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Discover the transformative power of high school alumni associations in our latest blog: "Building Bridges: The Role of High School Alumni Associations in Strengthening Community Connections." Dive into the article to explore how these associations are shaping the future, fostering mentorship, and contributing to community development. Let's celebrate the bonds that connect generations and build a stronger, more supportive educational community together! Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eHX9mhHf

Discover the transformative power of high school alumni associations in our latest blog: "Building Bridges: The Role of High School Alumni Associations in Strengthening Community Connections." Dive into the article to explore how these associations are shaping the future, fostering mentorship, and contributing to community development. Let's celebrate the bonds that connect generations and build a stronger, more supportive educational community together! Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eQ452rUG

Are you engaged in your community? 🤔 In 2023, Serve Virginia and the Virginia Service Foundation introduced the Virginia Community Engagement Index (VCEI). This groundbreaking study aims to understand the current state of service, volunteerism, and civic action in Virginia, as well as to identify the community's top priorities. Take a look at some of the interesting highlights such as, "Why we serve," "Where we serve," "how we serve," and more! https://lnkd.in/eQszbxnE

Now that I have been to a few gatherings where the conversation about "how AI can help housing and community finance" has gone in many different directions, from - trepidation to fear to excitement. As someone who knows a little bit more about this space, I should put a stake in the ground and say what is obvious to me. Housing finance needs all the help it can get, especially at state, city, and local governmental authorities, who have been given the tough job of creating affordability and supply through policy and housing finance and bringing public money to private developers, and having an impact on overall housing supply crises. We need AI to take on the repetitive tasks like - 1. Explain QAPs, answer questions on loan programs, 2. Train staff as well as free them up to do higher-level creative jobs 3. Onboard large amounts of data sets 4. Compare and contrast data sets 5. Do underwriting analyses 6. Create standardization across various organizations This will all ultimately help us build a robust ecosystem around housing finance. I am convinced that we can use AI creatively to have a significant NET POSITIVE IMPACT on housing finance.

New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC), Veteran Housing Corp would ask three questions about your housing projects: 1. How much funding, federal tax credits, or government benefits or incentives from all government sources did the projects receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project? 3. What guarantees exist that tenants will not be displaced after the "affordability period expires? Every local, state, and federal housing authority should adopt the State of Vermont's "permanent affordability" policy as a model for all future government funded or subsidized housing projects or developments, no exceptions! https://lnkd.in/eFEUC8c8

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Like it or not, AI is already part of your everyday life, at business and home. I'm thrilled to be working again with Kevin McNulty to talk about using AI in the nonprofit workspace. #artificialintelligence #artificialintelligencefornonprofits #nonprofits #communitydevelopment #missionmatters #missiondriven

The latest issue of Local Development & Society focuses on an incredibly important topic for institutional philanthropy - place-based grantmaking. There is far too little research guidance on this form of philanthropic practice, but the articles in this issue help fill this void.

Excellent conversation with Melanie Frazer, ACE and the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce! Thanks for giving me a platform to share information about the Project SEARCH program. #networking #schooltoworkprogram