December Home Club Meeting Update

I'm sorry to inform you that we will not be having a meeting during the month of December.

However to those of you concerned about Home Foreclosure and steps you can take to help prevent it, we will be having counselors available from Community Neighborhood Housing Services at the Dayton's Bluff Branch to speak informally or one on one the last Saturday of each month starting this January 2009.
For more information about this topic contact CNHS at 651-292-8710

I'm also pleased to tell you that we are in the midst of coordinating our next presenter for this January. This person will be presenting information on the topic of tax preparation with the focus on home owners. More specifically what paper work you will need at hand as well as deductions you can take while doing your taxes this year. More information about Januaries topic will be posted as information is confirmed.
Please call the Dayton's Bluff Library at 651-793-1699 for more information.

Gadget updates to the blog: We have added a couple new items to the blog. One is a count down calendar, and the other is a link to send us an e-mail with your thoughts, opinions, questions, suggestions and anything else constructive you would like to add.

We hope to hear from you and see you, friends, family and neighbors at our next meeting.

Special guest Jimmie Sparks from Neighborhood Energy Connection will be presenting information about doing a Home Energy Audit, and small home improvements to save you money on heating and energy bills. More information about NEC and Home Energy Audits can be found at http://thenec.org/

October 9th 2008 meeting

Our September meeting went well, and we are starting to get a better turn out.

From Community Neighborhood Housing Services:
Denise Gathman presented information regarding many different home repair loans
and
Matt Brown shared some introductory ideas to prepare the home for winter

We are working on putting speakers together now for our October 9th meeting, to discuss other home issues during the winter season, and will have a new posting up with that information when it solidifies.

Biography

Denise Gathman has been involved in community development, home ownership education and low-income lending for 20 years. She joined CNHS in 2002 as the education program manager and left in the winter of 2004 to become a Peace Corps Volunteer. Once finished with her volunteer service, Denise returned to CNHS to manage the home improvement loan programs and over-see the NeighborWorks Home Ownership Center.

Denise is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and has completed her course work for Master of Arts in Leadership at the College of St. Catherine. Denise holds several professional certificates.