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SUMMARY:Thriverr Gathering: Housing
DESCRIPTION:Imagine if we could acquire\, revitalize\, and redevelop housing to create affordable living opportunities—how might that transform our towns? \n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\nDay 1 – Tuesday\, April 8\, 2025\n(Central Time Zone) \n1:00 PM – Opening Session\n1:30 PM – Systems Analysis Activity: In this activity\, participants will examine how the housing system is working and identify what might need to change within the system to make it easier to acquire\, rehab\, and redevelop housing opportunities.\n2:15 PM – Skill Building Workshop-Inventory Your Housing Opportunities: Dawn Hegland with the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission will share how they worked with cities in their 5-county region during the summer of 2024 to create the first draft of an inventory of buildable lots matched with local incentives that were available to build new homes. The RDC intends to update this inventory annually and share it online. The RDC will share some tips and tools that you can use to do the same.\n3:30 PM – Break\n3:45 PM – Housing Case Studies: In this session\, participants will hear detailed case studies on housing projects from the communities. Presenters include: \n\nKaitlyn Killoran (Canistota): “Using Housing Opportunity Funds for a Twin House”\nGeri Beck (Mitchell Dev. Corp.): “Rehab Housing in Mitchell using HOME Funds”\nTBA\n\n5:00 PM – Closing Session\n6:00 PM – Network Social at Palace City Brewing Co.\, 227 West Railroad Avenue\, Mitchell.\n7:00 PM – Dinner on your own. \nDay 2 – Wednesday\, April 9\, 2025\n(Central Time Zone) \n8:30 AM – Opening Session\n9:00 AM – Panel Discussion and Workshop: How can local leaders be catalysts to access rehab programs? In this session\, participants will hear from leaders (Darin Beckius of HAPI; Emily Rodgers of BASEC; and more…) who operate rehab housing programs. Using what we learn from day one activities\, participants will examine how they can take small steps toward developing and/or accessing rehab programs for their communities.\n10:15 AM – Break\n10:30 AM – Round Table Discussions on the Future of Housing: During this session\, participants can share the ideas\, questions\, or possibilities about housing solutions they want to explore with their peers?\n12:00 PM – Lunch\n12:30 PM – Exploration Session – How might we launch the next version of the Housing Toolkit? In 2018\, five community leaders shared resources\, tools\, and tips that helped us launch the first ever Housing Toolkit for rural communities in South Dakota. In this session\, we will examine how individuals can access and utilize this toolkit\, and identify what other resources might be necessary to add in 2025.\n1:30 PM – Closing Session \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation & Lodging\nThe room block for the Thriverr Housing Gathering is available at the Hampton Inn and Comfort Inn & Suites attached to the Conference Center for Tuesday\, April 8. Call the hotel of your choice and mention Dakota Resources Room block. Single King and Double Queen rooms are available. \nHampton Inn\nAddress: 1920 Highland Way\, Mitchell\, SD 57301\nPhone: 605-995-1575\nRate: $139.00 + tax \nDeadline to book as part of room block: Tuesday\, March 25 \nComfort Inn\nAddress: 2020 Highland Way\, Mitchell\, SD 57301\nPhone: (605) 990-2400\nRate: $139.00 + tax \nDeadline to book as part of room block: Tuesday\, March 25 \nRegister Now!Unable to attend but want to stay informed about upcoming events related to housing? Sign up for our mailing list below! \n\n\n                \n                        Email(Required)Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        Organization
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LOCATION:Highland Conference Center\, 2000 Highland Way\, Mitchell\, SD\, 57301\, United States
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