Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) and the Mel King Institute for Community Building are sponsoring 2 two-day trainings for CDCs on building a development pipeline. These sessions will increase the skills of program staff and their overall capacity for finding development opportunities, managing a pipeline of viable projects, identifying projects, completing very early project feasibility assessments, matching development opportunities with funding resources, and moving projects through the pre-development process and into development.

The two-day training will include:

• Tools for identifying potential projects and quickly assessing sites and financial feasibility to maintain a viable pipeline of projects appropriate for the organizations size and capacity;

• Assessment of current market and funding conditions, so that the agency is advancing a healthy pipeline of projects consistent with its organizational mission, capacity, financial and political realities;
• Tools and techniques for forming a framework for regularly re-assessing whether or not it is appropriate to continue pursuing a specific deal;
• How to undertake a feasibility assessment and assess projects adequately to proceed to the initial stages of development (e.g. applying for a CEDAC predevelopment loan); and
• How to plan for next steps in development (e.g. building the whole team, budgeting, and time management).

This training session will be led by VIVA Consulting.

Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge

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