The conference will be held April 28 – 30, 2014 at the Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan.
Registration for the 2014 Building Michigan Communities Conference is now open!
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Video of the following sessions will be available post-conference.
Monday
9:30am-10:00am
Opening Plenary Sessions –
Speakers — Scott Woosley and Christopher Leinberger
12:00pm-1:15pm
Lunch –
Speaker — Nicole Curtis
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Tuesday Awards Luncheon
11:45A M-1:15PM
A conference awards luncheon honoring individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty in supporting affordable housing, community development and
quality service to individuals with low and moderate incomes. The coveted Duvernay Award will be presented, along
with the following specialindustry recognition awards:
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CEDAM’s CED Advocate of the
Year Award
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CEDAM’s Innovator of the
Year Award
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Michigan Foreclosure Prevent Corps
Site of the Year Award
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The Corrie Bair Building Inclusive
Communities Award
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Corporation for Supportive Housing
(CSH), Julie Sandorf Award
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The Michigan Disability Rights
Coalition, Building Inclusive
Communities Award
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The Federal Home Loan Bank of
Indianapolis, Community Spirit
Award
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MSHDA’s Homeownership Division
Housing Counselor and Housing
Agency of the Year Awards
•
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan
Affiliate of the Year Award
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Wednesday Closing Session – Speaker Carlotta Walls LaNier
More than 25 organizations from every facet of the affordable housing industry come together each year to plan the conference in an effort to create an engaging educational experience for all attendees.
After 13 highly successful conferences, the “Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing: Partners Building Communities” changed its name to “Building Michigan Conference: Housing, Assets, People, Partners.”
This change recognized an essential truth about both the conference and the industry. Whether we’re involved in the creation or preservation of housing, the provision of services to the homeless, the revitalization of neighborhoods including downtowns, providing funds or receiving funds, we are all trying to make Michigan’s communities better places to live, work, invest, and play. The key part of our original name is “Partners Building Communities.” That focus has not changed.