Preservation of 7610 Maple Completed ~ Formerly Abandoned Building Starts Chapter 2 Newly Renovated and Fully Leased Up

2012 Calendar of Events

June-July Building Dreams Tours

June 11 24th Annual Golf Classic - Rain Date

July - August Back to School Drive

October 19 Building Community Breakfast

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Long Awaited Grand Opening

MHP President Robert Goldman and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett cut the ribbon on the $5.75 million renovation of the former Maple Towers in Takoma Park on November 16, 2011. They were joined by partners and officials from the City of Takoma Park, Montgomery County Council, the State of Maryland, Capital One Bank, and NeighborWorks America.

The grand opening of 7610 Maple completed another successful public-private partnership that preserved the 1960s building as affordable rental housing for 36 families. The green gut-rehab breathed much needed life into the 8-story building, which had sat vacant for nearly 3 years before MHP acquired it. The project created 42 jobs.

The facelift included all new kitchens, bathrooms, windows, an elevator and roof. A necessary addition to the building were the eight handicap-accessible units, along with ramps to the laundry room and community center, and secured entry with automatic door openers. Sustainable green building products were used throughout, including the reflective Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO) roof, which is made of recycled material; low-VOC paints, primers, adhesives and sealants; Marmoleam floor tiles, Green Label certified carpets, pads, and carpet adhesives; low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucets; and Energy Star appliances and lighting fixtures. The Juliette balconies add a modern touch.

The formerly run-down property in the heart of Takoma Park is now the jewel of the block. Residents began moving in mid-October, and it was fully leased by December.

7610 Maple Debuts 7610 Maple Avenue * Takoma Park, MD 20912

36 homes—1-, 2-, and 3-bedrooms

Play and Learn Circle Preschool

Summer Enrichment Program

Playground, Computer Lab

BUILDING

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COMMUNITIES

MHP creates quality affordable homes. It houses people, empow-ers families, and strengthens neighborhoods. Chartered in 1989 as a 501(c)(3), it is the larg-est nonprofit housing developer in Montgomery County, MD and serves more than 1,300 residents.

MHP is a chartered member of NeighborWorks® America. For more information, visit www.MHPartners.org.

MHP News and Notes New Staff

MHP welcomed Ilana Branda in March as Special Assistant to the President for Research & Policy.

Also in March, David L. Parish joined the Real Estate Development and Neighbor-hood Development department part-time as a Project Analyst.

Bill Ewing was named Director of Fundraising last July. He served as Public Cam-paign’s Development Director for eight years before becoming a strategic planning and development consultant in 2010. Prior to joining Public Campaign, Bill spent more than a decade providing fundraising and management services to candidates, political committees, and non-profit organizations.

Promotions

Congratulations to Artie L. Harris on his promotion to Vice President of Real Estate and Neighborhood Development. Artie joined MHP in 2008. He is LEED certified, and has more than 20 years of experience developing multi-family housing and re-tail facilities.

Board of Directors Changes

Rhonda Cunningham Holmes Elected 2011-2012 Board Chair

The Board of Directors welcomed a new slate of officers and six new members on July 1, 2011. Rhonda Cunningham Holmes succeeded Stacy Plotkin Silber as Board Chair. Rhonda lives in Wheaton, and is the deputy director of the Washing-ton Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She has been leading MHP’s Building Dreams community outreach efforts since last fall. Her term ends June 30.

Joining the MHP Board for a 3-year term (2011-2014) were: • Tebabu Assefa, owner of Blessed Coffee • Cynthia M. Bar, Senior Counsel, Lerch, Early & Brewer Chtd. • Christopher King, Executive Director, The Partnership for Housing

Recovery and Sustainability • Gene S. Sachs, Managing Principal, CresaPartners • Richard Smith, Community Volunteer

Real Estate Development Update

Edinburgh House Renovation Nearing Completion, Ribbon Cutting Expected in Fall

The green renovation that MHP and RKR Construction began last summer at Edinburgh House apartments in Takoma Park is almost complete. The 10-story, 45-unit high-rise was acquired by MHP in 1995. It underwent a renovation shortly thereafter which replaced all its major systems and added a community room and playground. In May 2011, the State of Maryland awarded Edinburgh House its first Be SMART multi-family grant. Combined with financing from the New Issue Bond Program, the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program, and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, the new energy-efficient upgrades to the property should result in an ongoing energy savings of 15-20 percent. MHP also received a TD Charitable Foundation “Housing for Everyone” grant.

