Greater Baltimore AHC News
MonteVerde Launches 'Soup and Scoop' Resident Discussion Group
Baltimore, Md. (February 21, 2011)---Greater Baltimore AHC Inc (GBAHC), a developer of affordable housing in the greater Baltimore region, today announced that it has launched 'Soup and Scoop', a weekly discussion group for the residents of MonteVerde, a 301-apartment community on Violet Avenue.
"'Soup and Scoop' is designed to provide the residents with a regular forum for discussing and exchanging ideas and opinions on a wide range of topics and issues that are important to them as well as leave everyone feeling upbeat when the discussion ends," said Allison Pendell Jones, assistant director of resident services at GBAHC.
MonteVerde has a growing resident services program that include activities that take place at the property as well as many that involve visiting nearby locations such as libraries.
About Greater Baltimore AHC
GBAHC has been in the Baltimore region since 2002 and has developed five properties with more than 1,000 affordable apartments. Projects include Barclay Greenmount, Greenspring Overlook, Kirkwood House, Lansdowne Apartments, and MonteVerde, a high-rise with 301 affordable apartments primarily for senior residents in Lower Park Heights. Additionally, Greater Baltimore AHC recently purchased Union Rowe, 72 one to four-bedroom apartments with renovations expected to get underway in early 2011. It has also been named to the development team for mixed-income, rental and ownership units in O'Donnell Heights.
GBAHC is part of AHC Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Va., a private, not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region providing quality homes for low- and moderate-income families. Since its founding in 1975, AHC has developed and preserved 35 properties with more than 4,300 affordable apartments. In addition, GBAHC and AHC provide homeownership services and onsite educational services to improve the quality of residents’ lives. For more information visit www.gbahc.org