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                                        face="Cambria"><small><small>Cheerful


                                            Transitions,</small></small></font></big></big></font><font
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                                </font> <font color="#000000"><big><big><big><font
                                          face="Brush Script MT">David
                                          Wimberly</font></big></big></big><br>
                                  <span lang="EN-CA"></span></font><font
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                                            Bay St Margarets<br>
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                                          color="#990000"><big> <big><b>COMMUNITY



                                                LAND TRUSTS:<br>
                                                For Affordability and
                                                Ecological
                                                Sustainability<br>
                                              </b></big></big></font></span><b><span
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                                          lang="EN-US">July 15<span>   </span>3:30-8:30
                                          pm<span>  </span>Truro -- $55</span></b><span
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                                              With Mike Lewis,
                                              Co-sponsored with NS
                                              Co-operative Council</big></font></b><br>
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                                      style="text-autospace:none">A
                                      Community Land Trust (CLT) is a
                                      blended land ownership model.  It
                                      secures socio-economic and
                                      environmental goals through
                                      non-profit ownership of the land
                                      and leasing it back to private
                                      owners or organizations focused on
                                      community benefit.  Affordability
                                      and other goals are built into the
                                      lease creating a powerful and
                                      balance means of blending private
                                      and community benefits.</p>
                                    <p> This unique land tenure has
                                      proven itself to actually <b>increase

                                        housing affordability</b> over
                                      time, both for rentals and owner
                                      occupied housing. This workshop
                                      will elevate these applications as
                                      a priority.  However, CLTs have
                                      several other applications. Two
                                      will be touched on in this
                                      workshop; how it can be used
                                      facilitate the transfer of land to
                                      a new generation of ecologically
                                      conscious young farmers and the
                                      provision of affordable work
                                      space. <font face="Cambria"> </font>
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                                    <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sound
                                      interesting and relevant?  We hope
                                      so. Come and spend 5 hours
                                      engaging with Michael Lewis, the
                                      leading Canadian expert on CLTs. 
                                      <span style="color:black"></span><b><span
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                                          Lewis</span></b><span
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                                        well known in Canada and
                                        internationally as a
                                        practitioner, author, educator,
                                        and leader in the field of CED
                                        and the social economy. His
                                        experience cuts across the full
                                        range of functions connected to
                                        community renewal and
                                        development. He has built and
                                        advised a wide range of
                                        businesses, organizations, and
                                        governments all over Canada and
                                        internationally as well. An
                                        innovator, activist, and thinker
                                        with a penchant for linking
                                        practice with policy and the
                                        micro and macro, Mike’s
                                        leadership in CCCR (<a
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                                        and elsewhere continues to help
                                        us connect the dots and stay
                                        ahead of the curve.<br>
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"> Rath Eastlink Community Centre, 625
                                                          Abenaki Road,
                                                          Truro, Nova
                                                          Scotia</span><br>
                                                          <b><span
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                                                          and Time:</span></b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"> Wednesday, July 15, 3:30pm to 8:30pm<o:p></o:p></span><b><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"> $ 55.00. Dinner and refreshments are
                                                          included.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                          RECC is
                                                          clearly
                                                          visible from
                                                          the Veteran
                                                          Memorial
                                                          Highway #102
                                                          as you drive
                                                          through Truro,
                                                          Nova Scotia.
                                                          Take exit 13,
                                                          head towards
                                                          the town, and
                                                          gain access to
                                                          the RECC
                                                          parking just
                                                          off of Abenaki
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                                                          information
                                                          package
                                                          downloadable
                                                          to your USB
                                                          Flash Drive.
                                                          This workshop
                                                          will be a
                                                          solid
                                                          foundation on
                                                          a proven way
                                                          to make
                                                          affordable and
                                                          protect land
                                                          for housing,
                                                          farming,
                                                          workplaces,
                                                          and
                                                          conservation.
                                                          Please don’t
                                                          miss this
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