The renovations include installing new kitchens, bathrooms, hard surface recy-cled flooring, carpeting, windows, and lighting fixtures. MHP will also add three ADA accessible units. The reno-vations are being completed floor-to-floor, and will continue until the sum-mer of 2012. The final phase will in-clude a facelift of the roof, and common areas—the leasing office, laundry facili-ties, and community center— and are expected to wrap up in July.

KITCHEN—UNDER CONSTRUCTION & AFTER REMODEL

Rhonda Cunningham Holmes

2011-2012

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rhonda Cunningham Holmes, Chair

Washington Lawyers’ Committee

Victoria Davis, Vice Chair

Urban Atlantic Development

Vicky Carrasco, Secretary

University of Maryland

Gina Williams, Treasurer

Regina Solis Williams CPA, PC

Faten Alajmi

Community Volunteer

Tebabu Assefa

Community Volunteer

Cynthia Bar

Lerch, Early, & Brewer, Chtd.

Charles “Chip” Bay

Mill Creek Residential Trust, LLC

Robert T. Fossi

The Community Builders, Inc.

Juan Holcomb

JACER Corporation

Stephen Holmquist

Reno & Cavanaugh P.L.L.C.

Linda Kelly

Linda A. Kelly, CPA

Christopher King

The Partnership for Sustainability

Robert L. Mitchell, Sr.

Mitchell & Best Home Builders LLC

Gene S. Sachs

CresaPartners

Gail Scott-Parizer

Charles Drew Elementary School

Richard Smith

Community Volunteer

Alazne (Ali) Solis

Enterprise Community Partners

NeighborWorks America Recognizes Greater Glenmont Civic Association with its Highest Honor for Resident Leadership

Wheaton resident Kris Kumaroo was honored by NeighborWorks America in September with the 2011 Dorothy Richardson Leadership Award for Resident Leadership for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Kris and his wife, Deborah, were among the 5 founding members of the Greater Glenmont Civic Association (GGCA) in 2008. MHP has worked with the GGCA since 2008, and nominated Kris for the award, which is given nationally to resident leaders for their community building.

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Kris returned to his childhood home in Wheaton and served as the GGCA’s president from 2008-2010. He spearheaded efforts to establish and enforce zone parking restrictions, a Neighborhood Watch pro-gram, and foreclosure prevention counseling, among other projects. He remains active in his neighborhood while running his contracting business and completing an MBA degree at the University of Maryland. Amanda Bernhardt succeeded Kris as president in 2011.and didn’t lose any momentum during the transition in leadership. MHP arranged for the new officers to attend the NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute in Kentucky during the fall of 2010, and the membership of the GGCA has grown to almost 200 active members.

Strengthening Neighborhoods

MHP’s Neighborhood Revitalization team helps to develop strong civic associations by coordinating outreach initiatives in several targeted neighborhoods around Montgomery County, including in Glenmont, Connecticut Avenue Estates, and Long Branch. MHP brings together homeowners, businesses and other stakeholders to address such issues as crime prevention, loan modification scams, and neighborhood safety and beautification projects.

SAVE THE DATE!

NeighborWorks Week

June 2-9, 2012

Join MHP for the

Annual Glenville Road Spring

Clean-up & Planting

Saturday, June 2 @ 9 am

Above—Kris and Deborah Kumaroo attend the Dorothy

Richardson Leadership Awards ceremony during the NW

Leadership Institute in Kansas City.

