Whats being create here 1902 just simply apartments or housing those are homes you see this concept of a home transcends having a roof over our head and our seniors will live independently in their new homes as long as theyre able to distribute and access to a full range of 13069 services in fact the services at vourgz are measure of our nations heart our nations love and our nations respect for our seniors home is where the heart is thank you. clapping. thats correct larry and thank you for thanking the hud staff i want to thank the hud staff for not only this project but the many projects im sure well Work Together regardless 69 federal proimsz so with that, i want to introduce someone that needs no introduction i think along with supervisor kim the two are incredibly committed to making that city for all as the mayor likes to say a champion of Affordable Housing for many, many years has worked in this field as a participation and now as an elected it official and policymaker he is s
Centers but make sure their better endo you do we put money into the Food Security for seniors in particular because costs were going up drastically a plate of healthy food was used to be one dollar 050 and people can get that but now four or 5 so with we have to make sure the services were there and housing is incredible part of that that are but all to say that everybody in this city is stepping with the affordability agenda prosperity agenda i dont want to miss an opportunity to put together the kind of talent thats been demonstrated here and build buildings but rehab them sworn testimony with i dont want to rebuild to replies lost housing were rehabilitating housing as well where hud has helped theyve supported our rad program thats going to authorize some 6 thousand units to be rehabbed in the entire city y while we gain additional housing i need not remind you of a population that is more senior as time comes with the affordability of the city becoming more and more out of reach
The entire city y while we gain additional housing i need not remind you of a population that is more senior as time comes with the affordability of the city becoming more and more out of reach i have to giving me get to an aggressive housing agenda i hope your not only here to celebrate but join me in november to pass a housing bond to make sure we continue an aggressive affordability of housing were not only going to do that ive asked all the vendors in the city to join me and do a call i dont even ask them for money i should have i skmd asked them to call each of their banks the institutions that fund their market rate housing they have investor conversation tell the banks to call mayor ed lee and give him your best below market rate you have so we can create an Accelerator Fund so we we announce a project we can accelerate that ability hud liekdz to see that they love our choice neighborhood to accelerate those projects go work it is partly giving credit where the money is right no
Continue this record pace of cutting ribbons and Opening Doors of opportunity and praising our developers our nonprofits our Service Provides in this community it wasnt long ago that st. Anthonys opened their brand new kitchen more than that a kitchen their entire services a whole floor was being created along with a brand new food center in this neighborhood and we pointed out at this time we pointed to this housing side as the one i wanted to get to as soon as as it was ready to get open you have to be at least 62 yearolds well, im 62 this year laura i joined the ranks of other seniors wanting to make sure that our city is welcome to everyone this is an incredible center over 90 brand new units in the heart of one of the most challenging afterwards our city i know that supervisor kim knows that weve been at Oscar Pistorius were time after time the needs were identified and this city with its Strong Foundation can do more and more to help and combine more and more this incredible comb
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It was with great nostalgia that I reread one of George Hand’s older posts about going through survival training in the SFQC. Geo is universally loved by us, here, and we’re proud to call him a friend. BTW, be sure to check out Geo’s upcoming book
His “bunny baseball” story also brought back memories of Camp Mackall involving Colonel Nick Rowe.
A Special Forces Legend
Colonel Nick Rowe was a Special Forces legend. He was one of the very few men in Vietnam who successfully escaped from a POW camp and doing so while taken to be executed.