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[quote="Cranbury Press"]Housing group set to mark 45 years
Friday, January 22, 2010 9:02 AM EST
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer
  
CRANBURY — Forty-five years after the first hammer was swung in the name of the community’s less fortunate, Cranbury Housing Associates will hold its annual reorganization meeting Sunday and celebrate the anniversary.

The driving force behind the township’s affordable housing efforts, CHA has come a long way since its inception in the early 1960s, said Mark Berkowsky, president of the organization.

”Basically, it started out as a hands-on, self-help organization,” he said.

Today, the nonprofit organization helps the township fulfill its affordable housing obligations by providing support services, monitoring the resales of purchased units and providing reports to the state Council on Affordable Housing.

At Sunday’s meeting, attendees can revisit CHA’s beginnings when organizers present some original slides and films of early volunteers and their efforts, Mr. Berkowsky said.
   The public also will get a brief history lesson on the organization. For instance, since 1990, CHA has raised money for and constructed 96 units in Cranbury, he said.

”It’s how CHA has helped the township meet its affordable housing obligations,” he said.

While the organization’s representatives will give residents ample proof of its fruitful past, they’ll also present evidence of a bright future.

”We’re also going to present proposed plans for future developments (at the meeting),” Mr. Berkowsky said.

The main focus of that discussion will be the Route 130 D property, he said, an affordable housing site that is still in the concept phase. Mr. Berkowsky said development of the site could range from 29 to 48 units and is located directly across from the South River Road jughandle.

CHA, which has approximately 40 volunteers, also will use Sunday’s meeting as an opportunity to recruit more members, he said.

”Without community support, any volunteer organization would cease to exist,” Mr. Berkowsky said. “We really need new members and new blood to keep our organization going.”

The meeting will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the large group room at the Cranbury School, 23A N. Main St. For more information, contact Mr. Berkowsky at 609-655-2400.

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