executive Director, The Partnership for Housing
Recovery and Sustainability • Gene S. Sachs, Managing Principal, CresaPartners • Richard Smith, Community Volunteer
Real Estate Development Update
Edinburgh House Renovation Nearing Completion, Ribbon Cutting Expected in Fall
The green renovation that MHP and RKR Construction began last summer at Edinburgh House apartments in Takoma Park is almost complete. The 10-story, 45-unit high-rise was acquired by MHP in 1995. It underwent a renovation shortly thereafter which replaced all its major systems and added a community room and playground. In May 2011, the State of Maryland awarded Edinburgh House its first Be SMART multi-family grant. Combined with financing from the New Issue Bond Program, the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program, and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, the new energy-efficient upgrades to the property should result in an ongoing energy savings of 15-20 percent. MHP also received a TD Charitable Foundation “Housing for Everyone” grant.
The renovations include installing new kitchens, bathrooms, hard surface recy-cled flooring, carpeting, windows, and lighting fixtures. MHP will also add three ADA accessible units. The reno-vations are being completed floor-to-floor, and will continue until the sum-mer of 2012. The final phase will in-clude a facelift of the roof, and common areas—the leasing office, laundry facili-ties, and community center— and are expected to wrap up in July.
KITCHEN—UNDER CONSTRUCTION & AFTER REMODEL
Rhonda Cunningham Holmes
2011-2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rhonda Cunningham Holmes, Chair
Washington Lawyers’ Committee
Victoria Davis, Vice Chair
Urban Atlantic Development
Vicky Carrasco, Secretary
University of Maryland
Gina Williams, Treasurer
Regina Solis Williams CPA, PC
Faten Alajmi
Community Volunteer
Tebabu Assefa
Community Volunteer
Cynthia Bar
Lerch, Early, & Brewer, Chtd.
Charles “Chip” Bay
Mill Creek Residential Trust, LLC
Robert T. Fossi
The Community Builders, Inc.
Juan Holcomb
JACER Corporation
Stephen Holmquist
Reno & Cavanaugh P.L.L.C.
Linda Kelly
Linda A. Kelly, CPA
Christopher King
The Partnership for Sustainability
Robert L. Mitchell, Sr.
Mitchell & Best Home Builders LLC
Gene S. Sachs
CresaPartners
Gail Scott-Parizer
Charles Drew Elementary School
Richard Smith
Community Volunteer
Alazne (Ali) Solis
Enterprise Community Partners
NeighborWorks America Recognizes Greater Glenmont Civic Association with its Highest Honor for Resident Leadership
Wheaton resident Kris Kumaroo was honored by NeighborWorks America in September with the 2011 Dorothy Richardson Leadership Award for Resident Leadership for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Kris and his wife, Deborah, were among the 5 founding members of the Greater Glenmont Civic Association (GGCA) in 2008. MHP has worked with the GGCA since 2008, and nominated Kris for the award, which is given nationally to resident leaders for their community building.
After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Kris returned to his childhood home in Wheaton and served as the GGCA’s president from 2008-2010. He spearheaded efforts to establish and enforce zone parking restrictions, a Neighborhood Watch pro-gram, and foreclosure prevention counseling, among other projects. He remains active in his neighborhood while running his contracting business and completing an MBA degree at the University of Maryland. Amanda Bernhardt succeeded Kris as president in 2011.and didn’t lose any momentum during the transition in leadership. MHP arranged for the new officers to attend the NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute in Kentucky during the fall of 2010, and the membership of the GGCA has grown to almost 200 active members.
Strengthening Neighborhoods
MHP’s Neighborhood Revitalization team helps to develop strong civic associations by coordinating outreach initiatives in several targeted neighborhoods around Montgomery County, including in Glenmont, Connecticut Avenue Estates, and Long Branch. MHP brings together homeowners, businesses and other stakeholders to address such issues as crime prevention, loan modification scams, and neighborhood safety and beautification projects.
SAVE THE DATE!