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MHP was named the “Civic Association of the Year” by the Mid-County Citizens Advisory

Board. Above, MHP President Robert Goldman and staff are congratulated by Ana Lopez van

Balen, director of the Mid-County Regional Services Center during the Wheaton & Kensington

Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards Banquet. Photo by Mike Colella

CIVIC LEADERSHIP

“The volunteers did a wonderful job of helping us get ready for the grand opening of 7610 Maple. They assembled book shelves, tables, desks, and chairs. With their help, the community center came to life, and

our residents can now enjoy the new computer lab and classrooms for a long time.”

Robert A. Goldman, MHP President

MHP Welcomes Volunteers to Takoma Park and Silver Spring Properties

Enterprise Community Partners and Nixon Peabody Employees Spend the Day

MHP hosted a community service day in mid-October for more than 50 employees from Enterprise Community Part-ners and Nixon Peabody LLP.

Despite the rainy weather, volunteers were able to choose improvement projects at four MHP sites in Takoma Park and Silver Spring that needed attention. MHP was thrilled to have the extra manpower.

The volunteers chose morning or afternoon shifts, and spent the time painting the community centers at Glenville Road and Greenwood Terrace, installing a new playground at Gilbert Highlands, and assembling furniture and computer desks inside the newly constructed community center at 7610 Maple. By late afternoon, the sun was out and it turned out to be an extremely productive day for all.

AFTER—7610 Maple Computer Lab AFTER—7610 Maple Community Center

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Above—Volunteers from Enterprise Community Partners and

Nixon Peabody LLP. Below—Volunteers assemble desks, tables,

and chairs in the computer lab and community center.

Rescheduled

June 11, 2012

Norman Christeller Classic

Join us for a day of

Golf & Networking

Hampshire Greens

Golf Course

616 Firestone Drive

Silver Spring, MD 20905

Foursomes—$900

Individual Golfers—$250

Dinner—$50

Register Online

www.MHPartners.org

Great Hope Homes resident Iyahbo Obasi was named the grand prize winner of the HAND cover art contest during the 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon in Washington, DC.

She won a $50 gift certificate to her favorite store and a savings bond for her colorful interpretation: “Welcome to my Neighborhood.”

The 12-year-old budding artist gave a rousing acceptance speech to the 1,000 housing profes-sionals who attended the meeting. She was a 5th grader at Charles Drew Elementary School in Sil-ver Spring, and attended the MHP afterschool Homework Club at Great Hope Homes.

Community Life Programs

2011 HAND ART CONTEST WINNER—Iyahbo Obasi Yisreal, Great Hope Homes

BACK-TO-SCHOOL

BACKPACK DRIVE

Enrollment for the 2012 Summer Enrichment Program is underway, and we are gearing up for our Back-pack Drive.

If you would like to volunteer to help, or to donate supplies and books this summer, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.

MHP thanks the generous donors who provided new backpacks, school supplies, and reading material to the 225 students enrolled in MHP’s 2011 Summer Enrichment Program. They were:

Capital One Enterprise

Monica Horrell Gail Scott-Parizer

Housing People * Empowering Families

* Strengthening Neighborhoods

WELCOME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD

Pictured above, HAND Art Contest winner Iyahbo Obasi (center) is

congratulated by MHP President Robert Goldman; Gail Scott-Parizer,

MHP Board Member; Iyahbo’s mother, Tokunbon Obasi; Jill Norcross,

former HAND Executive Director; and Eric Lawrence, Capital One.

Students at MHP’s Annie R. Collins Community

Center in Silver Spring show off their summer

reading selections.

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Platinum Level

Enterprise Reznick Group, PC

Bronze Level

The Bozzuto Group Charles Tini & Associates, LLC

Citi PNC Bank

RKR Construction Company

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HELP THE HOMELESS PROGRAM—MINI-WALKS

MHP is an active participant in the Annual Help the Homeless Program. We are gearing up for the 2012 season and are looking for schools, churches, and communities that want to participate with MHP. If your organization would like to discuss some of the creative ways you can support MHP during 2012, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.

