News & Views: Press Releases

February 17, 2004

Press Release
For Immediate Publication

For further information contact:
Cyndie Hoggatt, Admin. Assistant
Community Housing & Resources, Inc.
472-1189

CHR ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS

SANIBEL -- Sanibel residents Michael F. Cuscaden and Elaine C. Schaeffer have been elected members of the Board of Directors of Community Housing & Resources, Inc. (CHR). Phyllis Bogen, Board president, announced the election of the two new Board members this week.

"Mike and Elaine have great enthusiasm for Sanibel's affordable housing program. We look forward to having the Island benefit from their input and support," Bogen said.

Michael Cuscaden is currently President of the Ding Darling Wildlife Society. He is a past Senior Warden at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Bailey-Matthew Shell Museum, and also as a United Way Board member.

Elaine Schaeffer is the Program Coordinator for Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc., and an Adjunct Professor at Edison Community College. She is President of the Lee County Association for the Education of Young Children, and a member of state and national children’s education associations.

CHR is the private non-profit corporation which administers the Below Market Rate Housing (BMRH) program, which was established by the Sanibel City Council in 1983, in compliance with State requirements. This locally designed and implemented community program provides affordable housing for persons of limited means who have Sanibel work history, as well as for others who are longtime Sanibel residents with insufficient funds to remain on the Island. CHR has begun construction of Woodhaven, a development of twelve new BMRH residences, located on Casa Ybel Road directly behind Bank of the Islands. When completed, Woodhaven will bring the total number of BMRH units on Sanibel to 64.

For further information about CHR, to apply for BMRH, or to become a member of the organization, contact CHR at 472-1189, or visit the office at the Sanibel Civic Center (old library), at 2401 Library Way.

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