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Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

The Spokane Community Land Trust (SCLT) is a new nonprofit organization focused on providing affordable home ownership opportunities to low- and moderate-income households in the Spokane area. Community land trusts enable affordable home ownership by separating the ownership of the land from the ownership of the house. The land is placed in a trust, making home buyers responsible only for the cost of the structure. CLT home buyers lease the land from the nonprofit for a modest fee. The SLCT…

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Marlene Alford Profiled in InHealth

Marlene Alford Profiled in InHealth

Marlene Alford, Executive Director of the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, is profiled in the most recent issue of InHealth. It would be hard to overstate Marlene’s dedication to the WCFR or the neighborhood itself. In addition to all the hours she invests in her organization, Marlene has been involved with the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council in the past, particularly with our neighborhood planning efforts. The WCFR itself is an invaluable resource in Emerson-Garfield — and its positive reach extends far…

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