April 05, 2005
RE: update
Friends-
Jamie's idea sounds great. I met with Sue Reynolds a few months ago and Community Housing Works is basically working on developing large affordable apartment complexes right now so their work probably doesn't intersect a lot with our interests. I think we should definitely talk to Matt Hervey, Tom Scott, and Matt Jumper. I'll call them this week and see if I can set up a time. It would be great to have some others who are potentially interested in the project come and meet them with me. Obviously we can't all show up but maybe four or five of us? Since Jamie already knows a lot of these folks and Scott Borger has worked some in development work in the East, it would be great to have them/you join me if you can. If one or two others are interested in meeting them with us that would be just dandy. It seems likely that any options that will rely on some form of non-profit or special financing will likely take a while to get running. Consequently, we should also be thinking about just getting into smaller complexes of ten units or so as a means of building equity until one of these other larger non-profit or affordable projects come through. Thanks for the suggestions Jamie. I'll try to get in contact with these this week.
Aaron
Posted by aaronfriberg at April 5, 2005 10:11 AM