In 2011, we recruited nearly 1,100 walkers. Thanks to our partners, staff, and board members who walked during the November 19th Walkathon on the National Mall, and helped to organize 12 mini-walks in October and November at area public schools and MHP community centers.

The following public schools hosted mini-walks in 2011 to benefit MHP’s homelessness outreach:

Dr. Charles Drew Elementary—Silver Spring, MD

Kemp Mill Elementary—Silver Spring, MD

Rolling Terrace Elementary—Takoma Park, MD

Forest Oak Middle—Gaithersburg, MD

Shady Grove Middle—Gaithersburg, MD

Kingsview Middle—Germantown, MD

Martin Luther King Elementary—Washington, DC

Malcolm X Elementary—Washington, DC

Rolling Terrace Elementary School—Takoma Park Kemp Mill Elementary School—Silver Spring

DONORS

Norman Christeller Classic—Golf Sponsors

Argo Development Company Ballard Spahr LLP BB&T Bocarsly, Emden, Cowan, Esmail & Arndt, LLP Building Consultants, Inc. C.B. Richard Ellis The Donohoe Companies, Inc. EagleBank Elm Street Development Exterior Concepts, Inc. Gables Residential Hamel Builders, Inc. Holland & Knight Hudson Housing Capital, LLC The JBG Companies

Lime Rock Construction Linowes & Blocher, LLP M&T Bank M.A. + Associates Mark Jones Company Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC Mitchell & Best Homebuilders LLC NeighborWorks America Pettit Family Charitable Foundation Reno & Cavanaugh, P.L.L.C. Rodgers Consulting Law Office of Kenneth B. Tecler, LLC Urban Atlantic Development VIKA Inc.

Thanks to our 2011 Corporate and Golf Sponsors

Foundation Level—$5,000

Gene* and Lauren Sachs

David Rodgers & Carol Schatz Gina* and James Williams

Stepping Stone Level—$2,500 Laura and Chip Bay*

Richard Pettit

Montgomery Housing Partnership’s work is made possible by the generous donations of corporations,

individuals and state and county government. We would like to recognize and thank the following

donors who have contributed to MHP January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. If there is an omission

or error, please contact Bill Ewing at 301-622-2400 ext 22.

Circle Level—$1,000 James* & Marian Brosky

John Carman Lois M. Christeller

Victoria Davis*

David Flanagan

CIRCLE OF BUILDERS

DONORS

DONORS—Individual, Corporate, Organizations, Government & Foundations Workplace Giving Programs America's Charities

