990 Polk

Affordable Housing Finance's Donna Kimura and Tom Borsellino attended the ‘first look’ of 990 Polk, a newly constructed energy-sustainable apartment complex for low-income and formerly homeless seniors, located in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The event incorporated an awards presentation to TNDC and Citizens Housing for their green building efforts in San Francisco and a tour of the new property. Bank of America joins the celebration by announcing a three-year national grant to Enterprise for its work in community development and green building, nationwide.

Featured speakers included Gavin Newsom, Mayor, city of San Francisco, Doris Koo, President and CEO, Enterprise Community Partners, Janet Lamkin, California State President, Bank of America, James Buckley, President, Citizens Housing Corporation and Don Falk, Executive Director, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Obviously it was cool to see important and much needed projects getting completed, but the fact that the project was "affordable", "seniors", "environmentally (and economically) sustainable" made it particularly noteworthy.

And this project needed appliances, products and services no different from any other. Here is a shot of the laundry facility.

(SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2008) – Leading nonprofit affordable housing organization Enterprise Community Partners honored Citizens Housing Corporation and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) today to celebrate the developers' work in building environmentally sustainable housing for low-income communities in San Francisco. Joined by Mayor Gavin Newsom and Bank of America, the awards ceremony took place at 990 Polk Street, a newly constructed low-income senior housing property in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

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