Pottstown PA Open Doors 09.10.11 - MOSAIC Community Land Trust

The video captures Pottstown PA's Open Doors Event on Sept. 10, 2011. The MOSAIC Community Land Trust opened their new office at at 10 South Hanover Street Pottstown, PA just in time for the event. Enjoy the music by pianist Porter Shimer.

What is a Community Land Trust or CLT?

Community Land Trust, or CLT, is a nonprofit sustainable model for:
• Community involvement & partnerships
• Increased homeownership
• Neighborhood stabilization
• Arts & Culture
• Healthy lifestyles/ Community Gardens
• Employment/entrepreneurship

A Community Land Trust owns property, rehabilitates buildings, then sells or leases buildings according to community goals, but the CLT (Community Land Trust) retains ownership of the land beneath the buildings.

This allows the CLT to continue to have a relationship with homeowners and have an ongoing, stabilizing influence in a neighborhood. Community Land Trust stewardship promotes home maintenance & prevents foreclosure.

While a CLT's housing rehab activities will create local jobs, the Pottstown Community Land Trust does more than only housing. Because Community Land Trusts respond to the needs of their particular community, they can undertake a wide range of activities:
• Community gardens
• Land-banking
• Own, lease & sell commercial property
• Market properties to artists & sell properties at market rates
• Create a job incubator


Located at 10 South Hanover Street Pottstown, PA.

Visit the MOSAIC Community Land Trust website http://www.mosaiccommunitylandtrust.org/

Visit the MOSAIC Community Land Trust Blog
http://pottstownclt.wordpress.com/blog/

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