Community Housing Choices

Keynote Luncheon Speaker:
Dawn Stockmo
How does affordable housing affect our community? What does it have to do with our local economy? Dawn Stockmo, a housing policy and advocacy expert currently working with the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago, Chicago Fair Housing Alliance, and the Green Infrastructure Foundation, and formerly a senior director of the Fannie Mae Foundation, will discuss what affordable housing is, why we need it, and how our communities can work to meet this need.

How does affordable housing affect our community?
What does it have to do with our local economy? Dawn Stockmo, a housing policy and advocacy expert currently working with the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago, Chicago Fair Housing Alliance, and the Green Infrastructure Foundation, and formerly a senior director of the Fannie Mae Foundation will discuss what affordable housing is, why we need it, and how our communities can work to meet this need.

Who Should Attend?
Planning commissioners, state & local elected officials, planners, zoning administrators, business owners and managers, realtors, developers, housing advocates, service providers, and any others interested in regional housing issues and solutions.

What is the cost?
The cost for the workshop is $45 for the whole day including lunch or $30 for lunch and keynote only. Late registrations received after March 6, 2007 will cost $55.

To register by mail, download and print the registration form here, and send payment to: Northwest Michigan Council of Governments P.O. Box 506, Traverse City, MI 49685-0506 Make checks payable to: NWMCOG Download the complete conference agenda here To register online, complete the form below and you will be invoiced for payment. Creating Housing Choices 2008 Regional Conference Northwest Michigan Thursday, March 13, 2008 Northwest Michigan Council of Governments 231.929.5000 phone 231.929.5012 fax
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