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Starting a New Chapter in Life...
In 2019, Candice Lee experienced shortness of breath and her chest hurt. Wasting no time, she went to the emergency room, “they ran an EKG, which came back abnormal.” she explained. The ER doctors then sent her to the Cath Lab for additional tests, “I literally had people grabbing every arm and leg…just prepping me.
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Mercy Housing Mountain Plains...
Combining Hands-On Skills Demonstrations with Information About Careers in the Construction Industry DENVER, CO – Over 20 Mercy Housing Mountain Plains youth joined Swinerton employees on Thursday, July 27 for a technical construction skills fair, where representatives from the Construction Education Foundation and Swinerton’s apprenticeship program educated participants on career paths, benefits, and opportunities in
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Mercy Community Capital Announces...
Contact: Kate Peterson / 303.830.3443 KPeterson@mercyhousing.org DENVER, CO – Mercy Community Capital is excited to announce Stefanie Joy as the new President of the national Community Development Financial Institution. Joy will replace Jason Battista who resigned last month to become a development partner with St. Charles Town Company. Joy brings decades of multifamily housing finance
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Grant Award from Disabled Veterans...
Disabled Veterans National Foundation: Communications Team Meredith Fick communications@dvnf.org Mercy Housing Lakefront: Margaret Dodge Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager Mdodge@mercyhousing.org The $15,000 grant will help Mercy Housing Lakefront provide onsite resident services for 65 veterans and their families in Danville, IL. Chicago, IL – July 21 – Mercy Housing
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World Traveler Roseann Calls...
Mercy Housing California Notre Dame resident, Roseann, has traveled around the world, even living in Israel for six years, where she taught at the Reidman College of Complementary Medicine (1996-2002). A California native, Roseann grew up in Venice Beach with her dad, mom, twin sister, and brother. “It was a family-oriented neighborhood,” she recently described.
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Richmond Mayor, Partners, and...
Nonprofit affordable housing organizations Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Mercy Housing California (MHC) co-led the redevelopment of a public housing site in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Housing Authority, providing 150 fully renovated apartment homes in which seniors with low incomes can age with dignity. Contact: Rick Sprague, Regional
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Media contact: Rosalyn Sternberg, regional communications manager, Rosalyn.Sternberg@mercyhousing.org Media contact: Annie Lascoe, director of development and communications, annie@thekelsey.org, 415-237-1883 The Kelsey and Mercy Housing California celebrate milestone with Mayor London Breed; accessible, affordable, inclusive community fills critical need and provides model that can be scaled nationwide San Francisco (June 8, 2023)—Disability-forward housing is becoming a
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Celebrating a Sweet Grand Opening...
Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the grand opening of Thrive Sweet Auburn! Located in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward, Thrive Sweet Auburn is a mixed-use affordable housing community is a collaboration between MHSE and Project Community Connections, Inc. (PCCI), a nonprofit working to end homelessness in Atlanta, and is now home
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Kids Jump Up and Down for Spring...
Fun Fact: jumping up and down is an example of conserving energy from potential into kinetic energy. Seeing was believing for 35 kids at Mercy Housing Southeast’s Hills at Fairington and Terraces at Parkview who spent a day at Sky Zone Trampoline Park in April. As this group learned, there is more to jumping on
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10 Ways to Become an LGBTQ+ Ally...
“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” ― Paulo Coelho June is Pride Month As you may know, June is internationally recognized as Pride Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, promoting inclusivity, and advocating for equal rights.
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