Education & Training

Clinton Township, MI - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MSU Extension is offering a 3-part workshop on Home Ownership on August 11, 18 & 25, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Verkuilen Building, 21885 Dunham Rd., Suite 12, Clinton Township.

Phoenix, AZ - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Celebrating the International Year of Youth: Youth as Leaders, Change Makers, and Connected Global Citizens” in Doha, Qatar, ended July 28. Hosted by Global Citizen Corps, this program of Mercy Corps was implemented in partnership with Reach Out to Asia, a Qatari non-governmental organization that works under the auspices of the Qatar Foundation.

HERNDON, VA - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NAIOP, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, is bringing its annual meeting to Scottsdale, Ariz., October 18-20. Development '11: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate brings together industry professionals from across North America to focus on the timely issues and trends influencing the transitioning commercial real estate market. Nearly 1,000 commercial real estate professionals representing all sectors of the industry are expected to attend the conference, held at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess.

Washington D.C. - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NeighborWorks America, the nation’s largest trainer of community development professionals, added “Creative Project Financing for Affordable Housing” to its line-up of NeighborWorks Virtual Classroom courses, continuing recognition that reducing the costs of providing superior education and training in this tight economic climate is essential to strengthening nonprofit housing organizations’ ability to serve their communities.

West Hartford, CT - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Alan Cowgill, is announcing the CT REIA August 2011 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday August 15, 2011 from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. Attendees are urged to show up on time and take advantage of the early bird workshop.

August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County’s Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will co-host a free workshop on Monday, August 8 from 3 to 8 p.m., to assist those faced with possible mortgage foreclosures. The workshop will take place at the Silver Spring Civic Building, One Veterans Place, Silver Spring

IRVINE, CA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce the construction of a new 332-bed student housing community at the University of Wyoming (UW) in Laramie. Under construc...

West Hartford, CT - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) CT REIA & Alan Cowgill presents an All Day Weekend Seminar: How To Find All The Money You Need To Invest In Properties August 27, 2011 - 9am to 3pm Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT

OXNARD, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc. Principals John Ochoa, SIOR, and Grant Harris and Vice President David Kim transacted a 15,510-square-foot office lease that will bring the first Laurus College campus to Ventura County.

West Hartford, CT - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT REIA and Alan Cowgill presents: Unlimited Supply of Money For Residential and Commercial Properties

Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted a free workshop on foreclosure prevention and home finance taking place in Tucson on Saturday, July 23. The event is jointly hosted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Don’t Borrow Trouble Pima County, the City of Tucson, Fannie Mae, Pima County, and the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

New York, N.Y. - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Turner Construction Company announced that the Yale University Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut is the 200th Turner project to have achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the Green Buildings Certification Institute.

JAMAICA,NY - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), senior member of the Financial Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with community organizations, including Neighborhood Works America, will hold a press conference on Monday, July 18, 11:00 am to urge eligible homeowners to act quickly to apply for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program (EHLP). Congressman Meeks will be joined by Adolfo Carrion, HUD Regional Administrator, Region II. Mr. Carrion is a former Bronx Borough President and director of the White House Office on Urban Policy.

IRVINE, CA - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that it is providing architectural design services for a new, mixed-use, 183,000-square-foot graduate student housing project to be developed by Hanover Pacific, LLC, in downtown Pomona, Calif., adjacent to the campus of Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU), a private, non-profit graduate school for health professions.

LAGUNA HILLS, CA - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Association of Community Managers (CACMSM) will celebrate its 20th anniversary at this year’s Statewide Expo & Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim on July 28-July 29.

West Hartford, CA - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with the Women Real Estate Investors Association, or WREIA, is announcing a new meeting and dinner on July 26, 2011. This meeting will take place from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Violi’s Restaurant, 688 Westfield Road, Meriden, CT. The cost of this event is $25 for WREIA and CT REIA members, and $30 for not-yet-members. The cost of admission includes dinner. Attendees who register before July 20th will receive the CD entitled “Success Is Your Birthright” as an additional bonus.