NeighborWorks Week
June 2-9, 2012
Join MHP for the
Annual Glenville Road Spring
Clean-up & Planting
Saturday, June 2 @ 9 am
Above—Kris and Deborah Kumaroo attend the Dorothy
Richardson Leadership Awards ceremony during the NW
Leadership Institute in Kansas City.
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MHP was named the “Civic Association of the Year” by the Mid-County Citizens Advisory
Board. Above, MHP President Robert Goldman and staff are congratulated by Ana Lopez van
Balen, director of the Mid-County Regional Services Center during the Wheaton & Kensington
Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards Banquet. Photo by Mike Colella
CIVIC LEADERSHIP
“The volunteers did a wonderful job of helping us get ready for the grand opening of 7610 Maple. They assembled book shelves, tables, desks, and chairs. With their help, the community center came to life, and
our residents can now enjoy the new computer lab and classrooms for a long time.”
Robert A. Goldman, MHP President
MHP Welcomes Volunteers to Takoma Park and Silver Spring Properties
Enterprise Community Partners and Nixon Peabody Employees Spend the Day
MHP hosted a community service day in mid-October for more than 50 employees from Enterprise Community Part-ners and Nixon Peabody LLP.
Despite the rainy weather, volunteers were able to choose improvement projects at four MHP sites in Takoma Park and Silver Spring that needed attention. MHP was thrilled to have the extra manpower.
The volunteers chose morning or afternoon shifts, and spent the time painting the community centers at Glenville Road and Greenwood Terrace, installing a new playground at Gilbert Highlands, and assembling furniture and computer desks inside the newly constructed community center at 7610 Maple. By late afternoon, the sun was out and it turned out to be an extremely productive day for all.
AFTER—7610 Maple Computer Lab AFTER—7610 Maple Community Center
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Above—Volunteers from Enterprise Community Partners and
Nixon Peabody LLP. Below—Volunteers assemble desks, tables,
and chairs in the computer lab and community center.
Rescheduled
June 11, 2012
Norman Christeller Classic
Join us for a day of
Golf & Networking
Hampshire Greens
Golf Course
616 Firestone Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20905
Foursomes—$900
Individual Golfers—$250
Dinner—$50
Register Online
www.MHPartners.org
Great Hope Homes resident Iyahbo Obasi was named the grand prize winner of the HAND cover art contest during the 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon in Washington, DC.
She won a $50 gift certificate to her favorite store and a savings bond for her colorful interpretation: “Welcome to my Neighborhood.”
The 12-year-old budding artist gave a rousing acceptance speech to the 1,000 housing profes-sionals who attended the meeting. She was a 5th grader at Charles Drew Elementary School in Sil-ver Spring, and attended the MHP afterschool Homework Club at Great Hope Homes.
Community Life Programs
2011 HAND ART CONTEST WINNER—Iyahbo Obasi Yisreal, Great Hope Homes
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
BACKPACK DRIVE
Enrollment for the 2012 Summer Enrichment Program is underway, and we are gearing up for our Back-pack Drive.
If you would like to volunteer to help, or to donate supplies and books this summer, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.
MHP thanks the generous donors who provided new backpacks, school supplies, and reading material to the 225 students enrolled in MHP’s 2011 Summer Enrichment Program. They were:
Capital One Enterprise
Monica Horrell Gail Scott-Parizer
Housing People * Empowering Families
* Strengthening Neighborhoods
WELCOME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD
Pictured above, HAND Art Contest winner Iyahbo Obasi (center) is
congratulated by MHP President Robert Goldman; Gail Scott-Parizer,
MHP Board Member; Iyahbo’s mother, Tokunbon Obasi; Jill Norcross,
former HAND Executive Director; and Eric Lawrence, Capital One.
Students at MHP’s Annie R. Collins Community
Center in Silver Spring show off their summer
reading selections.
