| Willams invited to participate at National Housing Revitalization Institute
Beginning Tuesday, March 15th, Mickie Williams, the Clayton County Neighborhood Stabilization Program Manager will participate in a three day leadership institute at Harvard University. The forum presented by The Center for Community Progress (CCP) is being held to address issues regarding the high number of foreclosures affecting communities across the country. [Source: Riverdale.11alive.com]
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| Jersey City is one of five N.J. cities to go to Harvard
The Center for Community Progress, a national organization, has a new initiative that brings together city officials from Orange, Irvington, Newark, Jersey City, and Millville to participate in a week-long session at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. [Source: Hudson Reporter]
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| Guider to attend forum on threat of foreclosures
Determined to thwart the threat that foreclosures and business closings pose to Douglas County, District 4 Commissioner Ann Jones Guider is heading to Boston next week for a forum where she will share concerns about this issue and work on developing effective strategies to address the vacant properties left in the wake of these tough economic times. [Source: Douglas County Sentinel]
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| N.J. officials to attend housing conference at Harvard University
Housing officials from five New Jersey cities have been selected to participate in a four-day gathering at Harvard University that begins Tuesday and will focus on turning vacant properties into new housing. [Source: NewJerseyNewsroom.com]
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| Millville officials head to Mass. for forum on building vacancies
Local officials leave today for a four-day forum in Massachusetts on how to deal with building and land vacancies due to foreclosures and other economic difficulties. [Source: The Daily Journal Online]
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| Jersey City sends community development director to Harvard conference on revitalizing inner city one empty lot at a time
Jersey City is one of about 20 cities that will be participating in a conference starting today at Harvard University intended to teach city officials how they can best revitalize vacant and abandoned properties. [Source: The Jersey Journal]
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