CommunityWorks North Dakota

Street Address:
200 1st Avenue NW
Mandan, ND 58554


Phone: 701-667-7600
Fax: 701-255-7228
Website: www.communityworksnd.org

Paul Rechlin, Executive Director

Contact Name: Paul Rechlin
Phone: 701-255-4591
Fax: 701-255-7228
Email: prechlin@communityworksnd.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 5    Part Time: 5

Background
CommunityWorks North Dakota was incorporated as a nonprofit and recognized as a CHDO in 1995. It received a statewide charter from NR in 2000.

Mission
CommunityWorks North Dakota provides affordable housing and development opportunities to revitalize communities and improve the standard of living and quality of life for North Dakotans.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $548,883

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Rural Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 35 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 18 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 90 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 74 rental units.
  • Invested $1,031,195 in the community through CommunityWorks North Dakota's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $14,015,571 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $15,046,766.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    8/5/2002 CommunityWorks was named as the lead agency for the North Dakota HomeChoice Coalition, which assists families with disabled household member to find affordable loans and grants to purchase or modify a home.
    11/25/2002 Began providing specialized assistance from the Reservation Mortgage Lending Program to the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock Nations.
    6/18/2003 Received Award of Excellence from the Federal Home Loan Bank-Des Moines for a 72-home, $700,000 statewide housing rehabilitation program that assisted elderly and low-income homeowners in rural communities.
    8/21/2003 Completed Library Square, a $5 million, 46-unit development for elderly residents of low income. Library Square has become the cornerstone for the redevelopment plan of downtown Mandan, which has been impacted by the effects of an underground diesel plume.
    11/14/2003 Completed 10 homes in Lincoln, North Dakota with the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program in and began construction on 12 additional homes.
    12/31/2003 Expanded original 10-county DREAM Fund service area to 25 counties. The DREAM Fund surpassed the $1 million mark by providing 49 loans to 47 families, which helped to leverage and attract over $2.9 million in residential financing from local lenders and other funds for a total of $3.9 million in total financing. Over $1.9 million of the financing contributed to new construction.
    8/2/2004 CommunityWorks was certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the U.S. Treasury Department.
    2/19/2004 The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency presented CommunityWorks Executive Director Paul Rechlin with the 2004 Champion of Affordable Housing Award in the Leadership Category for his advocacy of affordable housing in North Dakota. In 2001, CommunityWorks was also presented with the award in the Production Category for the creation of the DREAM Fund.
    2/24/2005 Library Square was awarded the Champion of Affordable Housing Award in the Housing Production Category by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency at the state housing conference. The award recognizes a program or project that best provides housing for renters, homebuyers or special needs households.
    2/2/2006 CommunityWorks is named the first nonprofit Champion of Affordable Housing by the ND Housing Finance Agency.
    3/1/2007 For the second consecutive year, CommunityWorks is awarded a Champion of Affordable Housing Award by NDHFA, and the DREAM Fund provides the $10 millionth dollar since the RLF was created in 2001.
    3/21/2008 For an unprecedented third consecutive year, CommunityWorks was presented a Lender Champion of Affordable Housing Award at the annual North Dakota Housing Finance Agency statewide housing conference.
    6/3/2009 Completed construction on Library Square II, its $5.5 million, 45-unit mixed use tax credit development and moved CommunityWorks' offices to the downtown Mandan building.

    Community Services
  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Home Safety and Security

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Handicapped


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Wade BachmeierBoard SecretaryBusinessCentury 21 Landmark RealtyRealtor/Owner
    Richard BartaBoard MemberResidentCity of MandanAssessor
    Jill BeckBoard MemberBusinessNorth Dakota Association of RealtorsExecutive Director
    Richard BendishBoard MemberResident  
    Shirley DykshoornBoard MemberResidentLake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity 
    Dave FlohrBoard MemberState GovernmentND Housing Finance AgencySpecial Programs Manager
    John GieseBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionWells FargoBank President
    Clayton HoffmanBoard MemberBusinessOliver/Mercer ElectricGeneral Manager
    Harvey HuberBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionUnison BankPresident/CEO
    Marlene KrebsbachBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionUS BankMortgage Banker
    Greg LangeBoard MemberBusinessLange and DonovanLawyer
    Sandy RetterathBoard Vice PresidentResidentRetterath Real EstateRealtor/Owner
    Rick StecklerBoard MemberFinancial InstitutionState Bank and TrustPresident
    Jessica A ThomassonBoard MemberResidentLutheran Social Services of North DakotaDirector of LSS Housing
    Mark WeideBoard PresidentFinancial InstitutionStarion FinancialSenior Vice President
    Tonya White MountainBoard TreasurerResidentStanding Rock Housing AuthorityLoan Packager
    Mike ZainhofskyBoard MemberResidentBurleigh County Housing AuthorityExecutive Director

    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:  North Central
    Name:  Diana Mitchell
    Phone:  816-714-1211
    Toll-Free:  800-823-1428
    Fax:  816-714-1291
    Email:  dmitchell@nw.org