Walt Femling Stands up for Community Housing

Walt Femling | Stand Up for ARCH | Community Housing

I Stand Up For Community Housing Walt Femling, Sun Valley Chief of Police “Professional Emergency Services play an important part in the reputation, economic growth, development and stability of our city and county. Over the last 25 years I have watched too many of our key first responders leave because of the lack of affordable housing.”- Walt Femling, Sun Valley […]

Peter Hendricks Stands Up For Community Housing

Peter Hendricks | Stand Up for ARCH | Community Housing

I stand up for Community Housing Peter Hendricks, Mayor of Sun Valley “Affordable community housing is critical for attracting and retaining the first-rate law enforcement, fire protection and general city service employees on whom our citizens depend.” Born in Brooklyn and raised in Long Island, N.Y., Hendricks graduated from the University of Notre Dame and spent his career working in investing […]

Affordable Housing, Do we have the will? – Eye on Sun Valley Article.

STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK John Sofro studied the 250 movers and shakers gathered in the Limelight Room of the Sun Valley Inn. Then he lowered the boom. “There is a solution to the problems we’re talking about,” he addressed those who had come together to talk about affording housing for low and middle-income […]

Housing for Workers is Non-Negotiable, Consultant Says

Housing for Workers is Non-Negotiable, Consultant Says Great Read Karen and Great Summit SVED STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK With 700 new jobs projected for Blaine County in the next five years, the housing problem is only going to become more severe if nothing is done. Especially since 70 percent of those new jobs […]

Dick Fenton Stands Up for Community Housing

I stand up for Community Housing “As an area Realtor for over 30 years, I understand the importance of housing affordability to the health of the economy and the overall real estate market.  Homes priced affordably for a significant portion of our work force are difficult to provide without the work of housing advocates in […]