Latest News @ LRCD - June 2022

Harriman Hill Nature Trail is Complete!

We are thrilled to share that this nature trail was just finished at our 48-unit rental property in Wolfeboro!
The non-motorized recreation trail is roughly 1800 feet long with a 5-6 foot wide compacted gravel surface, running from the southern portion of the housing complex and heading southwest to Route 109A.
Special thanks to the Eastern Lakes Region Housing Coalition (ELRHC), our partner in Harriman Hill who raised the funds needed for this project and oversaw the construction.  THANK YOU!
ELRHC named the trail in honor of Edie DesMarais, a founding member of ELRHC whose dedication to the cause of affordable housing made the Harriman Hill development possible. On June 15th, LRCD and ELRHC hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of “Edie’s Trail” and honor Edie for her many contributions. 

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​THANK YOU to all those who generously donated to LRCD June 7-8 during the state's largest day of giving.
Lakes Region Community Developers' continues to work to address the housing crisis in the Lakes Region, and your support is crucial to our success. 

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​This month LRCD joins HUD in celebrating National Healthy Homes Month. Since 2020, LRCD has been systematically doing lead testing (and abatement where necessary) on all of our older buildings in Laconia to obtain Lead Safe Certificates. We want to ensure our portfolio is 100% lead safe.

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​Mother, college student, hard worker, community-driven, and advocate are just a few of the words one could use to describe Lakes Region Community Developers (LRCD) Resident and Board Member, Carrie Duran.

The NH native and divorced/single mom of three girls, moved back to NH in 2013 after spending several years in Los Angeles where she had hopes of becoming a star, and later got married and started a family.
While she may not be a star in Hollywood’s terms (she decided it wasn’t the right path for her), she is a star right here in her community.  

Carrie and her “girls”, as she likes to refer to them  are residents in LRCD’s Harriman Hill apartments in Wolfeboro. Since her return to NH, Carrie has not stopped. 

For more on Carrie's story, click HERE. ​

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​During a week-long celebration of neighborhood improvement activities nationally recognized as NeighborWorks Week, residents and volunteers recently came together at seven Lakes Region Community Developers (LRCD) properties to build or re-plant community gardens.
 
During NeighborWorks Week (June 4-11), LRCD and other NeighborWorks network organizations across the country celebrate the successes of communities and how NeighborWorks organizations and residents work together to empower people to enhance their lives.
LRCD Executive Director, Carmen Lorentz said, “After the long, difficult winter, residents enjoyed working together outside in the fresh air. In recent surveys, tenants expressed a desire for health & wellness programs and, specifically, opportunities to garden. We are thrilled to help them achieve this goal and help them grow vegetables to feed their families.” 

LRCD is part of the national NeighborWorks network, an affiliation of nearly 250 nonprofit organizations located in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Throughout the year, NeighborWorks network organizations empower people to take steps to achieve their goals, such as make their community safer, find and maintain secure housing, and ensure financial stability, which leads to thriving, healthier communities.  In fiscal year 2021, the NeighborWorks network provided 470,704 housing and counseling services; created 22,001 new homeowners; and constructed, acquired and preserved 13,749 rental homes.