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Ms. Parish has been involved in housing and community development programs in Pennsylvania for 30 years. She has extensive experience in managing CDBG and HOME programs, training clients in these programs and IDIS, and in developing housing and economic development programs and projects. Ms. Parish was instrumental in the creation of the Reading Downtown Improvement District during her tenure with the City of Reading. She has worked on numerous downtown revitalization projects, bringing together the interests of developer, city, and the central business district community. In the City of Hazleton, she assisted in the preparation of the financial package for the restoration of the Markle Building and the development of a near-downtown housing development, The North Pine Street Development. She worked on the formation of the Pottsville Main Street plan and continues to work with the City on implementation of that vision.
Ms. Parish is an expert in HUD’s Continuum of Care homeless programs. She works with several communities in organizing their response to the HUD Continuum of Care funding announcement each year and staying abreast of the evolution of this program.
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