Last week, Chris Lovings, Commerce’s Community Engagement Specialist in King County, attended a ribbon cutting for Island Center Homes, an exciting affordable housing development on Vashon Island. This is a demonstration project, the first of its kind in King County. The sustainable property features five separate buildings with eight studio-style units in each home with private bathrooms and kitchenettes. Each home has a common gathering room and full-sized kitchen, and two of the eight units are ADA compliant. The property will house 40 community members. Commerce proudly supported with project with $5.4 million of funding from the National Housing Trust Fund and state Housing Trust Fund. The ribbon cutting event included a property tour by Rachael Hetrick, the Island Center Homes program director, and a lineup of speakers: Chris; Kelly Rider, King County Department of Community and Human Services director; Christy Clements, Board President of Vashon HouseHold; Hilary Emmer, Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness representative; and Kari Dohn Decker, Vashon HouseHold interim executive director.
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Contract Manager @ WA Dept of Commerce | Workforce Development | Social Impact
4dThis is fantastic!