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Tampa Housing Authority Receives 10 National Awards
Displaying the awards are from left to right Preston Prince, President of NAHRO, Diane Frank, Tampa Housing employee Susi Begazo-McGourty, CFO Tampa Housing Au- thority, Hazel Harvey, Chairman of the Board of the Tampa Housing Authority, Anita Barret, Billi Griffin, Tampa Housing Authority board member, Lillian Stringer, President & CEO of NAHRO Saul Ramirez.
The Tampa Housing Au- thority has been named the 2015 recipient of several Merit Awards from the National As- sociation of Housing and Re- development Officials for programs and services that have enhanced and/or changed the lives of its resi- dents and the Tampa Bay community at large.
The awards recognize out- standing achievements in
housing and community de- velopment programs through- out the nation.
Jerome Ryans, Presi- dent and CEO of the Tampa Housing Authority said, “I am so very proud of all of the ini- tiatives that we have been able to implement as a way to pro- vide a continuum of extraordi- nary service to our residents and this community. We are well on our way to becoming
the best housing authority in the state due to the commit- ment of our dedicated staff.”
Although affordable hous- ing and community develop- ment programs are underfunded, the Tampa Housing Authority has perse- vered and stepped up to the plate to do what it could to ad- dress resident services, man- agement/operations, affordable housing and sus-
tainable development in our community.
The Tampa Housing Au- thority received 10 awards of merit; two (2) awards were se- lected for Awards of Excel- lence. The awards of merit were presented at NAHRO’s Annual summer conference in Austin, Texas before a gather- ing of more than 600 atten- dees from across the country. The two (2) awards of Excel- lence will be presented at NAHRO’s fall conference in Los Angeles, California this October.
The five (5) categories rec- ognized by Awards of Merit are:
1. Administrative Innova- tion recognizes innovative methods in areas such as maintenance, community rela- tions and interagency cooper- ation;
2. Program Innovation (Af- fordable Housing) includes special programs for home- ownership, public/private partnerships and innovative fi- nancing;
3. Community Innovation (Community Revitalization) includes uses of innovative programs in areas of economic development, neighborhood preservation and creative fi- nancing;
4. Program Innovation (Resident/Client Services) in- cludes innovative use of pro- grams such as special activities for children, families, the eld- erly, anti-drug programs, so- cial services and self-sufficiency;
5. Project design includes such efforts as new housing design, housing moderniza- tion, enduring design and landscape design.
Junior Achievement Of Tampa Bay Receives Grant Funds To Mentor Students
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, Inc. (JA) an- nounced a partnership with TD Ameritrade that provided JA programming to benefit Tampa Bay area students. In addition, TD Ameritrade em- ployees helped to mentor the students.
“We were excited to team with TD Ameritrade to pro- vide young people the knowl- edge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices,” said Richard George, president of JA Tampa Bay. “The much- needed grant and volunteer support allowed JA to expand our important programming
locally.”
According to George, JA
of Tampa Bay received funds that were used to support JA program implementation in local elementary, middle and high schools.
“Teaming up with Junior Achievement gave us the op- portunity for a unified pro- gram throughout our network of 105 branches across the U. S. and the chance for our Associates to share their talents and time in an incredibly impactful way,” says David Lynch, Manag- ing Director, Retail Sales, TD Ameritrade, Inc.
Nationwide, TD Ameri- trade is supporting 20 JA Areas.
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