Monarch Housing's Blog! » Project Management http://monarchhousing.org/blog News and commentary on ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in N.J. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © blog@endinghomelessnessinnj.org () blog@endinghomelessnessinnj.org() 1440 News and commentary on ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in N.J. blog@endinghomelessnessinnj.org No no http://monarchhousing.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Monarch Housing's Blog! http://monarchhousing.org/blog 144 144 http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/monarchprojectmanagement?format=skin Lily Mae Grand Opening Video! http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/300916820/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/29/lily-mae-grand-opening-video/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 01:02:10 +0000 Asish Patel http://monarchhousing.org/blog/?p=1438 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lily Mae Grand Opening Video!", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/29/lily-mae-grand-opening-video/" });]]> The Monarch Housing Blog has now posted all of the videos from the May 22, 2008, Grand Opening of the Lily Mae Supportive Housing Apartments. These include speeches by Wildwood Mayor Ernie Toriano, Freeholder Gerald Thornton, Lydia Taylor, Barbara Neary and Dan Bachalis. The video is set to start automatically and play all sixteen (16) videos. To select one video use the bar on the right to scroll to the one you want and click on that video. To view all of the posts on Lily Mae click here.

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All of the video was down by Asish Patel [Email address: apatel #AT# monarchhousing.org - replace #AT# with @ ].

To view photos from the Grand Opening click here. To view a slide show click here.

To read the previous posts on Lily Mae click here.

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]]> http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/29/lily-mae-grand-opening-video/feed/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/29/lily-mae-grand-opening-video/ Photos from the Lily Mae Grand Opening are online! http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/298707573/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/26/photos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening-are-online/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 19:01:05 +0000 Richard Brown http://monarchhousing.org/blog/?p=1436 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Photos from the Lily Mae Grand Opening are online!", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/26/photos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening-are-online/" });]]> Freeholder Thornton, Greg Speed and Sabrina Hand

On May 22, 2008, Cape Counseling Services held the Grand Opening for the Lily Mae Supportive Housing Apartments in Wildwood, NJ. On the right Freeholder Gerald Thornton and Sabrina Hand of the Cape May County Department of Human Services present an award to Greg Speed.

We are posting today, photos from the Grand Opening. We will be posting more videos on Wednesday. To view our prior posts on this project click here.

The Lily Mae is a two-story building in Wildwood, New Jersey that has undergone substantial renovations over the past year. The project will provide supportive housing for twelve homeless individuals with chronic disabilities. The building was originally operated as a motel and most recently as a boarding home for low-income persons with disabilities until Cape Counseling Services acquired it in 2004.

These are some of thirty-eight (38) photos from the grand opening.

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You can click on any photo to see it full size or click here to view all of the photos. To save a photo right click on the photo.

To view a slide show click here.

The building now contains twelve (12) efficiency apartments for homeless individuals and one (1) one-bedroom resident manager’s apartment. The building design incorporates sustainable features that promote energy efficiency and overall building performance through innovative sustainable design. Every unit has its own kitchen and bathroom. Four fully handicapped units are located on the first floor and eight units plus a superintendents unit are on the second floor. There is also a Gathering Room and Meeting Room on the first floor. To read the previous posts on Lily Mae click here.

The project was made possible with financial support from Special Needs Housing Trust Fund, Housing Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), Department of Community Affairs HOME, Division of Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.

The members of the Development Team are:

Developer Cape Counseling Services, Cape May Court House, NJ

Architect
Kitchen & Associates Architectural Services, PA, Collingswood, NJ

Attorneys
Law Office of Jeffrey R. Kuschner, Montclair, NJ

Kay & Kay Attorneys at Law, Wildwood, NJ

General Contractor
Sal Orapallo Construction, Northfield, NJ
Monarch Housing Associates served as the consultant and our Project Management Team was involved with the project during construction.

To read the previous posts on Lily Mae click here.

