Solving the Housing Crisis: A Regional Summit on Equitable Solutions
Summit Agenda and Guest Speakers:
TIME
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
TOPIC
Registration and Check-in
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Moderator and Host: Gail Schwartz, Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley
Governor Polis Recorded Remarks
Rick Garcia, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Attendee Polling Exercise I
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Session I: Framing the Housing Crisis
Housing leaders discuss the immediacy and urgency of our regional housing crisis and the housing inventory needed to address the housing crisis.
Moderator: Bill Kane, Mayor of Basalt
- Hannah Klausman, Director, Economic and Community Development, City of Glenwood Springs
- Matthew Gillen, Executive Director, Aspen Pitkin Housing Authority (APCHA)
- Tiffany Pehl Dickenson, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC)
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Session II: Defining the Housing Need and Challenges
Moderator: Bill Kane, Town of Basalt
Panel 1: Housing Needs for Regional Institutions
- Jeff Gatlin, Chief Operating Officer, Roaring Fork School District
- Tom McCauley, Chief Human Resources Officer, Aspen Valley Hospital
- Dan Blankenship, Chief Executive Officer, Roaring Fork Transit Authority (RFTA)
Panel 2: Business Community and Workforce Housing Needs
- Kris Mattera, Executive Director, Basalt Chamber
- Carolyn Tucker, Buisness Coordinator, Colorado Workforce Center
- Bill White, Regional President, Alpine Bank of Colorado
- Philip Jeffreys, Director of Housing Development, Aspen Skiing Company
Panel 3: Regional Latino Housing Challenges
Moderator: Samuel Bernal, VP Entravision Communications
Facilitator: Illiana Renteria
Movie Trailer: A Decent Home - Filmmaker Sara Terry
- Liz Rameriz, Community Organizer, Manaus
- Tony Mendez, Staff Attorney, Alpine Legal Services
- Maria Judith Alvarez Quiroz, Director, SANA, The People's Clinic
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Polling Exercise II: Tackling Housing Challenges and Opportunities
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Break & Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session III: Lunch Presentation Guest Speaker
Successful Case Study: Hope Springs Affordable Community and Workforce Pathway
Speaker: Cheri Witt-Brown, Executive Director, Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session IV: Scalable Solutions Speaker Series
Panel 1: Financial Resources, and Solutions
Moderator: Lee Tuchfarber, RENEW
- Lee White, Managing Director, Public Finance, D.A. Davidson & Company
- Margie Joy, NW Representative, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)
- Kim Bell Williams, Director, Eagle County Housing and Development Authority
- Charles Bantis, Regional President, First Western Trust
Panel 2: Government Policy Lens
Moderator: Clark Anderson, Community Builders
- Kelly McNicholas Kury, Pitkin County Commissioner
- Tom Jankovsky, Garfield County Commissioner
- Kathy Chandler Henry, Eagle County Commissioner
Panel 3: Non-Profit Partners
Moderator: Clark Anderson, Community Builders
- Sydney Schalit, Executive Director, Manaus & Roaring Fork Community Development Corp.
- Alexandra Yajko, Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley
- Emily Orbanek, Western Colorado Community Foundation
- Tiana Patterson, VP of Social Impact and Wealth Equity, Elevation Community Land Trust
Panel 4: Real Estate Development Community
Moderator: Lee Tuchfarber, RENEW
- Adam Roy, Headwaters Housing Partners
- Paul Major, Manager, Rural Homes; Board Member, Paradox Community Trust
- Mike Surak, Owner and VP of Development, Real America
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Session V: Activating our Region
Advancing Actionable and Equitable Solutions — Discussion, Question and Answer, and Identification of Working Groups.
Moderator and Host: Gail Schwartz, Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley
Presenter: David Myler and Heather Henry, West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition
Attendee Polling Exercise III - Housing Solutions
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing and Thank You!
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