Circle of Builders GroupExpands

The MHP Circle of Builders is a giving clubmade up of donors who are committed to helpinglow income families attain the next level of stabili-ty by ensuring they have access to quality, afford-able housing and supportive services that empow-er them to build a stronger future. Membersmake annual gifts at the Circle Level, the SteppingStone Level, and the Foundation Level.Inaugurated in 2007, the group has grown toinclude 34 members.

Circle of Builders members enjoyed a springbreakfast meeting with County Executive IkeLeggett and a fall panel discussion with local gov-ernment planners, elected officials, and experts inthe affordable housing field. The third breakfastmeeting in the series will be held this April. Acomplete list of Circle of Builders members is listedon page 7. For more information, call Patty at301-622-2400 X22.

Glenville Fall Festival isFantastic!

Residents of the Glenville Road cul-de-sac apartmentcommunity celebrated at the 5th Annual MHP FallFestival on October 20, 2007. Children enjoyed facepainting, a moon bounce, and craft activities. Kids alsocompeted in contests and games. Families enjoyed greatfood and danced to tunes spun by a local DJ. On June 7,2008, MHP will sponsor a Glenville neighborhood cleanup as part of the National NeighborWorks Week.

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Two festival goers enjoy a quiet moment eating snacks and juice.

Royce Hanson, Planning Board Chairman and Vice Chairmanof The Maryland-National Capital Park and PlanningCommission, was a panelist at MHP’s Circle of Builders paneldiscussion held in October, 2007.

The 20th AnnualMontgomery Housing Partnership

Norman L. ChristellerGolf Tournament

New Location

HampshireGreens

Monday, May 12, 2008

12 Noon Shotgun Start

Lunch, Barbeque Dinner

Call Patty Reed at 301-622-2400 X22 for more information.

MHP & Elm StreetDevelopment Selected asDeveloper of Olney SiteMHP and Elm Street Development were selected byMontgomery County to develop a 32.6 acre sitelocated on Bowie Mill Road in Olney. 117mixed–income ownership homes will be constructed.For more on this project and other MHP developmentprojects, see page 6.

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President’s Message

Robert Goldman

MHP has enjoyed many successes in the past year.We were able to purchase four buildings in TakomaPark and expand our inventory of town homes throughMontgomery County’s Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit(MPDU) program. We feel fortunate to be working in acounty with a premier affordable housing program.Through the Community Life program, we continue towork with amazing, hard working families whose suc-cesses remind us daily of the importance of what wedo. It is hard to believe that next year, MHP will cele-brate its 20th Anniversary.

As we take pride in our accomplishments, it isimportant to remember the affordable housing advo-cates who paved the way decades before MHP was inexistence. One such person is Annie R. Collins who

passed away last July at the age of 80. Annie workedhard to get Great Hope Homes (GHH) built in the late1960s and early 1970s and preserve the homes for theresidents who have occupied the property for genera-tions. On March 7, 2008, MHP dedicated the communi-ty center at GHH in her memory at a poignant ceremony.

We were all shocked by the sudden passing of 5thterm Councilwoman Marilyn Praisner. Marilyn, age 66,died after heart valve replacement surgery on February1, 2008. At the time of her death, she chaired theCouncil’s Planning, Housing and Development EconomicCommittee. Marilyn was truly a friend of MHP and asrecently as November, 2007, served as a panelist at theMHP Circle of Builders Breakfast. She will be sorelymissed in the affordable housing community.

On February 2, 2008, Gene Lynch, a Silver Springactivist and Montgomery County Planning Board mem-ber passed away from cancer at age 50. Gene was oneof the co-founders of MHP and was a proponent ofaffordable housing and smart growth.

In their footprints, we work to continue their visionof a safe, dignified home for every MontgomeryCounty resident. We look to our current donors, part-ners, community leaders and friends of MHP to carry ontheir mission as the next generation of affordable hous-ing advocates.

Robert Goldman

STAFFRobert A. Goldman PresidentJill E. Goodrich Vice President of OperationsS. Marlowe Mentzer Vice President of FinanceRosa Aleman Staff AccountantTara Bacote Asset ManagerGreg Baker Community Planning ManagerGloria Castro Community Life Programs

ManagerWilliam Cerna Community Life Programs

Assistant DirectorEstela Giron AmeriCorps Member/Site

Coordinator Julian Hargrove AmeriCorps InternPrajakta Kasbekar Neighborhood Revitalization

ManagerSidd Kashyap Real Estate Development InternSandy Lombardo Controller Aida Mora MPDU/IDA CoordinatorNora Ortiz Community Life Site Coordinator Cleydi Pacheco Community Life Site CoordinatorPatty Reed Director of FundraisingStephanie Roodman Project Manager/Legal CounselMichael Scheidt Office AdministratorStephen Sprecher Director of Real Estate &