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]]> http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/26/photos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening-are-online/feed/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/26/photos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening-are-online/ Videos from the Lily Mae Grand Opening http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/296486995/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/23/videos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 08:32:46 +0000 Asish Patel http://monarchhousing.org/blog/?p=1431 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Videos from the Lily Mae Grand Opening", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/23/videos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening/" });]]> On May 22, 2008, Cape Counseling Services held the Grand Opening for the Lily Mae Supportive Housing Apartments in Wildwood, NJ. We are posting today, ten (10) short videos from the Grand Opening. We will be posting more videos as well as photos and slide shows from the event over the next few days. To view our prior posts on this project click here.

The video is set to start automatically and play all ten (10) videos. To view an individual video scroll down and click on the one you want to watch.

Please note it was a very windy day and with construction at an adjacent site the sound is at times not as clear as we prefer.

All of the video was taken by Asish Patel.

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]]> http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/23/videos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening/feed/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/23/videos-from-the-lily-mae-grand-opening/ NJCDC’s Birch Street Apartments is up and running http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/285436439/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/06/njcdcs-birch-street-apartments-is-up-and-running/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 02:09:20 +0000 Richard Brown http://monarchhousing.org/blog/?p=1383 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NJCDC’s Birch Street Apartments is up and running", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/06/njcdcs-birch-street-apartments-is-up-and-running/" });]]> We were very pleased to hear today from our friend Bob Guarasci,NJCDC Logothe President of the New Jersey Community Development Corporation that the Birch Street Apartments is up and running. Bob told us “We are very happy that our Birch Street Supportive Housing is up and running and serving formerly homeless individuals who are enormously grateful and can’t believe their good fortune. We’ll work hard to engage our residents to help them overcome obstacles and reach their fullest potential.” The site provides fifteen (15) permanent, affordable and supportive units for very low income individuals who are homeless with a mental illness. Every unit will have it’s own living area, as well as a kitchen and bathroom.

Birch Street Apartments is up and running!

This is a photo of Bob and some of the new tenants of the Birch Street Apartments.

To read our previous post on this project click here. To see photos from the construction click here.

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]]> http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/06/njcdcs-birch-street-apartments-is-up-and-running/feed/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/05/06/njcdcs-birch-street-apartments-is-up-and-running/ Lily Mae Construction is Complete! http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/281345585/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/04/30/lily-mae-construction-is-complete/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 01:11:00 +0000 Asish Patel http://monarchhousing.org/blog/?p=1376 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lily Mae Construction is Complete!", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/04/30/lily-mae-construction-is-complete/" });]]> Construction on the long awaited Lily Mae project in Wildwood, New Jersey in now complete. The project Sponsor, Cape Counseling Services, Inc., will be holding a grand opening/ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2008, beginning at 1:00pm at the property.

The Lily Mae is a two-story building in Wildwood, New Jersey that has undergone substantial renovations over the past year. The project will provide supportive housing for twelve homeless individuals with chronic disabilities. The building was originally operated as a motel and most recently as a boarding home for low-income persons with disabilities until Cape Counseling Services acquired it in 2004.

These are some of the latest photos of the construction.

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You can click on any photo to see it full size or click here to view all of the photos. To save a photo right click on the photo.

To view a slide show click here.

The building now contains twelve (12) efficiency apartments for homeless individuals and one (1) one-bedroom resident manager’s apartment. The building design incorporates sustainable features that promote energy efficiency and overall building performance through innovative sustainable design. Every unit has its own kitchen and bathroom. Four fully handicapped units are located on the first floor and eight units plus a superintendents unit are on the second floor. There is also a Gathering Room and Meeting Room on the first floor. To read the previous posts on Lily Mae click here.

The project was made possible with financial support from Special Needs Housing Trust Fund, Housing Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), Department of Community Affairs HOME, Division of Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.

