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Winter Newsletter
2011
| In This Issue |
| SF Co-op Town Hall Dec. 3rd |
| SFCLT Winter Social Dec. 13th |
| Columbus United Co-op Up and Running |
| Please donate to SFCLT |
As the year winds down we are excited about what is ahead for SFCLT! With interest from community groups across the city, and one cooperative conversion under our belts, we are excited to work with you to preserve more affordable housing in San Francisco. Please come out to learn more about housing cooperatives on December 3rd at the city-wide Housing Co-op Town Hall and also to celebrate the closing of another year at our Winter Social on December 13th. Read all the juicy details below...
SFCLT Hosts Sf Wide Co-op Town Hall
Come participate in the first ever San Francisco wide Housing Co-op Town Hall
Saturday December 3rd, 2011
at the African American Arts and Culture Complex
762 Fulton St. SF
This event is free and open to the public
Come meet other members of Housing Co-ops in San Francisco and participate in engaging workshops.
Workshop topics include: Co-op Board Basics, Different Types of Housing Co-ops, Co-op Bylaws, Encouraging Resident Participation, Working with Property Management and Co-op Finances.
The Town Hall will end with a networking event with live music and great food!
Continental breakfast and box lunch provided
This event is FREE and open to the public
SF Co-op Town Hall 2011 is sponsored by The SF Mayor's Office of Housing, the San Francisco Community Land Trust and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.
For more information, call Annette Lewis at 415-931-0142
| SFCLT Winter Social December 13th |
to SFCLT's Winter Social! Tuesday December 13th 6-10pm at L's Caffe 2871 24th St. (Btw Bryant and Florida)
-Book reading by James Tracy from his new book: Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power
-Screen the trailer from the new film: "Heritage Lands Initiative" From the creators of the film "Homes & Hands - CLTs in Action", we bring you a special preview of their latest film "Heritage Lands Initiative", about the loss and reclamation of land in African American communities in the Southeast through the CLT model. We will watch the trailer and have a short discussion with the film makers. Click here to learn more about the Heritage Lands Initiative
-Yummy food and excellent SFCLT friends, members and supporters.
Cash bar For more info call Jamie at (415) 399-0943 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Come to the neighborhood early and do your holiday shopping at our community partner, Modern Times Bookstore and use your SFCLT Member Card for 10% off! They are right down the block from L's Caffe at 2919 24th St. |
| Columbus United Cooperative is Up and Running |
| September was a momentous month for the residents at Columbus United Cooperative and for SFCLT. During September all of the legal documents for the cooperative were approved by the City of San Francisco and the State Department of Real Estate. This means that after thirteen years, the residents have successfully completed their goal of forming a resident owned permanently affordable housing cooperative. The cooperative signed their master lease with SFCLT and sold 20 shares in the cooperative to the residents of the building. We celebrated this historic occasion with a fabulous party on September 22nd. Right away in October, the cooperative began collecting monthly carrying charges from the residents, and paying their monthly expenses with the help of our fabulous property mangers at Chinatown Community Development Center. The residents are busy forming committees and planning for their Annual Meeting and Board elections in January. Here at SFCLT we applaud all the hard work of the Columbus United Co-op Board members and residents who have realized their dream of protecting their building forever as affordable housing, owned and operated by the residents! Stay tuned for more updates about Columbus United Cooperative and SFCLT's work with other residents and community groups across San Francisco working to convert their buildings into permanently affordable housing cooperatives with the CLT! |
| Please support SFCLT |
Please consider making an end of the year donation to SFCLT to help us continue and expand our work to create more permanently affordable, resident controlled housing in San Francisco through community ownership of the land. When asked what she likes about housing co-ops, the Columbus United Co-op Vice President, Mrs. Miao Yan Wen recently said, "Right now, I feel stable and safe. We have better control of the building and all the related bills so we can better manage the building...Being a co-op member I have gotten to meet so many people I would have not met otherwise. I feel I have better relationships with people and also like how working together with more people we have more creative ideas to make our building better." Grassroots support is crucial to our organization and an important part of our mission. Your support will enable us to create more resident-owned and governed housing cooperatives for low-income communities in San Francisco and help us improve and expand our co-op training program. As a small organization, every dollar counts towards helping us reach our goals! Please go now to www.sfclt.org and make a generous donation to invest in real change in San Francisco! |
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Not a SFCLT Member? Join now! Click here and become part of the movement to create resident controlled permanently affordable housing in San Francisco. |
San Francisco Community Land Trust
www.sfclt.org
415-399-1490
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