November 2011

April 2, 2011

A boys and girls club might seem like just another hangout for kids. But organizers say visiting one can be a life-changer.

“This is where it all starts – all of us have had someone who influenced our lives in some way,” organization staff career director Lydia Ali said yesterday at the open house of a new branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County.

To read the full story click here: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2011/03/02-15/Boys-Girls-Clubs-opens-new-Annapolis-Gardens-center-br.html

May 23, 2011

THE Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which traces its history back 150 years to civic-minded Connecticut women who wanted to help get impoverished boys off the streets, is turning to 21st-century social media, including Twitter, to garner support for its mission.

The organization wants to shed its “swim and gym” image and focus on its state-of-the-art technology offerings for students. Its principal supporters are mothers and other women, so it plans to appeal to them by holding its first Twitter party on Tuesday to spread word of its Club Tech centers, which provide computers, software and technology instruction.

To read the full story click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/business/media/24adco.html

April 15, 2011

Commercial Real Estate
The Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro will choose from four proposals as it moves ahead with plans to redevelop seven acres straddling South Elm Street south of Lee Street.
The proposals offered by the March 31 deadline offer varying levels of detail and costs ranging from $30 million to nearly $90 million for the mixed-use development. The commission will recommend a proposal to the Greensboro City Council by September after interviewing the different development teams and involving the public in the process, said Dyan Arkin, community planner with the city overseeing the project.

To read the full story click here: http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/print-edition/2011/04/15/s-elmlee-proposals-vary-from-30m-90m.html

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Crownsville, MD – Secretary Skinner presented six awards for outstanding achievement in affordable housing development, describing developers as the “unsung heroes” in the production and preservation of quality, desirable housing in safe, opportunity-rich communities in Maryland.

To read the full story click here: http://blog.mdhousing.org/2011/10/21/dhcd-honors-affordable-housing-developers/