Foreclosure Fair

On March 13, 2009 the team went to the foreclosure fair in the city of Arvada. There was not a big turnout, but a few people came. As far as the team goes, we basked in the amount of information that we were able to obtain! This fair was definitely worth the team going to. We gained contacts that we would not have been able to obtain. We met after the fair and got our big idea for this challenge to take shape. Speaking of taking shape, I better get going to this meeting for tonight so we can get even further!

End of Project 2

Today the three ladies made the finishing touches on the E-Waste Eco-Rally project. Tomorrow is presentation day! It was definitely a harder project than I thought. I learned that making your vision that you may have of something come true, is definitley hard. Tomorrow we will be able to exhibit just how hard it was and what we did to overcome the obstacles that were thrown in our path. Better start getting ready because 8:00am or 6:00am that I have to be up at, comes way too quick!

CHFA

On Friday March 6, 2009 we got our 3rd project presented to us. The Colordao Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) has given us a challenge to reach out to the city of Parker Colorado. Zip codes 80134 and 80138 represent a high number of households that recently received a notice of foreclosure filings, also known as Notice of Election and Demand (NED), but also have a low call rate to the Foreclosure Hotline. It is now our duty to create a Request for Proposal (RFP) in an effective and efficient manner that demonstrates our ability to reach borrowers in the city of Parker who may want assistance with contacting and negotiating with their lender. It's time to get started. Let's save some homes!

E-Waste Eco-Rally

Saturday March 7, 2009 at 6:00am the rush was on! The E-Waste Eco-Rally sponsored by Comcast was a big hit! The event was not supposed to start until 7:00am and we had cars lining up at 6:15am. I was hustling and bustling trying to get our entertainment and education aspect of the rally together for the early birds. It was rough at first, but I finally got my vision to work. There were so many people who wanted to be environmentally friendly by recycling their electronics that we had to start turning people away at about 10:00 am. But not to worry, Waste Management is allowing people to come by their site on 48th and Colorado this Monday-Friday to drop off more electronics, which is also free of charge!