Housing Advocate: Laconia Housing Left to right: Dean Donati, Deputy Director of Laconia Housing; Carmen Lorentz of LRCD; Cathy Bowler, Executive Director of Laconia Housing Thank You Laconia Housing! We appreciate your support. We need the financial support of our local business community in order to produce more units of affordable housing for essential workers. Most housing developments that we undertake cost us $300,000 before we can get a shovel in the ground. Email [email protected] today if your business would like to be a Housing Champion or Advocate.  Bay Street Apartments Needs Your HelpStay tuned next month as we launch a fundraising campaign to furnish Bay Street Apartments. This 12-unit supportive housing project will have a preference for individuals experiencing homelessness. We want to give each tenant the best chance at success by furnishing the units with sturdy, durable items. We also want to provide bike racks and furniture on the side porch and in the back yard. Thank you to Bank of New Hampshire for donating some of their lightly used office furniture for the tenant lounge at Bay Street. This gives us a good head start on furnishing the building! If you are interested in supporting this effort, please reach out to Carmen Lorentz at [email protected] and stay tuned for more details in September!  Update on Harriman Hill Phase III We are unlikely to be able to begin construction on our 30-unit general occupancy project in Wolfeboro this year. We put the project out to bid in May. The bids came back higher than we budgeted, which is happening with a lot of new construction projects these days. We are doing some value engineering to reduce the costs, and we are seeking additional funding from NH Housing and Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. It will take a few months to secure additional funds. Our hope is that construction will begin in spring 2025. We greatly appreciate our longstanding partnership with Eastern Lakes Region Housing Coalition and the Town of Wolfeboro, as well as the support of NH Housing, NH Community Development Finance Authority, Evernorth, and MVSB. Fun at Harriman Hill Phases 1 & 2 Residents at Harriman Hill Phases 1 & 2 in Wolfeboro hosted an ice cream social for the kids at their bus stop to celebrate their last day of school. This is just one of the great projects that the Harriman Hill Resident Council has worked on together this year. Great community spirit over there in Wolfeboro! Thank you to all the residents who made this happen - what a great way for the kids to start out their summer!  Pinecrest Tenants Build New Garden The community garden at Pinecrest Apartments in Meredith, NH was built back in 2017 and it was in need of an overhaul. Tenants worked together earlier this summer to construct sturdier new beds and fill them up with garden soil. We can't wait to see the harvest from this dedicated group of volunteers! Comments are closed.
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