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Speaker Series
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 Small Footprint Homes
 Wed. May 30
7pm-8:30 pm
Join us for a conversation about how less is more.
As homes grew ever larger in the first decade of the 21st century, so too did consumer debt. But with the change in the economic tide, more people are turning to smaller homes. Small-footprint homes can be the centerpiece of a higher-quality lifestyle.
Panelists include:
Charlie Wenzlau, of Wenzlau Architects, designer and longtime advocate for affordable housing with extensive experience in small-footprint homes;
Linda Pruitt, co-founder of Cottage Company specializing in small-footprint homes;
Russel Hamlet; principle of Studio Hamlet Architects specializing in environmentally focused architecture.
This is the first in the HRB series of events at the library that explores how housing builds community.
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HRB Annual Resident Meeting
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BBQ and MeetingSunday, June 31 pm to 5 pm Strawberry Hill ParkOur first HRB resident BBQ will be complete with softball games and dessert competition. If you are an HRB resident and would like more info., contact Amy Aspell at 842.1909 4#.
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Did You Know?
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You can donate clothes to
Helpline House
Clothing Works is a clothing bank located at Helpline. Those who are in need can receive gently worn clothing at no cost. Open by appointment only. For more information contact Donna Dahlquist at 842.7621 #30. The Summer issue features the theme "Making it Home" with articles on Community Land Trusts, making green homes affordable, and small footprint homes. What more could you ask for?!
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HRB Vacancies
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Two Bedroom Rentals
Close to parks, schools, shopping, library, on busline. Click here for more information or email Penny at HRB or call 842.1909 ext. 8#.
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Over the Fence,
HRB E-news
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Your Voice is Vital at Public Hearing
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Affordable Housing Ordinance at Risk
Wed. May 23 at City Hall at 7 pm
The HDDP (Housing Design Demonstration Project) ordinance provides incentive for affordable housing with use of progressive sustainable and green building practices. This ordinance was crucial in the creation of Ferncliff Village and will continue to be essential for HRB to generate future community land trust homes.
Since it's approval three years ago, HRB has been the only group on the island to use the HDDP for affordable housing. As a demonstration project, the HDDP will disappear if the City Council does not extend the ordinance.
Call to Action
If you believe in affordable housing and the HDDP Ordinance, the City needs to know!
 Working together we can ensure that affordable housing is a priority on Bainbridge Island by sending a message to extend the HDDP ordinance.
With your help, we can build a community that provides affordable AND sustainable homes.
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Chamber After Hours
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at Ferncliff Village!
Thursday, May 24th
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Ferncliff Village
Come to Ferncliff Village
and see what green, affordable, workforce housing looks like.
Housing is at the heart of our business community. There's no question that we have a shortage of affordable homes on the island for the average wage earner who works on Bainbridge.
With prices starting at $145,000 (with subsidy) and monthly payments as low as $1,000 -- Ferncliff Village represents an opportunity for those who work on the island to live here too.
So join us on Thursday evening, and tell everyone you work with that Bainbridge has a place for them -- at Ferncliff Village.
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Independent Living
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Do you know of anyone who needs assistance? 
Many of the referrals HRB receives for Independent Living have been through the Bainbridge Island Senior Center. With the center now under construction, we're depending on word of mouth to help us connect with those in need.
Independent Living helps our disabled or elderly neighbors stay in their homes. If you know of anyone who could use these important services, please contact Julie Stone by email or call her at 842.1909 2#.
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HRB Ivy Pull Pals
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Volunteers help tackle ivy at Ferncliff Village HRB has received incredibly generous contributions from several energetic and enthusiastic volunteers in pulling ivy at Ferncliff Village. Here are our housing heros, or ivy eradicators or weed wreckers. . .  Hyla Middle School pulled ivy every week for several weeks. Their dedication and support for HRB continues to grow and inspire the community about affordable housing. Ometepe volunteers spent a long hard day volunteering for HRB  by tackling ivy at Ferncliff. Coordinated by High School student Sarah Berschinski (who started the youth-led campaign for the Ferncliff Playground), this was the Ometepe's generous and difficult "day of service" project.  The Senior Project by Maddie Casie from BHS was to lead a group of volunteers to work for an entire day yanking volumes of the noxious plant from the public pathway in the ravine at Ferncliff Village. Left unchecked, ivy can be evil -- and no one knows that better than these groups of young people who initiated these service projects independently. Our thanks go out to all of them. And when you use this pathway, think of the efforts of these kids who made it a better place.
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