Colorado
Nonprofit Joins NeighborWorks Network
October
18, 2004- Neighbor to Neighbor, Inc. (N2N), a Fort Collins,
Colo., nonprofit, was officially chartered as a member of the
NeighborWorks® network of community development organizations.
Neighbor to Neighbor was founded and incorporated in 1970 by a
resident activist from a lower-income neighborhood in northeast
Fort Collins. A family with many children on her street fell behind
on its mortgage and was going to lose its home to foreclosure.
This effort spawned a movement of volunteers who created an agency
in 1970, the legacy of which lives on today.
The organization’s mission is to empower people and promote
housing opportunities through education, advocacy, counseling
and partnering with the community. Neighbor to Neighbor fosters
positive outcomes for people along all points of the housing continuum,
from homelessness through home ownership.
Today N2N has grown to 20 employees and serves all of Larimer
County and parts of Weld County. It has a satellite office in
Loveland, Colo. In addition to comprehensive housing counseling,
with which it began, the organization now administers all grants
for the homeless in the region, owns and manages transitional
and multi-family rental properties and is notably embedded in
and supported by its community.
N2N’s new executive director, Wendie Robinson, came on board
in April from a successful ten-year tenure as director of the
Larimer County Food Bank.
In December 2003, Neighbor to Neighbor was honored with the Spencer
and Julie Penrose Award for “Outstanding Not-For-Profit
in the State of Colorado for 2003” in the prestigious El
Pomar Foundation's Awards for Excellence Program. The agency was
selected for this award from 33 other finalist non-profit organizations
from around the state representing 11 categories. In addition,
N2N was named as a finalist in the self-sufficiency category for
the second year in a row.
Membership in the NeighborWorks network will provide N2N with
access to grants and training opportunities. For more information
on the NeighborWorks network of more than 230 community development
organizations across the United States, visit www.nw.org. For
more information on Neighbor to Neighbor, visit www.n2n.org.
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