Workshop Handouts

• Finding the Right Space
• The Nuts and Bolts of a Real Estate Project
• Understanding the Loan Process
• Pre and Post Test Worksheets
• READS Slides for “Creative Facility Options for Nonprofits”
• NJCC Slides for “Creative Facility Options for Nonprofits”

Manufactured Home Parks

• ROC-USA
• Leviticus Fund
• Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
• Manufactured Homeowners' Association of America
• NeighborWorks America
• National Housing Institute
• New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
• Consumers Union : Raising the Floor, Raising the Roof  Raising Our Expectations for Manufactured Housing

Charter Schools

• Gaining Ground Website
• NJ Charter School Resource Center
• NJ Charter Public School Association
• National Charter Resource Center
• The Charter Coalition
• National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
• NJ Charter School Directory
• NJ School Report Card
• Education Commission of the States : State Profiles – Charter Schools
• NJ Dept of Education – Charter Schools
• US Charter Schools
• Center for Education Reform

Other

• Project for Public Space
• Opportunity Finance Network

Suggested Reading

• The Answer Key: How to Develop, Plan, and Finance Your Charter School Facility, NCB Capital Impact (2007)
• 2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape. by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2007)
• "A Building Need: Charter Schools in Search of Good Homes," Kim Smith and James Willcox, Education Next (Spring 2004)
• The Finance Gap: Charter Schools and their Facilities
• Choosing a School for Your Child
• The Equity Capital Gap by Clara Miller
• Jonathan Kozol
• Experience of Place by Tony Hiss