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Subject: QAP Update, Election Results, Committee mtg. tomorrow
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QAP Update, Board Election Results, and Committee Mtg. tomorrow
Latest Developments on Michigan's QAP

Yesterday, MSHDA posted a revised draft of the 2008 QAP, as well as supplemental documents and notice of Public Hearing, to the "Revised Draft QAP Public Hearings May 2008" page of the MSHDA web site. CEDAM is preparing comment for the public hearings. 

Please contact Angie for more information. 
CEDAM Board Election 2008: Update
Welcome 2008-2009 CEDAM Board of Directors!
Congratulations to CEDAM's newest At-Large Board members:
  • Tom Edmiston of the Great Lakes Capital Fund,
  • Marjorie Green of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, and
  • Tahirih Ziegler of the Michigan Local Initiatives Support Corporation.  
These newest Board members were selected via a vote of the general membership during the week of the Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing. While Tahirih and Marjorie are new to the Board, Tom has had the opportunity to serve in the past, in fact as one of the founding Board members of CEDAM.  We are excited to welcome these new members to our Board, along with all of the regional representatives who were selected to serve leading up to the conference.  
 
Your CEDAM 2008-2009 Board of Directors are:

Region 1:
Joe Priante, Housing Director, Alger-Marquette Community Action Board, Marquette
Gail Ross, Executive Director, Hancock Housing Foundation, Hancock

Region 2:
Tim Hardesty, Community Development Director, Human Development Commission, Caro
Kris Brady, Community Services Director, Northwest Michigan Human Services Agency, Traverse City

Region 3:
Tim Lemanski, Executive Director, Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, Kalamazoo
Denny Sturtevant, Executive Director, Dwelling Place, Grand Rapids

Region 4:
Marsha Kreucher, Executive Director, Community Action Agency of JLH, Jackson
Peggy Vaughn-Payne, Executive Director, Northwest Initiative, Lansing

Region 5:
Raymond Hatter, Executive Director, Salem Housing Task Force, Flint
Don Jones, Executive Director, Venture, Inc., Pontiac

Region 6:
Donna Murray, President, Rebuilding Together, Detroit
Linda Smith, Executive Director, U SNAP BAC, Detroit

At-Large:
Eric Dueweke, Community Partnerships Manager, University of Michigan Taubman School of Architecture, Ann Arbor
Tom Edmiston, Regional President, Great Lakes Capital Fund, Lansing
Marjorie Green, Community Investment Relationship Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, Okemos
Patrick Lonergan, Vice President and Community Affairs Manager, Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids
Art Potter, Consultant, Lansing
Tahirih Ziegler, Executive Director, Michigan LISC, Kalamazoo

Thank you to all who had expressed interest in serving on the Board!
Committee Mtg - Discussion of tax credits for art districts
House Committee Meeting TOMORROW morning
Tomorrow morning at 9:00am, the New Economy and Quality of Life Committee will meet to discuss a package of bills that would allow for specific tax credits to promote art & cultural districts. Please read the press release for more information. If possible, PLEASE ATTEND and show your support for this legislation.
 

Committee

New Economy and Quality of Life

Clerk Phone Number

517-373-5632

Location

521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Date

Thursday, 5/15/2008

Time

9:00 AM

Agenda

HB 5947 (Tobocman) Economic development; other; arts districts; establish and create a process of designating.

HB 5948 (Mayes) Income tax; property tax credit; tax credit for landlords who rent to artists; provide for.

HB 5949 (Clemente) Single business tax; credit; tax incentives for community revitalization projects in an arts district; provide for.

HB 5950 (Huizenga) Sales tax; exemptions; artist materials and works sold in a cultural redevelopment district; exempt.

 

 

 
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