http://avalonhousing.org Supportive Housing in Washtenaw County Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:44:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Note: Krystal Steward is a Property Management Assistant at Avalon Housing, and a big part of her work here is to answer our phone and greet people as they arrive. As she attests here, she hears firsthand why they need supportive housing and how they come to our door.)  My name is Krystal Steward, and I have worked at Avalon for ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/05/the-stories-i-hear/ It was a great scene last Friday at Avalon's Second Annual Hometown Hootenanny at Downtown Home and Garden.  All around me people were dancing, talking, laughing, and looking about as happy as I could have ver hoped. It was hard not to marvel at the generosity and good spirit that ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/05/the-hoot-one-big-room-of-giving/ Crocuses and daffodils are making their way, and here at Avalon we’re dreaming and planning for spring and the Second Annual Hometown Hootenanny at Downtown Home and Garden on Friday, May 16th.   To help get ready you can: polish your dancing shoes visit Billy King and the Idylls and Orpheum Bell ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/05/get-ready-for-spring/ Alan Pckett works for the Project Outreach Team (PORT), and is someone Avalon staff and tenants have worked with for a number of years. His wonderful piece, Gardening Heals Souls, recently appeared in the Other Words section of the Ann Arbor News. We hope you enjoy it as much as ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/04/gardening-heals-souls/ Avalon Housing has been selected as one of the 2008 NOFA Homeless Initiatives Award Winners. The award falls under two categories - chronic homelessness and homeless families with children – in Michigan’s Campaign to End Homelessness. These funds will be critical for two new Avalon developments in 2008, and will ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/04/avalon-housing-is-part-of-michigans-work-to-end-homelessness/ Mark Hodesh, owner of Ann Arbor’s Downtown Home and Garden, believes in community. Offering local producers and growers an outlet for their wares – everything from Frog Holler Farm organic seedlings to Two Bees Candles– his store is an opportunity to find some of the best locally produced items around ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/04/a-visit-with-mark-at-downtown-home-and-garden/ Get ready for Gardening with Grace 2008! Grace Shackman (the Grace in Gardening with Grace), and Adrienne O’Brien, horticulturalist extraordinaire at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum and grower of the plants and flowers we put in each spring at our properties, and I toured Avalon Properties in early February. ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/03/a-sure-sign-of-spring/ This past Monday I joined one of our local Kiwanis chapters as a guest for their weekly meeting. The minute I stepped through the door, people came forward to introduce themselves and shake my hand. Active and involved down to the last person, their commitment to service and community quickly ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/03/lunch-with-the-kiwanis/ Judy Carty is a long-time supporter and friend of Avalon Housing. We asked her to jot down some of her thoughts about our organization and our work. I heard a song on the radio the other day, “Where do you go when you can’t go home?” It made me think ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/02/home-and-community-reflections-of-an-avalon-supporter/ Just in case you missed the news, Avalon Housing has been chosen a finalist for this year's Maxwell Awards of Excellence for our Carrot Way Apartments! Sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation  in collaboration with the Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness, the award recognizes best examples of supportive housing ... http://avalonhousing.org/2008/01/avalon-housing-and-carrot-way-up-for-2007-maxwell-award/