Awards

• 2008 Historic Preservation Award from the Manchester Historic Association for redevelopment of the Silver Street Mill
• 2007 Historic Preservation Award from the Manchester Historic Association for redevelopment of the Straw Mansion on 25 Brook Street
• 2003 E-Cares High Tech Philanthropy Award for the Community CyberSpace Project
• 2002 Business of the Year by Business NH Magazine and the NH Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
• Historic Preservation Award from the Manchester Historic Association in 2003, 2002, 2001 and 1995 for redevelopment of 282-290 Auburn Street, Elm Street brownstones, 95 Cedar Street, and 241 Cedar Street (respectively)
• 2002 Certificate of Appreciation from the Manchester Field Office of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for providing home ownership opportunities
• 2001 Preservation Award from the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance for outstanding leadership and partnerships for historic preservation and revitalization efforts
• 2000 "Not Your Typical Partner Award" from Citizens Bank
• 2000 Best Practice Award from the Manchester Field Office of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Neighborfest celebration
• 1999 Merit Award from Plan NH, the Foundation for Shaping the Built Environment
• 1998 Walter J. Dunfey Excellence in Management Award from The Corporate Fund
• 1998 Winner's Circle Award from the United Way of Greater Manchester
• 1998 Certificate of Award from Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for Building Leadership for Community Change
• 1997 Certificate of Recognition from Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for the Leadership for Healthy Communities Project
• 1997 Honoree for Partnership Achievement from Social Compact Outstanding Community Investment Awards, in recognition of leadership serving and investing in America's at-risk neighborhoods

Achievements

• 2008 Champion in Action for Affordable Housing by Citizens Bank and WMUR-TV
• In predevelopment, the Silver Mill Apartments Project, a 57-unit rental project
• Developed 209 family rental apartments in Manchester
• Developed the first LIHTC project sponsored by a NH nonprofit
• Developed and sold to first-time homebuyers Renaissance Homes, 8 attached fee simple townhouses and the first new construction in the neighborhood in 20 years
• Developed and sold to first-time homebuyers REBUILD Phase I and Phase II, six renovated buildings
• Facilitated a neighborhood initiative to save the block (between Union and Pine, Merrimack and Laurel Streets) from development of a new police station
• Started a neighborhood cleanup that eventually became Adopt-a-Block
• Led a neighborhood campaign that closed down three local bars
• Helped create the Pine Street Friendship Garden
• Created the Cedar Street Family Park
• Brought community policing to the neighborhood
• Organized and supported the community process that resulted in Manchester being designated an Enterprise Community by HUD
• Won the first “Youthbuild” grant in NH
   
• Operates “NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Center” in downtown retail location as part of a national program
• Offers over 75 educational programs each year, including orientations, home ownership seminars, home buyer financial literacy clubs, landlord trainings, post purchase group counseling workshops, and predatory lending awareness workshops
• Provided homeownership counseling to 3,500 families
• Offered the first New Hampshire homeownership seminars in Vietnamese and Spanish
• Is the lead non-profit organization for the state-wide Financial Fitness Program
• Provided financial fitness training to 469 individuals since 2001
• Enrolled 263 individuals in an Individual Development Account (IDA) savings programs
• Helped 70 IDA participants purchase homes
• Began offering home mortgages and down payment/closing cost assistance loans statewide in 2000
• Is the only state-wide non-profit organization approved to originate New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority and Neighborhood Housing Services of America mortgages, and is a VA Direct Lender
• Provides leverage funds for USDA Rural Development first and second mortgages
• Education and counseling programs have created over 576 home owners statewide
• Originated over 380 home purchases in Manchester
• Originated 425 home purchase mortgages statewide
• Originated 358 second mortgages for closing cost, down payment assistance, and foreclosure prevention in Manchester
• Loaned or granted over $27 million for home purchase and rehabilitation
• Is an approved Local HUD Housing Counseling Agency
• Chosen by NeighborWorks® America as one of 4 pilot sites for the Anti-Predatory Lending Training Initiative
• Established a Workforce Housing Initiative in partnership with the City of Manchester, Freddie Mac, and Merrimack Mortgage