Welcome our new Board Members!
CHWC is proud to announce the following individuals have joined our board:
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Brent Miles - President of Wyandotte Economic Development Council
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Maria Porta - Vice President, Community Development for Capital Federal Bank
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Steve Kucharo - St. Joseph/St. Benedict Neighborhood Resident and teacher at Resurrection School
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Brian McKiernan - St. Peter's Neighborhood Resident and professor at Rockhurst University
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Tim Orrick - Owner/Principal, Orrick Law Group
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Larry Greenbaum - Corporate Attorney, McAnany VanCleave and Phillips
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Father Gary Pennings - Vicar General, Archdiocese of Northeast Kansas
Save the Date!
Click here for our Evening Under the Stars Save the Date eCard. Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.
The latest edition of CHWC's newsletter is out now!
Click here to download the PDF.
Join CHWC for its 2nd Annual Evening Under the Stars Fundraiser
August 28th has been announced as the date for CHWC's annual fundraiser. Building on the success of last year's event, CHWC will once again hold the fundriaser on the rooftop of Los Cabos at the Legends at Village West. The event will feature a delicious Mexican buffet, live music and prizing, and what will surely be lasting memories among friends and colleagues. Call us at 913-342-7580 for information about ticket pricing.
Studio 804 Announces 2nd Open House
On June 5th from noon - 4 pm, Studio 804 will have an Open House of its environmentally passive house it has constructed in the Prescott Neighborhood.
Click here to view the open house invitation.
The Pitch recognizes Studio 804's work in Prescott!
The Kansas City alternative newspaper, The Pitch, recently ran a frontpage story on KU's Studio 804 and its construction of the Passive House in Prescott. Click here to view the story.
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who attended or donated to the CHWC 2010 Spring Luncheon! Click on the Events tab above for all the pictures.
CHWC teams with KU's Studio 804
4/16/10 Update - Click here for a picture of the groundbreaking, and here for a PDF summary of the project.
Nationally recognized Studio 804 to construct sustainable, affordable home in the Prescott Neighborhood. Click here to view their Web site and follow the construction progress.
CHWC partners with Unified Govt. for NSP program.
In partnership with the Unified Government of Wyandotte
County, CHWC is a proud partner in the Neighborhood Stabilization
Program (NSP) to combat vacant and foreclosed homes in our community. This program
is funded by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), which is administered by
the Department of Commerce with the State of Kansas. The funds administered will result in the construction of new single-family homes in the Kansas City area, to be completed mid 2010.
Photos from CHWC's Evening Under the Stars fundraiser now available.
Click here to check out photos from the event.
Kansas Housing Resource Corporation awards CHWC with Recovery Act funds.
The Kansas Housing Resource Corporation has awarded CHWC with Recovery Act funds to help finance House to Home. Click here to read their official press release.
Thanks to Power Action!
A big Thank You goes out to Synod of the Heartland, from Orange County, Iowa, and Donnie Thomas, the Kenningston Community Area Watch/Chelsea President. Each played a big part in helping to improve and clean-up the Chelsea Community Garden!
Check out Photos from the event.
Thank you to all recent Donors!
- Ameriprise
- Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS
- Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation
- FB Herron Foundation
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
- Hall Family Foundation
- H & R Block
- Greater Kansas City LISC
- NeighborWorks America
- Security Bank of Kansas City
- State Street Foundation
- Special thanks to Senator Brownback's 2009 HUD-Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Grant for St. Peters-Waterway. This tremendous support will allow this project to continue to move forward in the future.