CresaPartners

Local Independent Charities of America

Maryland Charity Campaign

Meltzer Group Employee Giving Fund

United Way of Central Maryland

Individuals Robert and Charlotte Abrams

Faten Alajmi*

Margaret Allen

Loreen Arnold

Tad Baldwin

Linna M. Barnes

Amanda Bernhardt

Michael Bodaken

Rebecca R. Bond

David Bowers

Julie and Louis Brill

Meredith Byer

Guy and Lucie Campbell

Cash Cash

Dorothy Cockrell

Hal C. DeCell

Mike Dinkin

Rick Edson

Gayenell Eisenberg

Margie Eldridge

Anne Elmlinger

Carla Evans

William Ewing

Joseph and Dorothy Feinberg

Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie

James and Gwyn Fields

Larry Ford

Marian Fryer

Stephen Giddings

Jill Goodrich

Terry Green

Sandy and Howard Greer

Joseph Guggenheim

Toby Halliday

Artie Harris

Gordon L. and Page B. Hawk

Kevin Hessman*

William and Judith Hewitt

Ferdinand Hoefner

Rhonda Cunningham* and Ira Holmes

Steve Holmquist*

Monica Horrell

Karen Moody Hoskins

Joan Kaltreider

Paul Kealey

Linda Kelly*

William Kominers

Judith Lapping

Ellen Lazar

Connie and Harvey Long

Jean Lutterman

Sheila Maith*

David McMillion

Daniel Meijer

Silfa A. Meredith

Christina Metzler

Judith B. Morenoff

Susan Wiener and Jeffrey Mosley

Stephen Oesch

Michelle Parsons

Mary Pelz

Neale and Karen Perl

Philip E. Perrine

Walter J. and Carol S. Petzold

Laurence Platt

Amanda Roberts

Donald B. and Marion O. Robertson

John M. and Patricia Robinson

Jacqueline H. Rogers

Lawrence N. Rosenblum

Cynthia Rubenstein*

Steve Rubin

Doug Ryan

John N. Ryan

Neita and Robert L. Saloschin

Tara Seeley

Barbara Selter

Marion Woodfork Simmons

Rueben Snipper

Robert and Nancy Soreng

John D. and Elizabeth Spencer

Larry Stewart

Lois O. Stoner

Anne B. Tenney

Talia Thomson

Jody Leigh Tracey

Ayyisha Turner

Dru Tyler

Sameer Upadhya

Mary S. Von Euler

Frederick H. Walton

Cheryl S. Williams

Toby S. Wilson

Bruce Zavos

Mary Ann Zimmerman

Corporate, Organizations,

Government & Foundations 3M

Adventures with Robots

Artery Development Co., LLC

Ashton United Methodist Church

BB&T

BKV Group

Blechman-Morenoff Foundation

Capital One

Center for Housing Policy

EDG Architects, LLC

Equity Management, Inc.

Excel Beyond the Bell Innovations Fund

Exterior Concepts, Inc.

Help the Homeless Fund

Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers

Jackie Simon Homes, LLC

Jones Lang LaSalle

Macris, Hendricks & Glascock, PA

Miner Feinstein Architects, LLC

Montgomery Alliance for Community Giving

Mushinsky Voelzke & Associates, Chtd NeighborWorks America

Nixon Peabody, LLP

Razoo Foundation

Rodgers Consulting, Inc.

Rosenfeld Investment, LLC

Saint Mark Presbyterian Church

Sharing Montgomery Fund

Silver Spring Interfaith Housing Coalition

State of Maryland Department of Housing &

Community Development

The Community Foundation for the National

Capital Region

Unique Thrift Store

Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville

Wells Fargo

S. Marlowe Mentzer

Bruce Pascal

Ken Rehfuss

Pam Schaeffer

Gail Scott-Parizer *

Stacy Plotkin Silber*

John* & Mary Slidell

Rodrigo Tobon

*Denotes current or former board member

Robert Goldman

Teuntje Goldman

Sam Gude

Ann and Don Hague

Juan Holcomb*

Lucy and Sam Keker

NON-PROFIT ORG.

U.S. Postage

PAID

Silver Spring, MD

Permit No. 1889

12200 Tech Road, Suite 250

Silver Spring, MD 20904

Return Service Requested

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UTC VOLUNTEER SERVICE DAY Thanks to the United Therapeutics Corporation (UTC) for including MHP in its Annual Community Service Day activity for employees in November. Volunteers toured the newly renovated 7610 Maple in Takoma Park and helped us fold, label, sort and stuff 2,500 letters and envelopes for the end of year mailing.

HOUSING POLICY UPDATES Have you seen MHP’s revamped Housing Policy updates? MHP is in full swing to protect the interests of affordable housing. To join our email list today, contact Ilana Branda at 301-622-2400 ext 39.

JOIN MHP FOR THE 2012

“BUILDING DREAMS” TOUR

7610 Maple Community Center

Thursday, June 21—8:30 a.m.

Join us for a one-hour tour of our mission at the award-winning 7610 Maple in Takoma Park. Tour the 2,000-square-foot community center and computer lab, see a renovated home, learn about innovative programs and services that MHP provides to low- and moderate-income residents, and hear first-hand from residents how living in an affordable home near transit and schools contribute to a better quality of life.

RSVP to Bill Ewing bewing@mhpartners.org

301-622-2400 ext 22

Pembridge Square tour dates in Wheaton

are available at www.MHPartners.org