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Meet Greg Copp, Avalon’s new Board member
This year Greg Copp, a volunteer on Avalon's Real Estate Development Strategy (REDS) Committee, joins Avalon's Board of Trustees. Read more to learn about Greg and why he's volunteering with Avalon. Tell us about yourself - where do you live? My wife Mary Beth and I...
Meet Ashley Blake, Avalon’s new Board member
This year Ashley Blake, former Avalon staff, joins Avalon's Board of Trustees. In this post she shares what she loves about our agency and what led her to volunteer with Avalon. Tell us about yourself - where do you live? Although I was born and raised in Ann Arbor, I...
Avalon Housing Selected for 2022 Thome Aging Well Grant
The Thome Aging Well program is a four-year, $19 million initiative from Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) to help older adults living in affordable communities age safely and securely at home. Avalon Housing was recently awarded a 2022 Thome...
Community-focused youth wellness with CLR Academy
This summer Avalon is partnering with Community Leadership Revolution (CLR) on a community-focused youth wellness program, CLR Academy. CLR Academy is the product of a partnership between Association Football Club (AFC) Ann Arbor and Washtenaw My Brother’s Keeper...
Community Building at Stimson
Last month a group of volunteers from SmithGroup Landscape Architecture's Ann Arbor office braved inclement weather to help provide some much-needed garden bed revitalization. Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Avalon’s Employee Experience Partner, and Grayson Carr, Avalon...
A conversation with Kim Douglas, Avalon Residential Support Specialist
It was my pleasure to interview Kim Douglas and learn more about her! Kim has worked with Avalon Housing tenants for a total of nine years. Kim Douglas started at Avalon in August 2015. Before working at Avalon, she worked with Catholic Social Services for two years...
Civil Rights: Bloody Sunday delegation visits
On April 5, as part of a Civil Rights exchange, Wendy Carty-Saxon (Avalon’s Director of Real Estate Development) and I had the honor and privilege of meeting with the Bloody Sunday delegation and Paul Doherty. Paul’s father was killed by the British Army on Bloody...
Universal Basic Income: Necessity, not a Want!
This week Kelly Moore, Avalon Board member and tenant, spoke at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting in support of a Universal Basic Income pilot program. Here are her public comments: Hello, my name is Kelly Moore and I am a resident of Avalon Housing and live in Ward...