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Platinum Level
Enterprise Reznick Group, PC
Bronze Level
The Bozzuto Group Charles Tini & Associates, LLC
Citi PNC Bank
RKR Construction Company
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HELP THE HOMELESS PROGRAM—MINI-WALKS
MHP is an active participant in the Annual Help the Homeless Program. We are gearing up for the 2012 season and are looking for schools, churches, and communities that want to participate with MHP. If your organization would like to discuss some of the creative ways you can support MHP during 2012, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.
In 2011, we recruited nearly 1,100 walkers. Thanks to our partners, staff, and board members who walked during the November 19th Walkathon on the National Mall, and helped to organize 12 mini-walks in October and November at area public schools and MHP community centers.
The following public schools hosted mini-walks in 2011 to benefit MHP’s homelessness outreach:
Dr. Charles Drew Elementary—Silver Spring, MD
Kemp Mill Elementary—Silver Spring, MD
Rolling Terrace Elementary—Takoma Park, MD
Forest Oak Middle—Gaithersburg, MD
Shady Grove Middle—Gaithersburg, MD
Kingsview Middle—Germantown, MD
Martin Luther King Elementary—Washington, DC
Malcolm X Elementary—Washington, DC
Rolling Terrace Elementary School—Takoma Park Kemp Mill Elementary School—Silver Spring
DONORS
Norman Christeller Classic—Golf Sponsors
Argo Development Company Ballard Spahr LLP BB&T Bocarsly, Emden, Cowan, Esmail & Arndt, LLP Building Consultants, Inc. C.B. Richard Ellis The Donohoe Companies, Inc. EagleBank Elm Street Development Exterior Concepts, Inc. Gables Residential Hamel Builders, Inc. Holland & Knight Hudson Housing Capital, LLC The JBG Companies
Lime Rock Construction Linowes & Blocher, LLP M&T Bank M.A. + Associates Mark Jones Company Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC Mitchell & Best Homebuilders LLC NeighborWorks America Pettit Family Charitable Foundation Reno & Cavanaugh, P.L.L.C. Rodgers Consulting Law Office of Kenneth B. Tecler, LLC Urban Atlantic Development VIKA Inc.
Thanks to our 2011 Corporate and Golf Sponsors
Foundation Level—$5,000
Gene* and Lauren Sachs
David Rodgers & Carol Schatz Gina* and James Williams
Stepping Stone Level—$2,500 Laura and Chip Bay*
Richard Pettit
Montgomery Housing Partnership’s work is made possible by the generous donations of corporations,
individuals and state and county government. We would like to recognize and thank the following
donors who have contributed to MHP January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. If there is an omission
or error, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.
Circle Level—$1,000 James* & Marian Brosky
John Carman Lois M. Christeller
Victoria Davis*
David Flanagan
CIRCLE OF BUILDERS
DONORS
DONORS—Individual, Corporate, Organizations, Government & Foundations Workplace Giving Programs America's Charities
CresaPartners
Local Independent Charities of America
Maryland Charity Campaign
Meltzer Group Employee Giving Fund
United Way of Central Maryland
Individuals Robert and Charlotte Abrams
Faten Alajmi*
Margaret Allen
Loreen Arnold
Tad Baldwin
Linna M. Barnes
Amanda Bernhardt
Michael Bodaken
Rebecca R. Bond
David Bowers
Julie and Louis Brill
Meredith Byer
Guy and Lucie Campbell
Cash Cash
Dorothy Cockrell
Hal C. DeCell
Mike Dinkin
Rick Edson
Gayenell Eisenberg
Margie Eldridge
Anne Elmlinger
Carla Evans
William Ewing
Joseph and Dorothy Feinberg
Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie
James and Gwyn Fields
Larry Ford
Marian Fryer
Stephen Giddings
Jill Goodrich
Terry Green
Sandy and Howard Greer
Joseph Guggenheim
Toby Halliday
Artie Harris
Gordon L. and Page B. Hawk
Kevin Hessman*
William and Judith Hewitt