Neighborhood DevelopmentMaureen Sweeney Smith Communications ManagerSulema Middleton Stewart Community Life Programs

Director/ Human ResourcesSpecialist

David Wilson Project Manager

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Charles “Chip” Bay, Chair Trammell Crow Residential Stacy Plotkin Silber, Vice Chair Holland & Knight LLP Lois Fried, TreasurerMid-City Legacy, LLC Cynthia Rubenstein, Secretary Passion for Learning, Inc. Faten AlajmiCommunity VolunteerMaryam BalbedCommunity VolunteerSamuel Marein-Efron Community Volunteer Juan HolcombResource Consultants, Inc. (RCI) Rhonda Cunningham Holmes Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B. Richard Lawch FannieMae Sheila MaithCommunity Volunteer Robert MitchellMitchell & Best Home BuildersRichard Perlmutter Argo Investment CompanyGail Scott-ParizerCharles Drew Elementary SchoolAlazne (Ali) Solis Enterprise Community PartnersMark TuckerBlank Rome LLPGina WilliamsRegina Solis Williams CPA, PC

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News and Notes

MHP staff, board members, family and friends participated in the 10th Annual Walk For The Homeless on November19, 2007. MHP had more participants than in previous years with 72 eager walkers. In addition to the major walk,Mini Walk-A-Thons were held at Pembridge Square Apartments, Amherst Square Apartments and the Charles DrewElementary School. The event raised $7.1 million and MHP received $94,500 of the proceeds for our Community Lifeprogram.

Congratulations to staff member, Cleydi Pacheco, and her husband, Rodrigo Tobon, on the birth of their daughter,Camila Elizabeth Tobon Pacheco. Camila was born on November 10, 2007 and weighed in at 7 lbs. 3ozs.

MHP would like to welcome two new staff members. Aida Mora is the new MPDU/IDA Coordinator and WilliamCerna joined the staff as Community Life Programs Assistant Director.

MHP would like to thank the Property Management Association (PMA) for building a much needed fence at 8800Bradford Road and coordinating a community service landscaping project on March 29. PMA is the largest realestate management association in the national capital area and represents more than 1,000 real estate professionals.

MHP was awarded a $50,000 Green Grant from Enterprise Community Partners for the Takoma Park PreservationProject. Enterprise offers grants to help cover the costs of planning and implementing green (environmentallyfriendly) components of affordable housing developments, as well as tracking their costs and benefits.

Community Center Dedicated in Memory of Annie R. Collins

The children and friends of community activist, Annie R. Collins, pose behind a sign at Great Hope HomesCommunity Center. The center was named in her memory at a dedication ceremony on March 7, 2008.On far left is Chip Bay, MHP Board President, and on the far right is Mike Withers, former MHP BoardPresident. In the middle, left to right are Annie’s children: Kirsten Green, Edward Collins Jr., Clark Collinsand Avis Collins Robinson.

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Thanks to all who helped with the 2007 Angels for ChildrenToy Drive at Pembridge & Amherst Apts.

Special Thanks To These Individuals

Eduardo Carcamo – Acorn Self StorageCapt. Kris Hoxha – Wheaton Rescue SquadMarcia and Paul Jacques (aka Mr. & Ms. Claus)Deputy Chief Steve Sobolewski – Wheaton Rescue Squad

Thanks to these organizations, businesses and familieswho donated to the Angels for Children Toy Drive

A&T SystemsAcorn Self Storage – Aspen HillAcorn Self Storage – WheatonAhma Inc.Bethesda United Methodist Church & their Youth GroupBrookside GardensCopier PlusEgo Vanity StoreEvergreen School & familiesThe GazetteJohns Hopkins University AlumniKensington Fire DepartmentMontgomery Housing Partnership StaffNAMI Thrift StoreOffice Depot – Westfield MallLaura-Leigh V. Palmer – a•s•a•p GraphicsRoyal Mile PubSt. Catherine Labouré SchoolVizada SatelliteWheaton & Kensington Chamber of CommerceWheaton Volunteer Rescue SquadWild Bird Center

On Christmas Eve, a group of children in Wheaton line up withtheir faces pressed against the windows of their apartments as afire engine comes racing into their community with flashing lightsand wailing siren. On board is Santa Claus, his wife and dozensof volunteers! With a little help from the Wheaton VolunteerRescue Squad, they disembark at Amherst Square, AmherstGardens and Pembridge Square Apartments and begin going doorto door, distributing holiday gifts to 220 families living in thesecommunities.

