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The CDP is hosting a press conference to celebrate the TD Charitable Foundation award for The “Real Return Initiative”. Join us at 536 Main St, Rte 28 in Harwichport at 10am on December 16, 2011. Featured speakers, Peter Rice, Regional Vice President, TD Bank will present the $100,00 grant award, along with special guest speakers State Senator Dan Wolf and State Representative Sarah Peake. Join us. R.S.V.P. Lisa Panaccione 508-240-7873 ex 25 Contact.

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The cabaret was produced jointly with the Community Development Partnership, Lower Cape Outreach Council and WE CAN of Harwich. AWESOME Event! Hope you were able to join us.

Lisa Brown will be the award recipient for the Gwen Pelletier Award for Excellence in Community Service to the Lower Cape Cod Community.

This award was established to honor Gwen Pelletier, who served as Executive Director of the CDP form 1995 to 2006. The award recognizes individuals, businesses or organizations who have had a positive contribution to the economic diversity of the Lower Cape Cod community through their programs, collaborative efforts and partnerships with other organizations.

We are pleased to present this year’s 2011 Gwen Pelletier Award for Excellence in Community Service to the Lower Cape Cod Community to Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown has been effecting positive change in her community & the outer cape for decades. At age 8 she began teaching horseback lessons to local kids and teens at her home in Wellfleet. By her sophomore year at Nauset High, she was teaching special needs students at the Clinical Teaching Center in Wellfleet from 12pm – 3pm, 5 days a week as an independent project which she created.

She began her high school teaching career at Nauset in 1997. The curricula she offers are World Cultures and Exploring & Respecting Differences, which she developed. Her classes cover human rights, social justice, sociology, politics, community service, environmental issues, and an overview of many other important topics. She also teaches culinary arts to special needs students. The after school programs she directs or has directed include the Human Rights Academy, The World Music & Gay-Straight Alliance, as well as being one of the junior class advisers. The Nauset World Music Ensemble, which writes all their own music under Lisa’s direction, performs at numerous fundraisers throughout the community. NWME’s debut concert is the annual Clothesline Concert in March which Lisa has helped produce for 12 years.

In the winter of 2001 Lisa inspired a conversation with Wellfleet’s Recreation Director to organize a festival that Wellfleet could call its own. Now 11 years later the Wellfleet Oyster Festival is known coast to coast and round the world. As the point person for the Outer Cape Human Rights Commission, she can be counted on by parents, law enforcement, students and community members to help mediate situations in times of need. Lisa was one of the 2 original owners of the Flying Fish Cafe in Wellfleet for 10 years in the late 80’s-90’s. As the chef and owner Lisa employed countless local youth.

In 2001 Lisa took her first trip to the island of Lagonav Haiti with local artist Ellen Lebow. In the summer of 2001 she and Ellen independently wrote grant proposals to the Cabot Lyman Trust for funds to build a music and arts center in the tiny village of Matenwa. Between them they were awarded $20,000 and set to oversee construction of the center. Since that time Lisa has taken at least 2 students a year from Nauset to experience life in the tiny village. Because of this work she was named as beneficiary of $50,000 to be used in Matenwa through the Haiti project which she established at Nauset High School.

The CDP is planning the 20th annual meeting for this fall in October of this year. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend Thursday the 27th! A surprise guest speaker will be announced soon!

Free Hugs for Housing Video

Over 200 people joined the Community Development Partnership, HECH, and the Children’s Center to thank the Town of Harwich for all they have done for affordable housing. Tons of hugs and happiness at exactly 7pm on Main Street.

The Community Development Partnership joined with 34 other non-profits to celebrate Nauset Marine’s 50th anniversary party. The festivities got underway with a full day of festivities like a moon bounce for the kids; the Coast Guard 36500 on display; a dunk tank for celebrity personalities; 3 different bands and of course chowda by the Land Ho. The big raffle was drawn by Tim Schiek, President of Boston Whaler who donated a 2011 Boston Whaler 150 Montauk to one lucky raffle winner. Crowds of people came steadily through the day to visit our booth and learn about the CDP’s programs and activities. Pictured (from the left) with Representative Sarah Peake is Dawson Farber of Nauset Marine, Lisa Panaccione of the CDP and along with Tim Schiek of Boston Whaler.

The Community Development Partnership (CDP) is seeking nominations from the community for the 7th Annual Gwen Pelletier Award for Excellence in Community Service to the Lower Cape Cod Community. This award will be presented at the CDP’s Fall Annual Meeting.

The award was created to honor Gwen Pelletier for her years of service to the Lower Cape Community. It recognizes individuals, businesses or organizations for their involvement and support to the economic diversity of the Lower Cape. We are looking for local individuals or businesses that have:

* Demonstrated a positive effect on the community or population
* Contributed to a program that improves the livability of the local community.
* Demonstrated goodwill built by developing collaborative efforts with local communities and partnerships with other organizations.
* Demonstrated thoroughness in program/project planning & implementation

If you know of an individual or business that you feel meets the above qualities, please forward your nomination by September 1st to the attention of: Lisa Panaccione, lisa@capecdp.org 508-240-7873 ×25.

