OPAL Places Third in National Competition
September 2012 – OPAL placed third in national competition for Board Source’s Prudential Leadership Awards for Exceptional Nonprofit Boards. The application included a narrative and 2–5 minute video.
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Updates on Three OPAL House Moves
November 2011 – The latest updates on three houses recently moved to Oberon Meadow in Eastsound:
- The Baker House, moved to Oberon Meadow in February, is lowered onto its new foundation.
- The Henigson House, moved to a storage site in August is moved to its new location at Oberon Meadow.
- The Greer-Solien House departs Obstruction Pass via barge, lands at North Beach and arrives at Oberon Meadow.
OPAL Moves House From Deer Harbor
August 11, 2011 – Bob and Phyllis Henigson donated a 1,000 sq. ft. residence to OPAL and OPAL hired Nickel Bros. House Movers to move the building to Eastsound in the early morning hours of August 11th. The house is pictured squeezing through a very tight spot on Deer Harbor Road.
The building, which served as the Gropper home for many years, will be located on Oberon Lane, next to the house OPAL moved to the site in February 2011. It appears likely that a third house will join the other two later in the fall.
Donated House Moves to Oberon Meadow
February 25-26, 2011 – A house donated to OPAL has moved to its new site at Oberon Meadow.
Between 10 p.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. on Saturday, a 1,064-sq.-ft., two-bedroom beach house, given to OPAL Community Land Trust by Bruce and Toy Baker’s two sons and their families, was moved by barge and truck from its decades-old site on North Beach to its new location off Oberon Lane.
To accommodate the donated house in its new location, OPAL must seek permission from the county to revise the sub-division. Once permission is obtained, OPAL will install a road and parking area, a new foundation, utilities and renovate the house. It is expected to be ready for sale to qualifying buyers by year-end.
House and One Acre Donated to OPAL
February 1, 2011 – OPAL Community Land Trust accepted an unprecedented gift: a two-story, two-bedroom, one-bath house on a one-acre parcel of land in Eastsound, owned and generously donated by Philip Rife, who has lived on the property for 11 years. Rife, 65, is moving to a retirement community on the mainland.
“I have been very blessed in life and I’d like to give something back,” he said. “I don’t need the assets from the sale of the property. I decided to donate the house and land so someone who has not been as fortunate as I have can have a home.”
The Rife house will become OPAL’s seventh scattered-site dwelling, joining other individual properties in Olga and Eastsound. Plans are to renovate the house and have it ready for new qualified low- or moderate-income buyers by the summer.
Construction Complete at Wild Rose Meadow
December 2010 – Building construction is complete at Wild Rose Meadow in Eastsound. All 32 new homes in the Wild Rose Meadow neighborhood are finished. Work on the landscaping and final site details will continue into the early part of 2011.
Grant Paves the Way for Lavender Hollow Purchase, Renovation
June 2009 – Washington State awarded $1.5 million for OPAL to purchase and renovate the 22-unit Lavender Hollow apartments. OPAL plans to purchase the apartment buildings in 2009 and commence renovation in 2010. The current Federal subsidized loan from the USDA Rural Housing Service will transfer to OPAL, so that the apartments will continue to provide an affordable home for low-income and very low-income seniors, persons with disabilities, young people starting into adulthood and parents with children.
New Scattered Site Home in Olga near Obstruction Pass
September 2008 – A long-time supporter of OPAL, Sandy Thompson, has sold to OPAL a second home she owned at a bargain price. OPAL purchased the property, retain ed ownership of the land and immediately sold the home with a 99-year leasehold interest in the land. The price was affordable for a moderate income purchaser and is subject to the same long-term sales price formula as all OPAL homes.
OPAL Co-Founder, Michael Sky, on Peak Moment Television
Peak Moment Television brings you examples of positive responses to energy decline and climate change through local community action. Co-founder Michael Sky explains how OPAL provides 99-year leases on the homes built on community land trust property. Restrictions limiting the resale value allow owners to sell at a reasonable profit while keeping the homes affordable forever.
Watch the interview:
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