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Bill Eager Joins CRN Board

Bill Eager Joins CRN Board

News from the Chicago Rehab Network

CRN is pleased to announce that Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. Chicago Area Vice President Bill Eager will be joining our Board of Directors.

Daley’s, Chicago’s Oldest Restaurant, Moves Into The 21st Century at New Location

Daley’s, Chicago’s Oldest Restaurant, Moves Into The 21st Century at New Location

By Ashok Selvam, Eater Chicago

Chicago’s oldest restaurant is reborn as Daley’s Restaurant, the 127-year-old Woodlawn diner — pending inspections — should unveil its new location this week. The move’s been in the works since 2017 when the old space was sold. The new Daley’s is across the street, part of a new development called Woodlawn Station at 63rd Street and Cottage Grove.

New POAH Board Chair Georgia Murray shares her thoughts

New POAH Board Chair Georgia Murray shares her thoughts

Georgia Murray, POAH’s new Board Chair, (center in photo), began her new role this month, following 12 years as a board member. We asked her what changes she’s seen in the organization during her tenure, what she sees as the organizational priorities for the future and her governance approach for the board.

Georgia Murray elected chair of POAH Board

Georgia Murray elected chair of POAH Board

BOSTON– Boston resident Georgia Murray has been elected Chair of the Board of Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a national nonprofit affordable housing owner and developer with properties in 11 states and the District of Columbia. She has served as a board member since 2007. She succeeds Herbert Morse who retired after 17 years of voluntary service on the POAH board.

Murray has led several businesses at Boston Financial, a real estate investment company, serving as director and in senior positions in Property Management, Asset Management and Investment and Acquisitions.

Woodlawn Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development Earns EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Certification for Superior Energy Efficiency

Woodlawn Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development Earns EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Certification for Superior Energy Efficiency

CHICAGO – Woodlawn Station, a mixed-use, transit-oriented building at South Cottage Grove Ave and 63rd Street developed by Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification. The building contains 70 mixed-income apartments and ground-floor commercial space that will host Daley’s Restaurant, an historic Chicago diner.

Senator Reed, Rep. Cicilline, Mayor Elorza, state officials, partners and residents celebrate renovations at Rhode Island senior and family housing

Senator Reed, Rep. Cicilline, Mayor Elorza, state officials, partners and residents celebrate renovations at Rhode Island senior and family housing

Providence, R.I. – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Congressman David Cicilline, Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and leaders from RIHousing and Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) celebrated 128 newly renovated apartments at Oxford Gardens and Oxford Place today.

High Meadow Townhomes Adds 44 Units of Mixed-Income Housing to Bourne development

High Meadow Townhomes Adds 44 Units of Mixed-Income Housing to Bourne development

(Bourne, MA) – In July 2017, Congressman William R. Keating (D-MA 9th) joined local and state officials and affordable housing supporters for a groundbreaking ceremony to kick-off the third and final phase of a mixed-income housing project that has brought a total of 117 new units to the town of Bourne in less than a decade.

Woodlawn Station named Best Urban Development in 2018 Readers' Choice Awards

Woodlawn Station named Best Urban Development in 2018 Readers' Choice Awards

By Donna Kimura and Christine Serlin, Affordable Housing Finance Magazine

This year’s 14th annual Readers’ Choice Awards competition drew 153 entries, from which 36 finalists were selected. Newsletter and magazine subscribers then voted for the winners in each category plus an overall winner. An Editors’ Choice winner was also selected.

Keurig Dr Pepper and KaBOOM! award $15,000 playground grant to Cape Cod affordable housing development

Keurig Dr Pepper and KaBOOM! award $15,000 playground grant to Cape Cod affordable housing development

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and the national non-profit KaBOOM! have awarded a Let’s Play Community Construction Grant to build a new playground at Cromwell Court Apartments a 124-unit family affordable housing development in downtown Hyannis, MA owned by Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH). The playground build is made possible by Let’s Play, an initiative of KDP that provides funding, equipment and play spaces to help families and children make active play a daily priority.

POAH Chicago featured in Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

POAH Chicago featured in Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

Focus on: Chicago
By Brad Stanhope, Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

When visiting Chicago’s Central Business District, the first thing you notice is the large number of cranes building high-end residential developments,” said Jack Swenson, who works in community development for Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago.

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