Posts Tagged ‘Lisa Byers’
Affordable Home Ownership Expert Coming to Kelowna
The BC Rural Centre invites you to a free public lecture featuring Lisa Byers, Executive Director of the OPAL (“Of People And Land”) Community Land Trust on Orcas Island, Washington State. Lisa will discuss how the OPAL CLT has created over 130 affordable housing units on Orcas Island over the past 25 years. Creating Affordable…
Read MoreAffordable Rural Housing: OPAL’s April’s Grove, San Juan Islands
Affordable rural housing — providing it is a challenge across North America. An organization located just south of BC’s Gulf Islands has shown it’s a challenge that can be met. From a small group of idealistic volunteers with a vision of sustaining a healthy community on Washington State’s Orcas Island (pop. 4,500), OPAL (‘Of People…
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