Download a nomination form

Starting July 11th, 2011 walkers from across Cape Cod will begin the journey from Provincetown to Falmouth. 11 non-profit groups will join in this fund raising event that has taken place for 19 seasons. Celebrity walkers like Attorney Lisa V. Still, Christian Valle of the Valle Group, Alison Alessi of A & E Architects, John O’Reilly and Keith Fernandes of J. M. O’Reilly and Associates along with Debra Burns of Prospect Mortgage and Irene Rabinowitz of Provincetown will walk for housing.

Your support of these walkers makes affordable housing possible for so many families on Cape Cod. Donations are accepted online through July 31st under the Housing with Love Walk Logo. Donations can be made year round for all of our programs.

The Community Development Partnership hosted our annual Wine Tasting event at the lovely home of Freddie Fitzgerald of Orleans in Mid June to a wonderful crowd of CDP supporters! Delicious appetizers donated by local businesses and sumptuous wines from Truro Vineyards were enjoyed by all. Pictured is CDP Board President Ernie Rogers of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank addressing the crowd.

Thank you to our Corporate sponsors: Cape Cod Five, First Citizens Federal Credit Union, Keel Asset Management, Kerry Insurance, Ponderosa Landscaping, Seamen’s Bank, Snow’s Home & Garden

Our wonderful food was provided courtesy of:

Chatham Bars Inn, Cosmos Catering, Cottage Street Bakery, Hot Chocolate Sparrow, Karoo Kafe, Laura & Tony’s Kitchen, P’town Parties, Shaw’s Supermarket, Sol, Stewart’s Seafood Restaurant & Tavern, Stop & Shop, Zia Pizza

The Community Development Partnership (CDP) held its’ 19th Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 18, 2010 at the Boston Grill at Willy’s Gym, Route 6, Eastham, MA.

The program agenda included welcoming remarks by Florence Seldin and Approval of the 2009 Board Meeting Minutes, recognition of retiring Board Members, Steve Roderick, Wayne LoPresto and Martha Hevenor, and a welcoming to the new Board Members, Jane Teixeira-Henry, Mark Watson and Paul Niedzwiecki. Joe Bayne, Norm Edinberg, Florence Seldin and Rod Vyskocil were re-elected as Board Members. Newly elected officers included Ernie Rogers as President, Florence Seldin as Vice President, Terri Souza as Clerk and Joe Bayne as Treasurer. Executive Director, Elizabeth Bridgewater, and the staff presented Community Hero Awards to: John Saari for his commitment to the CDP’s Housing Rehab Program; Paul Parker for his leadership in creating the Cape Cod Fisheries Trust; and the Valle Group, A+E Architects & J.M. O’Reilly and Associates for their contributions to the successful development of Thankful Chases Pathway. Senator-Elect Dan Wolf, spoke about the CDP and how our visions aligned with his own. Senator Robert O’Leary became this year’s recipient of the Gwenn Pelletier Award for Excellence in Community Service to the Lower Cape Cod Community. Senator O’Leary’s work exemplifies his dedication to public service, to the role of government, and to the importance of education in providing and developing programs which benefit Cape residents and our communities. He is committed to and has experience working with all levels of government—-local, county, state, and national——to help develop programs and services. Senator O’Leary believes the quickest way to success is through collaboration; he involves diverse organizations, citizens, agencies and government departments in working together with him to address the needs on Cape Cod.

Ground-Breaking for a Dozen Affordable Homes in Harwich -April 2010

In the midst of uncertainty about the housing market and the overall economy, there’s something very positive happening in Harwich. With the support of the Harwich Board of Selectmen, the Harwich Housing Authority and Barnstable County, the CDP was able to successfully finance the construction of 12 new units of affordable rental housing at 35 Main Street Extention.

At the recent groundbreaking, 50 people came together to celebrate this occasion and learn more about the features of these new homes.

Thankful Chases Pathway is being constructed using sustainable and high efficient building Practices and the residents will enjoy significant savings on their electric bills. The addition, the townhouse apartments will be outfitted with photovoltaics, made possible through funding from the Cape Light Compact’s Green Affordable Home Program.

Two units will be fully handicapped accessible. The remaining units will be,“visitable”. This means that each unit will have a zero step entrance and wider door openings making it easier to access by those with physical limitations.

Elizabeth Bridgewater, Director of Community Development Partnership, opened the celebration with a note of thanks to the many organizations and individuals who made this project possible.

Guest speakers included Sarah Peake (4th Barnstable District), Ed McManus, Chairman,Harwich Board of Selectmen, Bill Doherty, Chairman, Harwich Housing Authority and Roger Herzog, Executive Director, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation.

For more information and how to apply for one of these homes, please contact Maureen Dooley Lauren at telephone number 508-240-7873, Ext. # 17.