Affordable Green and Healthy Housing Site Visit to Oakland, California
May 21-22, 2012

Hosted by The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
With generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Please join the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities for a site visit May 21-22, 2012 to learn about a range of innovative approaches being taken to promote green and healthy affordable housing in Oakland, California and other East Bay area communities. This site visit is co-sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, and the Network’s Green Building Green Neighborhoods and Smart Growth California programs. It will include visits to see, first-hand, a number of on-the-ground projects in Oakland and the region, in combination with high level conversations with resource people, community-based leaders, and philanthropic and public sector funders.

Click here to view the agenda and to register.

Photo of Swan's Market by Jeff Pyle via the National Cohousing Association

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