Ferdinand Hoefner
Rhonda Cunningham* and Ira Holmes
Steve Holmquist*
Monica Horrell
Karen Moody Hoskins
Joan Kaltreider
Paul Kealey
Linda Kelly*
William Kominers
Judith Lapping
Ellen Lazar
Connie and Harvey Long
Jean Lutterman
Sheila Maith*
David McMillion
Daniel Meijer
Silfa A. Meredith
Christina Metzler
Judith B. Morenoff
Susan Wiener and Jeffrey Mosley
Stephen Oesch
Michelle Parsons
Mary Pelz
Neale and Karen Perl
Philip E. Perrine
Walter J. and Carol S. Petzold
Laurence Platt
Amanda Roberts
Donald B. and Marion O. Robertson
John M. and Patricia Robinson
Jacqueline H. Rogers
Lawrence N. Rosenblum
Cynthia Rubenstein*
Steve Rubin
Doug Ryan
John N. Ryan
Neita and Robert L. Saloschin
Tara Seeley
Barbara Selter
Marion Woodfork Simmons
Rueben Snipper
Robert and Nancy Soreng
John D. and Elizabeth Spencer
Larry Stewart
Lois O. Stoner
Anne B. Tenney
Talia Thomson
Jody Leigh Tracey
Ayyisha Turner
Dru Tyler
Sameer Upadhya
Mary S. Von Euler
Frederick H. Walton
Cheryl S. Williams
Toby S. Wilson
Bruce Zavos
Mary Ann Zimmerman
Corporate, Organizations,
Government & Foundations 3M
Adventures with Robots
Artery Development Co., LLC
Ashton United Methodist Church
BB&T
BKV Group
Blechman-Morenoff Foundation
Capital One
Center for Housing Policy
EDG Architects, LLC
Equity Management, Inc.
Excel Beyond the Bell Innovations Fund
Exterior Concepts, Inc.
Help the Homeless Fund
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers
Jackie Simon Homes, LLC
Jones Lang LaSalle
Macris, Hendricks & Glascock, PA
Miner Feinstein Architects, LLC
Montgomery Alliance for Community Giving
Mushinsky Voelzke & Associates, Chtd NeighborWorks America
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Razoo Foundation
Rodgers Consulting, Inc.
Rosenfeld Investment, LLC
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
Sharing Montgomery Fund
Silver Spring Interfaith Housing Coalition
State of Maryland Department of Housing &
Community Development
The Community Foundation for the National
Capital Region
Unique Thrift Store
Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville
Wells Fargo
S. Marlowe Mentzer
Bruce Pascal
Ken Rehfuss
Pam Schaeffer
Gail Scott-Parizer *
Stacy Plotkin Silber*
John* & Mary Slidell
Rodrigo Tobon
*Denotes current or former board member
Robert Goldman
Teuntje Goldman
Sam Gude
Ann and Don Hague
Juan Holcomb*
Lucy and Sam Keker
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. Postage
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Silver Spring, MD
Permit No. 1889
12200 Tech Road, Suite 250
Silver Spring, MD 20904
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UTC VOLUNTEER SERVICE DAY Thanks to the United Therapeutics Corporation (UTC) for including MHP in its Annual Community Service Day activity for employees in November. Volunteers toured the newly renovated 7610 Maple in Takoma Park and helped us fold, label, sort and stuff 2,500 letters and envelopes for the end of year mailing.
HOUSING POLICY UPDATES Have you seen MHP’s revamped Housing Policy updates? MHP is in full swing to protect the interests of affordable housing. To join our email list today, contact Ilana Branda at 301-622-2400 ext 39.
JOIN MHP FOR THE 2012
“BUILDING DREAMS” TOUR
7610 Maple Community Center
Thursday, June 21—8:30 a.m.
Join us for a one-hour tour of our mission at the award-winning 7610 Maple in Takoma Park. Tour the 2,000-square-foot community center and computer lab, see a renovated home, learn about innovative programs and services that MHP provides to low- and moderate-income residents, and hear first-hand from residents how living in an affordable home near transit and schools contribute to a better quality of life.
RSVP to Bill Ewing [email protected]
301-622-2400 ext 22
Pembridge Square tour dates in Wheaton
are available at www.MHPartners.org