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Design Build: How Does it Work?
Date: May 14, 2008
Time: Noon to 2 p.m.
Location: NPH Conference Room, 369 Pine Street, Suite 310, San Francisco
Organization: Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
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Description: $25/member $50/non-member. Some developers, architects and general contractors utilize a design build approach in which subcontractors design build various building systems in lieu of an engineer completing the full design. Design build can be utilized for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, exterior skin, line/safety and other systems. What is design build, what are the benefits and drawbacks, how best is it implemented, lessons learned and what do team members have to do for it to be effective? A general contractor, architect and owner will provide their input on these questions.
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Advocacy Training: Housing Element Updates
Date: May 14, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: San Mateo Garden Center (Rose Room)
Organization: Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
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Description: General Plan and Housing Element updates happen only once every 5-7 years, and offer a unique opportunity for public participation. Now is the time to get involved and ensure that our cities and towns take steps to create more affordable homes! Whether you’re a seasoned advocate, or brand new to civic participation, join us to learn how you can get involved in this process.
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Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention
Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: Doelger Senior Center, 101 Lake Merced Boulevard, Daly City
Organization: Project Sentinel
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Description: This workshop will address issues confronting homeowners worried about defaulting on their current home mortgage, and will also offer the opportunity to open a free individual counseling case to pursue follow-up options. Information will be available for those hoping to avoid foreclosure, and for homeowners already in default.
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Groundbreaking
Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 3:30- 5:30 PM
Location: 7880 El Camino Real, near Colma BART
Organization: BRIDGE Housing Corporation
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Description: Please join us as we break ground on Trestle Glen, a 119 afordable apartment home community in unincorporated San Mateo County.
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Legislative and Policy Breakfast
Date: May 16, 2008
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 am
Location: Clarion Hotel, 401 E. Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae
Organization: Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
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Description: Even as significant numbers of borrowers throughout California and the nation experience turmoil from the mortgage crisis, high-cost areas like San Mateo County remain relatively unaffordable. Learn about national and state trends, and what they may imply for San Mateo County. And discover what a recent civic engagement effort by the Threshold 2008 project tells us about the prospects for positive change.
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Bus Tour and Bistro Lunch
Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Melting Pot Terrace, Caltrain Station, North B St. in San Mateo
Organization: Peninsula Interfaith Action
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Description: This bus tour will show examples of exciting opportunities for filling the need for more affordable homes, and provide information about the various sources of money that have helped to make these developments possible. Please rsvp with your name and number to bustour@hlcsmc.org. Meet promptly at 9:00 AM at Melting Pot Terrace for Coffee & Donuts Bus will depart promptly at 9:15 A.M., and return at approximately 1:30 PM, after lunch.
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First Time Homebuyer Seminar
Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: Fair Oaks Community Center, 260 Middlefield Road
Organization: Wells Fargo
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Description: The workshop cover the following key questions: Is this a good time to buy a home? Is my credit good enough to qualify? How much money will I need? What type of mortgage financing should I get? What is the home buying process? Why Wells Fargo?
The workshop will be bilingual in Spanish and English, and the projected slides will be in Spanish (printed English versions will be available)
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El Camino Real/Downtown Menlo Park Draft Vision Plan
Date: May 19, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St, Menlo Park
Organization: City of Menlo Park
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Description: The draft vision plan (incorporating feedback from both the Downtown and El Camino Real workshops) will be reviewed at the Menlo Park Planning Commission Workshop on Monday, May 19, which itself will lead into the City Council Workshop on Tuesday, June 10. Public input is a crucial part of all these workshops, so please plan to attend and contribute to the discussion.
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Honoring a Pioneer
Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City
Organization: Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition
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Description: Join in the honoring of a pioneer in affordable housing upon her retirement: Fran Wagstaff, Chief Executive of Mid-Peninsula Housing since 1983.
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