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Successful Partnerships presented by Reinvestment in Communities.
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Successful Partnerships presented by
Reinvestment in Communities
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Cherokee Street Apts. Kings Mountain, NCFront View
Cherokee Street Apts. in Kings Mountain is a NCHFA 400 Initiative specifically designed for people with disabilities.
A good partnership begins with a team of dedicated partners with a single-minded vision.
If you are inexperienced in development, make sure the partnerships you choose can bring experience to the table that you do not have.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCSide View / Rear Property
Serving people with disabilities requires a community partnership dedicated to ensure tenants can successfully live independently.
Partnership : Pathways LMEStaff dedicated to MH/DD/SA services and the same single- minded vision provided the pre-development costs for the project.
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Cherokee St. Apts.Kings Mountain, NCSide View / Porch
Experience is the greatest tool for success. Choose partners that are experienced in the type of project proposed.
Partnership: Sarver Housing Group, Chapel Hill, NCSarver Housing Group are consultants with the expertise needed to bring a development budget and application proposal to reality.
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Cherokee St. Apts.Kings Mountain, NCFront View – Upper SideVitally important to the success of a project is the skill and knowledge of the architect. Never sell yourself short when it comes to architectural services.
Partnership: Bell Architectural Services, Greensboro, NCA good project proposal begins with an architect who understands the needs of the tenants. Ken Bell was a part of this project from pre-development planning to certificate of occupancy and through the one-year warranty.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCFront View-Lower WingProfessionalism, experience and dedication are the adjectives needed to describe the general contractor team member.
Partnership: Garanco , Inc.Pilot Mountain, NCCompletion of a project on time and within budget is important. However, equally important is quality, quality, quality. Get what you pay for by choosing a general contractor who has a reputation of building a quality product.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCRear View
Funding sources are important choices because they are with you from the beginning and for the long term.
Partnership: North Carolina Housing Finance AgencyThe staff at the NCHFA are dedicated to a high quality product, the occupants, and to your project’s future success. Do not look at your funders as just the money people. They are another source of experience and a great resource as advisors.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCUpper Front ViewSecondary funders for development are equally important partner in success.
Partnership: City of Gastonia Community Development
HOME funds are a source of funds through entitlement cities/consortiums as well as the State of N.C. HOME was a secondary sources of development funds. If at all possible try to keep funding partnerships to two sources. More than three sources are not recommended due to possible funding conflicts.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCAlternate Front View
Community partnership s can make or break the proposed project.
Partnership: City of Kings Mountain
Thanks to the City of Kings Mountain staff NIMBYism was not an issue. Everything completed in a professional manner. Positive feedback from neighborhood resulted.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCCommunity Space
Community partners creates positive relationships.
Partnership: Timms Furniture, Kings Mountain
Thanks to Timms Furniture, we were able to furnish all of the units affordably. They provided a decorator at no charge to measure the units and make a variety of recommended choices for the units.
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Cherokee Street Apts.Kings Mountain, NCCommunity Laundry
Minor partnerships are essential to completion of all phases of planning and construction.
Partnerships:Advanced Energy- Energy Star rated housing units.GEO Technologies- Environmental AssessmentOther partners:Appraiser - AppraisalAttorney - Legal docsAccountant - Certification of cost.