UPDATES
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MIP Housing Team Commends City Councilors and Mayor
May 30, 2023 Dear Keene City Councilors and Mayor, On behalf of the Monadnock Interfaith Project Housing Team, thank you for your thoughtful discussions about Keene’s downtown infrastructure project. On May 24 the Municipal Services, Facilities and Infrastructure...
MIP participates in NH Gives June 6-7, 5pm – 5pm
Donate to MIP and your other favorite nonprofits at NH Gives, a 24 hour statewide fundraising event for nonprofits starting at 5pm on June 6 and ending at 5pm June 7.
Keene’s Ahavas Achim to host discussion on antisemitism
Keene’s Congregation Ahavas Achim will host a community discussion on antisemitism Sunday, April 16, 3-4:30 pm, in a free event open to the public that will feature local and regional speakers. ....read more
Housing Needs Assessment Draft presented to Keene Officials
New York based-consulting group presented a Draft Housing Needs Assessment Report to Keene officials Monday night, and identified direction on implementing solutions... more
“I can’t bring more workforce in for your business if I have no place for them to live.”
Gov. Sununu in the State of the State address hosted by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce named housing as the number one barrier we have. "I can’t bring more workforce in for your business if I have no place for them to live."
Keene residents, please take the quick online Housing Survey by this Friday, Feb. 17th.
The City of Keene would like more input from residents about housing to help shape the City's future housing strategy. Keene Online Survey Here
Reader Opinion: Backing efforts to assist the homeless – MIP
Like many cities across the country Keene is challenged by an increasing homeless population. Housing instability and..more
The Longest Night – A Candlelight Memorial
Join us to honor and remember our neighbors who died in the last year after experiencing homelessness. Held on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year! Dec 21, 2022 5:30pm St. James Episcopal Church, 44 West Street, Keene Download...
Clergy and faith leaders heartbroken and angered by a wave of recent racist and antisemitic acts of vandalism in our community
As clergy and faith leaders - and participants in the Monadnock Interfaith Project – we have been heartbroken and angered by a wave of recent racist and antisemitic acts of vandalism in our community. This past week multiple acts of vandalism struck a Westmoreland...
Invisible Walls: Restrictive zoning and homelessness
Homelessness, like high blood pressure or family wealth, is often inherited by the next generation. That’s the sad reality Stacie Pickford Baez of Jaffrey found herself in as soon as she reached adulthood. To Baez, it seemed like everything in her youth made her...