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BHV has announced 2009 events offering opportunities to learn more about how to start a "Village" in your neighborhood. These workshops are designed for community leaders and professionals interested in creating and funding living alternatives. Topics to be covered: Founding, boards, marketing, strategic partners, providers, fundraising, budgets, Village to Village network, volunteering, member services, community building programs.... Learn from Open Villages: BHV, Capital Hill Village, Avenidas Village, San Francisco Northside and Front Desk Florence. Co-Sponsored By Beacon Hill Village and ncb capital impact Mark your calendars! More details coming soon. National Two-Day Conference Washington , DC Regional One Day Workshops Oakland, California Monday March 30, 2009 Denver, Colorado Tuesday June 16th, 2009 If you have any questions please email Rita Kostiuk, Village to Village Coordinator at Info@beaconhillvillage.org
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Patricia Moore of The Watergate Initiative/ Network in Washington (TWIN) has circulated a 15 page pdf manual for how to set up a variation on the Beacon Hill Village with minimal /no overheads. You may download the document here. Please duplicate in toto and give full credit. Volunteer software . See http://www.timebanks.org/neighbor-to-neighbor.htm for an explanation of how it works.Candid user feedback from Jules at Project Lyttleton in New Zealand.tells me Timebanks software is very user friendly and & so is the human back up.See http://www.lyttelton.net.nz/timebank.php for more info about this project. I found the blog describing their journey in building a Time bank an interesting read. |