NeighborWorks Greater Manchester

Street Address:
20 Merrimack Street
Manchester, NH 03101


Phone: 603-626-4663
Fax: 603-623-8011
Website: www.nwgm.org

Robert Tourigny, Executive Director

Contact Name: Robert Tourigny
Phone: 603-626-4663
Fax:
Email: robert@nwgm.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 8    Part Time: 3

Background
NeighborWorks Greater Manchester Services was incorporated in 1992 to combat neighborhood deterioration in the Center City of Manchester. NeighborWorks Greater Manchester currently services the entire City of Manchester and surrounding towns in the Greater Manchester region, providing affordable housing/real estate development renovation and reconstruction; resident leadership and community building initiatives; and home ownership and financial fitness seminars and counseling programs.

Mission
NeighborWorks Greater Manchester enhances peoples’ lives and the community environment by providing access to quality housing services, revitalizing neighborhoods and supporting opportunities for personal empowerment.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $987,537

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Community Building and Organizing
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 318 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 69 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 35 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 267 rental units.
  • Invested $270,800 in the community through Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.'s revolving loan fund, which leveraged $16,602,636 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $16,873,436.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    12/20/2004 • Developed 266 family rental apartments in Manchester • Developed the first LIHTC project sponsored by a NH nonprofit • Developed and sold to first-time homebuyers Renaissance Homes, 8 attached fee simple townhouses and the first new construction in the neighborhood in 20 years • Developed and sold to first-time homebuyers REBUILD Phase I and Phase II, six renovated buildings • Developed gallery space • Facilitated a neighborhood initiative to save the block (between Union and Pine, Merrimack and Laurel Streets) from development of a new police station • Started a neighborhood cleanup that eventually became Adopt- a-Block • Led a neighborhood campaign that closed down three local bars • Helped create the Pine Street Friendship Garden • Created the Cedar Street Family Park and the Auburn Street Family Park • Brought community policing to the neighborhood • Organized local park cleanup • Organized and supported the community process that resulted in Manchester being designated an Enterprise Community by HUD • Won the first “Youthbuild” grant in NH NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center of Manchester – A comprehensive homebuyer counseling and financing program to help low-income families buy their own homes • Operates “NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Center” in downtown retail location as part of a national program • Offers over 75 educational programs each year, including orientations, home ownership seminars, home buyer financial literacy clubs, landlord trainings, post purchase group counseling workshops, and anti-predatory lending workshops • Provided homeownership counseling to over 4,000 families • Offered the first New Hampshire homeownership seminars in Vietnamese and Spanish • Is the lead non-profit organization for the state-wide Financial Fitness Program • Provided financial fitness training to 389 individuals since 2001 • Enrolled 289 individuals in an Individual Development Account (IDA) savings program • Began offering home mortgages and down payment/closing cost assistance loans statewide in 2000

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Neighborhood / Resident Crime Watch

  •  Tenant Organizing

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Financial Education

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  •  IDA Savings Program

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Center

  •  HomeBuyers Club

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Section 8 Housing


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Ronald BouffordBoard MemberResident  
    Diane BourqueBoard TreasurerResident  
    Ray GirouxBoard PresidentResident  
    William GuilmetteBoard MemberResident  
    Debra HallettBoard MemberBusinessCentrix Bank 
    Pauline A IkawaBoard SecretaryBusinessTD Banknorth 
    Beth JellisonBoard MemberResident  
    Ald. Mike LopezBoard MemberLocal Government  
    Anthony MarinoBoard Vice PresidentBusiness  
    J. Michael PerrellaBoard Member  
    Anthony PooreBoard Member  
    David PreeceBoard MemberLocal Government  
    Margaret ProbishBoard MemberResident  
    Alex WashingtonBoard MemberResident  

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

    NeighborWorks ® America Contact Information
    District:  New England
    Name:  Frances Cinicola
    Phone:  617-585-5027
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  617-450-0427
    Email:  fcinicola@nw.org