The members of the Development Team are:

Developer Cape Counseling Services, Cape May Court House, NJ

Architect
Kitchen & Associates Architectural Services, PA, Collingswood, NJ

Attorneys
Law Office of Jeffrey R. Kuschner, Montclair, NJ

Kay & Kay Attorneys at Law, Wildwood, NJ

General Contractor
Sal Orapallo Construction, Northfield, NJ
Monarch Housing Associates served as the consultant and our Project Managment Team was involved with the project during construction.

To read the previous posts on Lily Mae click here.

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Yesterday our friends at Legal Services of New Jersey’s Poverty Research Institute released “The Real Cost of Living in 2008: The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New Jersey.” According to the report one in five New Jerseyans — 1.68 million adults and children — cannot afford to live without some kind of public assistance. In addition, the report provides a detailed analysis of the cost of living in New Jersey for working families based on the true cost of basic household expenses including housing, child care, health care, and food. It also provides a comparison of the Real Cost of Living to other benchmarks of income including the federal poverty level, welfare income, and minimum wage income. Several policy implications flow from the report’s themes and the report includes information on key action the state could take to help New Jersey families meet their basic needs given the high cost of living.

To read the full report click here.

To view a printable version click here.

To view data by county click here.

Among the reports findings were:

Nowhere in New Jersey can anyone live on the state’s $7.15-an-hour minimum wage. The lowest hourly wage at which a single person can be self-sufficient in New Jersey is $8.58, in Camden County. The wage would provide an annual income of $18,115 with $8,844 a year going for low-quality housing at $737 a month.

An adult with a preschool child needs at least $35,728 to be self-sufficient in deep South Jersey, but at least $47,240 to live in Somerset and Morris counties and at least $39,299 in Warren and Sussex counties. The federal poverty level for a parent and child is $14,000.

In Hunterdon County, the state’s wealthiest county, two adults with a preschool child and a school-age child, need an annual income of $72,200 to be self-sufficient, $52,000 more than the federal poverty level of $21,200. Each parent would have to earn more than $17 an hour.

In Middlesex County, a single parent with a preschool child and a school-age child needs $61,149 a year to be self-sufficient, $43,549 more than the federal poverty level of $17,600. The parent would need an hourly wage of about $29.

In Essex County, two adults with a preschool child and infant need $53,722 to be self-sufficient, $32,522 above the $21,200 federal poverty level. Each parent would have to earn about $13 an hour.

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]]> http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/04/10/real-cost-of-living-is-a-burden-on-one-in-five-new-jerseyans/feed/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/04/10/real-cost-of-living-is-a-burden-on-one-in-five-new-jerseyans/ Bridgeway to celebrate the opening of the Henry Hill House on February 29th http://feeds.monarchhousing.org/~r/monarchprojectmanagement/~3/235544565/ http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/02/15/bridgeway-to-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-henry-hill-house-on-february-29th/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:27:25 +0000 Asish Patel http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/02/15/bridgeway-to-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-henry-hill-house-on-february-29th/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bridgeway to celebrate the opening of the Henry Hill House on February 29th", url: "http://monarchhousing.org/blog/2008/02/15/bridgeway-to-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-henry-hill-house-on-february-29th/" });]]> Bridgeway

Our fiends at Bridgeway Rehabilitation Services will be holding an open house for the Henry Hill house on Friday February 29, 2008. The event will be held in the DYFS Meeting Room at 84 Park Avenue, Flemington, NJ between 12 and 2.

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Monarch Housing has been involved with this permanent, affordable and supportive housing development from the beginning. Monarch Housing has served as both the housing consultant as well as the project manager.

To view other photos click here. To view a slide show click here.

To view other housing development and project management activities of Monarch Housing Associates click here.

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Photos from the Camden DREAMS Grand Opening are now online.

To view a video of the construction click here.

These are random photos from the event. Click on anyone to see it full size. Click here to view all of the photos. To view a slide show click here.

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