CCWBE Report

Organization:
Here to Stay Community Land Trust
Reporting Period:
Mar 2024
Submitted on:
April 1, 2024
Submitted By:
Kristin Horne

Pre-Development Projects

Project Goals

What proportion of Goal 1 overall is complete at this point?

100%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that impacted goal 1 in the last month?

Not having the CWB grant funding to pay the staff person we hired per goal 1.

What proportion of Goal 2 overall is complete at this point?

10%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that you impacted goal 2 in the last month?

We only received that ARPA grant funding two weeks ago and are now looking at houses. We were able to spend part of the CCT grant.

What proportion of Goal 3 overall is complete at this point?

0%

What are the barriers and opportunities for completion that you impacted goal 3 in the last month?

We just received the funding to acquire properties and hope to put a home under contract this week. We've had three other offers outbid. Each of those offers was above asking price and cash and we still weren't able to secure a contract.

CWB Ecosystem

Did you access Technical Assistance for your CWB project last month?

No

Which TA provider(s) did you work with within the Phase I CWEB grantees?

Which TA providers did you work with OUTSIDE of the Phase I CWEB grantees?

Did someone from your organization attend the Working Group this month?

No

How would you rate the usefulness of the working group to your project last month? (on a scale of 1-5)

How would you rate the usefulness of the Working Group for building community?

What have been the two most valuable contributions of the Working Group this month?

Please share any comments about the working group meetings.

How many TOTAL housing units did you preserve or create last month? (it is okay if the answer is zero)

0

How many TOTAL CWB businesses did you develop last month? (it is okay if the answer is zero)

0

Community Engagement

Number of stakeholder meetings held related to your Pre-Development Project?

5

Number of community meetings attended last month related to your Pre-Development Project?

2

Organizational Capacity

Service / Capacity

Service Capacity

Accounting & Financial Management

N/A

Advocacy

N/A

Conflict Resolution

N/A

Cooperative Development and Operations

N/A

Education & Training

N/A

Fundraising or Raising Capital

N/A

Governance / Legal

N/A

Marketing & Communications

N/A

Other

N/A

Project Management

N/A

Real Estate Acquisition & Development

N/A

Relationship Building

N/A

Research

N/A

Other (please describe and include ranking)

What constraints or limitations with internal capacity is the organizarion experiencing related to its Pre-Development Project?

Ability to pay staff. Extremely tight real estate market is making it harder for us to secure properties in our price range.

What opportunities, if any, did the organization take advantage of related to its Pre-Development Project?

Our staff has toured 8 properties and made offers on four.

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