Join us for the first Housing Happy Hour of 2012:

“Making the Numbers Work”
Financing Workforce Housing
Thursday, March 8th

5:30-7:30pm Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Café –
150 Congress Street, Portsmouth NH
$12 – Members; $15 – Non-Members
Payable at the door

RSVP to Lisa Henderson at lisa@seacoastwhc.org

Networking 5:30-6:15pm. Program 6:15-7:30pm.
Light appetizers and cash bar available.

LIHTC, NMTC, CDBG, FHLB-AHP*… Nope, not alphabet soup. These are acronyms for critical financing sources for the development of rental workforce housing. Hear how developers piece together these sources to “make the numbers work.”

Panelists:

Ted Wilkinson – Program Manager – Multifamily Underwriting New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority

Marty Chapman – Executive Director
The Housing Partnership

FREE “BUTTON UP NH” WEATHERIZATION WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT RIVERWOODS AT EXETER

A free “Button Up NH” Weatherization Workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 21st from 11am – noon at The Boulders Campus of RiverWoods at Exeter. The Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, the Town of Exeter Energy Committee and ReVision Energy are sponsors of this free workshop, which will be facilitated by certified energy professionals who will provide attendees with information and techniques to save money on home energy use. Please pre-register by contacting: lisa@seacoastwhc.org or (603) 205-0539. The snow date is February 23rd.

Home heating prices are predicted to rise by another 10% this season and this workshop will offer information on reducing fuel and electricity use via basic air sealing & insulation techniques, finding technical and financial resources, identifying sources of energy waste and easy do-it-yourself conservation measures.

The workshops are free and open to the public, thanks to funding provided by the N.H. Office of Energy and Planning from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A total of 40 workshops will be held across NH in the next few months with the hopes of helping NH residents save money on their fuel bills. This UNH-based program is a collaboration with Clean Air-Cool Planet, Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI), UNH Cooperative Extension, and the Lakes Region Community College.

For more information on attending a Button Up NH workshop or getting a jump start on saving money on energy this winter, visit: http://myenergyplan.net/buttonup