Santa, along with his partners from the Wheaton/KensingtonChamber of Commerce, Wheaton Rescue Squad and MontgomeryHousing Partnership (MHP) hand out bags of new toys collectedthrough the Angels for Children Annual Toy Drive. The toy drivestarted in 1998, when a house fire during the holiday season ledto an outpouring of gifts from the close-knit community. Thefamily was so inundated with gifts that they wanted to sharethem with their neighbors, many of whom were struggling finan-cially. Steve Sobolewski, the head of the Wheaton VolunteerRescue Squad, saw this as an opportunity to create a communityevent that, after 9 years, has grown to become a legendary holi-day tradition in Wheaton.

9th Annual Angels for Children Toy Drive – Pembridge & Amherst

Ms. Santa (aka Marcia Jacques) poses with two youngresidents.

Steve Sobolewski of the Wheaton Rescue Squad giveslast minute instructions to volunteers.

Santa (aka Paul Jacques) visits with two residents whoare happy to see him.

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Every year, the Community Life Departmentat MHP celebrates the holiday season at var-ious MHP properties. Parties and gift givingabounded at Great Hope Homes, Blair Park,Glenville, and Greenwood sites.

Holiday Parties Enjoyed By Many Residents

Santa (aka Rick Smith) visits with teens at Great HopesHome Party on December 12.

Volunteers from Christ Church in Kensington organized a party and toy giveaway for the

children at Glenville.

A young resident from Glenville poses with a present she received.

Thanks to:

Boy Scout Troop #66

Concierge Jill Albrecht & Tenants of theCRI Building

CWCapital Asset ManagementEmployees

District Court, Rockville

Enterprise Community Partners

Sally Rudney & Brownie Troop 379

NeighborWorks

Newport School

The Stubbs & Nasvaderani Families andFriends

Wheaton-Silver Spring Kiwanis Club

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117 New Homes at OlneySite on Bowie Mill RoadMHP and Elm Street. Development were selected byMontgomery County to develop a 32.6 acre site inOlney to construct 117 new homes at Olney site onBowie Mill Road. Plans call for a mixture ofdetached homes and townhouses. The developmentwill feature extensive landscaping and walking paths,preservation of as many trees as possible, protectionof the wetlands/streams and a large public greenspace at the center of the community. From start tocompletion, the development is expected to takenearly three and a half years.

Beall’s Grant II in ApprovalProcessMHP is working with Rockville’s city government,Montgomery County and local community groups togain approval to build a 109 unit “green” (environ-mentally friendly) apartment building. This building,known as Beall’s Grant II, will be constructed next toan existing MHP property, Beall’s Grant, on N.Washington Street in Rockville, 1/2 block from theRockville Town Square. MHP has been successful ingetting the neighborhood association’s approval forbuilding this mixed income four story rental commu-nity and continues to successfully navigate the localjurisdiction’s approval process. No start date hasbeen set for construction yet.

MHP Development News

1001, 1003, 1005 UniversityBlvd., Takoma ParkThe Takoma Park Preservation (TPP) project is com-prised of six buildings, all within a mile of each other,which MHP has purchased and is renovating in thecommunity of Takoma Park. The first series of reno-vations at 1001, 1003 and 1005 University Blvd beganin January of 2008 and is expected to be completedby the end of April, 2008. Renovations include newwindows, newly renovated baths and kitchens as wellas new electrical and plumbing services. Many greencomponents have been incorporated into thesebuildings including tenant controlled heating andcooling, energy efficient lighting and appliances, lowVOC paint, and environmentally friendly carpets andflooring.

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DonorsMontgomery Housing Partnership's work is made possible by the generous donations of corporations, individuals,and the state and county governments. We would like to thank the following donors who have contributed toMHP from September 1, 2007 to March 15, 2008. If there is an error or omission, please contact Patty Reed,Director of Fundraising at 301-622-2400 X22.

Individuals Bruce T. AdamsTom AdamsLeon W. AndrisKen Auerbach & Judy Shapiro-AuerbachRobert L. BaerBruce BakerCalvin B. & Elizabeth BaldwinLinna Barnes & Chris MixterSusan R. BaronCharles BayThad R. & Diane BisselleJames A. & Marian F. BrodskyGuy F. CampbellJohn H. CarmanLois M. ChristellerTara Balfe-CliffordIra & Rhonda Cunningham HolmesEmma & Raymond DomineyRick EdsonCraig EmdenJames and Gwyn FieldsJohn J. FitzgeraldMargaret Fitzgerald BareLois FriedStephen GiddingsDaniel GoldmanTeuntje GoldmanLois GreenGordon L. & Page B. HawkJudith B. HeimannJohn P. HewittWilliam & Judith HewittFerdinand HoefnerJuan HolcombBarry Kasinitz & Carla EvansClaudia KeddaRichmond M. & Gail C. KeeneyMorris & Lynn KletzkinWilliam KominersGlenn R. KregerJudith LappingRichard & Lee Ann LawchAlexandra LehsonRobert & Jane L. LewitPhyllis & Ira LiebermanConnie & Harvey LongSheila MaithDavid McMillionCamilla McRory in Honor of Margaret