West Hartford, CT - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) Women Real Estate Investors Association Meeting July 26, 2011 - 6:00 to 9:00 PM Violi's Restaurant. 688 Westfield Road. Meriden, CT $25 for WREIA and CT REIA Members | $30 for non-members (Price includes dinner)

New York, NY - July 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI) announced today the signing of agreements with SENA and CAMACOL Bogotá and Cundinamarca (CAMACOL B&C) that establish the first on-site job training and certification program for construction workers in Colombia. CGSGI will develop a portable, on-site training facility in the Ciudad Verde ("Green City") low-income housing development in Soacha, Cundinamarca, near Bogotá, the capital of Colombia to offer free training and certification for 5,000 construction workers. The on-site training program will utilize courses developed by SENA, the National Learning Service of Colombia, and trainees will be evaluated by CAMACOL B&C, the Colombian Chamber of Construction. Workers will receive certifications from SENA for the competencies in which they have been trained.

NEW YORK, NY - July 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With an intense focus on conquering the nation's employment crisis, the National Urban League has opened registration for its Conference, "Jobs Rebuild America" - four days of dialogue, workshops and forums on jobs, education reform, wellness and housing at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center July 27-30.

West Hartford, CT - July 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) July 20, 2011 - 5:30 to 9:00 pm Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT Register at http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=349 Housing prices are down, but rentals have held up much better. CNN says Real Estate: It's time to buy again. Forget stocks. Don't bet on gold. After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is housing.

New York, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 184 Kent, the luxury residential rental that opened on Williamsburg’s waterfront one year ago, has recently secured a tenant for 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The space was leased by The River School, a childcare and educational facility that will open at 184 Kent in 2012.

West Hartford, CT - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) CT REIA, Than Merrill, and Bob Lachance presents: Wholesale and Pre-Foreclosures (1 day, 2 great speakers) July 16, 2011. 9:00am - 5:00 pm Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT $29 for CT REIA Members $39 for Not-Yet-Members

West Hartford, CT - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Than Merrill of A&E’s “Flip This House” and Bob Lachance, is announcing a July 2011 weekend seminar for real estate investors. This seminar will take place on Saturday July 16, 2011, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT. Admission for this event varies according to ticket type.

LAS VEGAS, NV - July 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rob Flitton, “The Closer”, of RE/MAX CENTRAL in Las Vegas, a talented and successful REALTOR® with more than 25 years of experience in the real estate and land development industries, has achieved yet another important milestone as a CERTIFIED INVESTOR AGENT SPECIALIST ™ (CIAS).

Providence - July 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Community Builders and YouthBuild USA today announced an innovative partnership in Providence that will provide opportunities for low-income young people enrolled in local YouthBuild programs to build and renovate affordable housing and pursue careers in the real estate industry. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, and U.S. Congressman David Cicilline, along with students and local and national YouthBuild leaders, spoke at the event announcing the partnership.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executives from the private, public and nonprofit sector today joined Events DC (Washington Convention and Sports Authority) and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) for the launch of Greenspace, NCR, the District’s first green learning and resource center located at Nationals Park in the Capital Riverfront neighborhood. During the event, Greenspace unveiled its plans for a $2 million, 12,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the LEED platinum standard of the U.S. Green Building Council. Leveraging an exceptional network of partnerships, Greenspace intends to build the skills, knowledge and capacity of professionals, policymakers and the public to create ground breaking green communities across the region.

SEATTLE, WA - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Chair of the Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee, invites members of the public to participate in a lunchtime discussion on credit and foreclosur...

Los Angeles, CA - June 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBRE) today announced that it has exceeded 10,000 attendees in the BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP), a major industry milestone. That performance represents 40% of all attendees in what is recognized as the leading sustainability training program for commercial real estate professionals.

West Hartford, CT - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Bob Lachance, is announcing its July 2011 monthly meeting for real estate investors. This seminar will also celebrate CT REIA’s 8th anniversary. This seminar will take place on Monday July 11, 2011, from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT. This seminar is free for CT REIA members and $30 for not-yet-members. There will be plenty of raffle prizes, giveaways, and networking opportunities for attendees.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today released a study that finds the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units need an estimated $25.6 billion for large scale repairs. This study updates a 1998 analysis and includes costs to address overdue repairs, accessibility improvements for disabled residents, lead abatement, and water and energy conservation that would make the homes more cost effective and energy efficient.