[ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series

[Jared Liu]

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	February 21, 2008	

		
  	

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ABOUT US
  	Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of  
Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's  
national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million  
trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch  
hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and  
community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local  
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'  
methods, materials, and approaches.

NATIONAL SPONSOR



CONTRIBUTOR

  	


AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TREES
February 21, 2008
1:00- 2:00pm EST

  	
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SESSION DESCRIPTION
Path to Sustainability

Affordable housing is about building homes that are accessible to  
employment and educational opportunities, and that people of limited  
means can afford to own, operate, and maintain over the long-term,  
creating stable, strong communities. Part of that equation is  
ensuring that homes are efficient- designed and built in a  
sustainable way to minimize their environmental impact and to reduce  
utility costs- and healthy- environments that improve air quality,  
have access to recreational opportunities, and are safe.


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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* What is affordable housing and how trees fit into the equation.
* What measures should be included in the design and construction of  
housing.
* Why local government officials should be the primary partners.
* Selling developers on landscaping expertise, tree survival, and  
saving money.
* What funding can developers apply for and how that applies to tree  
nonprofits.

  	
  	
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WHY PARTNER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TREES
Fred Wacker, Senior Program Manager, The Home Depot Foundation  
(Atlanta, GA)

The Home Depot Foundation believes that by helping families and  
individuals secure dependable, healthy, affordable housing, they are  
increasing their chances of success in all areas of their lives. They  
also believe that housing developers should go beyond just addressing  
the affordability issue to include a focus on the health and  
environmental impacts of housing design and construction. Housing  
should be built in a sustainable manner that also allows for  
immediate operating efficiencies to keep the housing affordable over  
the long-term.

  	



  	
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HOW TO PARTNER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TREES
John Linner, Acquisitions, National Development Council (Toledo, OH)

The National Development Council (NDC) is one of the oldest national  
nonprofit community and economic development organizations in the  
U.S. It was founded in 1969 with one purpose: increasing the flow of  
capital for investment, jobs, and community development to under  
served urban and rural areas across the country. Since that time, NDC  
has worked with thousands of communities in every one of the 50  
states, providing technical assistance, professional training,  
investment in affordable housing, small business credit, and direct  
developer services. Like private investment bankers, they match the  
best sources of capital with project needs. But they do it for Main  
Street, not Wall Street.

  	



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