<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">FYI<br>The following was sent out by Chad Williams, Executive Director of the Coalition For Homeownership. If you're unable to make the event, the links provided still enable you to pursue any item of interest.<br>-David<br><br><br><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The <font color="#00d23e">Coalition for Homeownership Preservation in Prince George's County</font> will be holding its next open public organization meeting, <font color="#ff1b19">Tomorrow</font>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><font color="#d7a835">Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 10AM</font></span></font></span><font color="#a8a851">.</font> The meeting will be held at<font color="#4b4bce"> </font><span style="text-decoration:
underline;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><font color="#ae7dd0">Refreshing Springs Church of God in Christ, 6200 Riverdale Road, Riverdale, MD 20737</font><font color="#4b4bce">.</font></span></font></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><font color="#4b4bce"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><font color="#4b4bce"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><font color="#ff1b19">Agenda has been updated to include</font>: </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Evaluation, Comment and Recommendations Survey and Open Discussion on the Coalition</b>:
1) Performance, and Accomplishments; 2) Vision, Mission, Goals and
Objectives; 3) Organizational Structure and Management; 4) other
suggested topics and subject matters (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">See Attachment : Organization Evaluation PY 2010t.pdf</span>)</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><font color="#787821"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><font color="#787821"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 27, 25); font-weight: bold;">Breaking News: </span>Prince George’s leads region in home sales surge, Monday, May 10, 2010... <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/05102010/businew175934_32567.php" target="_blank">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/05102010/<wbr>businew175934_32567.php</a></span></span></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin:
0px; text-align: left;"><font color="#787821"><span style="font-size: medium;"><font color="#000000">-----</font><font color="#000000">-------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-----------------------</font></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><font color="#787821"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Agenda </b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px;">(Updated)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">1. Presentation and Discussion on the<b> ‘Capital Area Foreclosure Network’... <a href="http://www.capitalareaforeclosurenetwork.org/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>capitalareaforeclosurenetwork.<wbr>org/</a></b> an initiative by the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington funded by the Fannie Mae
Foundation and Bank of America</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2. Presentation and Discussion on the <b>‘Think Twice before you slice Campaign’... <a href="http://www.thinktwicecampaign.org/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>thinktwicecampaign.org/</a> </b>a joint regional initiative of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">3. Presentation and Discussion of <b>Draft
Report on Envision Prince George’s County Goal of Mixed-use, Walkable,
and Bikeable Communities combined with Developing Transit-Oriented,
Mixed-use Communities</b> around TOD Plans for Capital Heights, Suitland, New Carrollton, Prince George’s Plaza and Riverdale (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">See Attachment : Mix-use and TOD - First Draft of Report.pdf</span>)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">4. Presentation, Discussion and Voice of Support for ‘<b>Region Forward’: A Comprehensive Guide for Regional Planning and Measuring Progress in the 21st Century... <a href="http://www.greaterwashington2050.org/Reports/regionforward_web.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>greaterwashington2050.org/<wbr>Reports/regionforward_web.pdf</a> </b><wbr>Prepared
by the Greater Washington 2050 Coalition and Approved by the COG Board
of Directors on January 13, 2010 whose membership includes Tom Dernoga,
Council President, Prince George’s County, and Mayor Judith Davis, City
of Greenbelt</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">5. <b>Evaluation, Comment and Recommendations Survey and Open Discussion on the Coalition</b>:
1) Performance, and Accomplishments; 2) Vision, Mission, Goals and
Objectives; 3) Organizational Structure and Management; 4) other
suggested topics and subject matters</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><div><br></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Next meeting, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;">Announcements</b><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9px;"> (Information on listed events are attached to this email)</span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div
style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Tuesday, May, 11, 2010, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - <b>Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition</b> and <b>Maryland Housing Counseling Network</b> - Presents <b>2010 Forum: The Future of Homeownership in Maryland - Avoiding the Next Crisis</b> - Hilton Columbia, 5485 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045. Registration Fee: $25 per person.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 PM - <b>Briefing for developers to joint venture on major real estate development projects in the County</b> - hosted by <b>Prince George's County Council Planning, Zoning and Economic Committee, Samuel H. Dean, Chairman</b> -
Prince George's Community College, Rennie Forum, Largo Student Center,
301 Largo Road, Largo, Maryland 20772. Featuring Guest Speaker R.
Donahue Peebles.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">- Friday, June 11, 2010, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - <b>Envision Prince George's 3rd Annual Economic Outlook Forum.. </b><a href="https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5874/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=20289" target="_blank">https://org2.<wbr>democracyinaction.org/o/5874/<wbr>p/salsa/event/common/public/?<wbr>event_KEY=20289</a> - Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Saturday, June 19, 2010, 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM - <b>Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority</b>, Inc. & <b>Financial Literacy Institute for Financial Enrichment (LIFE)</b> - Present
a <b>Homebuyer </b>and<b> Foreclosure Prevention Forum: “Strategies for Preserving Homeownership</b>”
- Surratts-Clinton Library, 9400 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD 20735.
Information packets and complimentary refreshments will be served.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;">Past Month's Community, Housing and Economic Development News in Prince George’s County</b><b> </b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px;">(Updated)</span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(44, 44, 246); min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Prince George’s leads region in home sales surge, Monday, May 10, 2010... <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a
href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/05102010/businew175934_32567.php" target="_blank">http://www.gazette.net/<wbr>stories/05102010/<wbr>businew175934_32567.php</a></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> - Report: Maryland mortgage fraud eased in 2009, Friday, April 30, 2010... <a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04302010/businew173922_32551.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04302010/<wbr>businew173922_32551.php</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Council calls for housing department audit, Thursday, April 29, 2010... <a
href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04292010/prinnew182442_32554.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04292010/<wbr>prinnew182442_32554.php</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Hyattsville’s climate-friendly development named ‘cool community’, Thursday, April 29, 2010... <a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04292010/collnew185012_32562.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04292010/<wbr>collnew185012_32562.php</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Bank mediation
may soon be option for struggling homeowners, Thursday, April 22, 2010... <a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04222010/prinnew181459_32554.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04222010/<wbr>prinnew181459_32554.php</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- College Park approves $5M in East Campus funding, Thursday, April 15, 2010... <a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04152010/prinnew182354_32566.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04152010/<wbr>prinnew182354_32566.php</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align:
left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">- Planning board greenlights Capital Heights (Seat Pleasant) mixed-use project, Thursday, April 15, 2010... <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/04152010/lanhnew180746_32560.php" target="_blank">http://www.gazette.<wbr>net/stories/04152010/<wbr>lanhnew180746_32560.php</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px; text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font></div><div>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------</div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Chad Williams</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Executive Director</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><b>Coalition for Homeownership
Preservation</b></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px;">Phone. 301.683.2115</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px;">Email. <a href="mailto:chad.williams@coalitionforhomeownership.org" target="_blank">chad.williams@<wbr>coalitionforhomeownership.org</a></span></font></div></div><br></td></tr></table><br>