McRoryDaniel MeijerSilfa A. MeredithBerhane MesfinRyland L. MitchellJudith B. MorenoffJeffrey MosleyStephen OeschNeale & Karen PerlRobert & Mary PerrelliLaurence PlattPatricia V. Plunkett

Neal PotterPatty ReedKen RehfussDonald B. & Marion O. RobertsonJohn M. & Patricia RobinsonJacqueline H. RogersLawrence N. & Jody RosenblumRobert RosenfeldRuby A. RubensCynthia RubensteinCarolyn SalisburyRobert L. SaloschinGail Scott-Parizer & Michael ParizerBarbara SearsTara SeeleyMartin SeldeenJohn & Mary SlidellAli SolisDavid H. & Gloria B. SolomonJames SolteszRobert & Nancy SorengJohn D. & Elizabeth SpencerLois O. StonerAnne B. TenneyJody Leigh TraceyThomas & Carolyn WallerJamie & Gina WilliamsCheryl Scott WilliamsMichael A. WithersJoan N. YamamotoPaul M. YentisAnna Zelinsky

MHP Participates In The FollowingGiving Programs:

America’s CharitiesLocal Independent Charities of AmericaMaryland Charity CampaignUnited Way of Central Maryland

Corporations, Organizations,Foundations and Donors

Bank of AmericaBethesda United Church of ChristBlechman-Morenoff FoundationChevy Chase BankColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares

FoundationCommunity Foundation for the National

Capital RegionEnterprise Community Investment, Inc.Fidelity Charitable Gift FundLime Rock ContractorsMontgomery Alliance for Community GivingMontgomery Coalition for Adult English

LiteracyMontgomery County Community Foundation

Funds:Help the Homeless FundsSharing Montgomery Fund II/Hendricks

Family Fund

Rita Morgan Charitable Trust/ John T.Morgan

NeighborWorks AmericaRodgers Consulting, Inc.Rosenbaum Halliday Fund of the Community

Foundation for the National CapitalRegion

Rosenfeld Investment LLCRosenfeld Realty CompanyRaymond F. & Nancy Schoenke Charitable

Foundation, Inc.Schwab Charitable Fund/Williams Martin &

Laurel KinnSmart Development Premiere Homes LCSaint Mark Presbyterian ChurchTarget CorporationTranswestern Institutional Multifamily GroupUnited Way of the National Capital AreaWachovia FoundationZavos Architecture & Design, LLCMargot & Paul Zimmerman Fund of the

Community Foundation for the NationalCapital Region

Circle of BuildersLeon Andris Charles BayTom Bozzuto Jim Brodsky Nancy Bushwick-Malloy John Carman Lois Christeller Richard Edson David Flanagan Lois Fried Teuntje Goldman Juan Holcomb Rhonda Cunningham Holmes Sam and Lucy Keker Richard LawchPhyllis LiebermanSheila Maith Williams Martin Bruce Pascal Richard Perlmutter Dick Pettit Ken Rehfuss Sally Roman Robert Rosenfeld Raymond & Nancy SchoenkeGail Scott-Parizer Barbara Sears Stacy Plotkin SilberJohn Slidell Kevin E. Smart Ali Solis Jim Soltesz Jamie and Gina WilliamsMichael Withers

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MHP Partners with Temple Shalom for Mitzvah DayOn a chilly morning in November, members of Temple Shalom in Bethesda gathered at MHP’s Quebec Terrace

Apartments in Silver Spring to plant groundcover, spread mulch and clean the common areas. Two dozen volun-teers worked for approximately 4 hours and when they left, 1019-1025 Quebec Terrace was not only clean, butbeautifully landscaped.

This event was part of the annual Mitzvah Day spon-sored by local synagogues. Each year, Jewish congrega-tions participate in a day of community service to fostera relationship with social service agencies that work toimprove the lives of people in need. In keeping withJudaism’s teaching of tikkun olam (to repair the world),Mitzvah Day strives to inspire its participants to pursuesocial justice through social activism.

The volunteers were from diverse locations. Annaand Sophie Fierst were the first to arrive and theybrought Stephanie Zouein, a 16 year old exchange stu-dent from France. Habtemariam Weldu and his childrenvolunteered after seeing a MHP flyer encouraging resi-dents to participate. Rodrigo Tobon of TobonLandscaping delivered the planting materials and stayedto offer his expertise.

After 4 hours of hard work, the volunteers hadplanted 100 pots of groundcover, hauled 2 truckloadsof debris and spread 50 bags of mulch. Many thanksto all the volunteers who participated.

Habtemariam Weldu (back row, right), a resident of QuebecTerrace, poses with his chidren and volunteers from Temple Shalom

for a picture after the Mizvah Day clean up.

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