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Aeon News
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Share a meal with Aeon residents at the Annual Meeting & Celebration
 Join Aeon residents and staff for the 2010 Annual Meeting & Celebration. Enjoy resident artwork and music – and see how your support of Aeon’s vision that every person has a home builds a stronger, healthier community!
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Table Captains prepare for Beyond Bricks and Mortar
 Aeon's Table Captain volunteers gathered on January 28 to prepare for Aeon's upcoming Beyond Bricks & Mortar fundraising breakfast. Table Captains are vital to the success of the fundraising event, and invite nearly 900 people to the May 12 breakfast.
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New housing policy online tool box launches
The Urban Land Institute has launched a new Housing Policy Tool Box which discusses the best practices of housing preservation and production. Aeon's work and the work of other local developers are highlighted as part of the new online tool.
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Renaissance Box receives two new grants
 Aeon is closer to having all of the necessary funding for the Renaissance Box development secured, thanks to two grants received this month.
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Stretching the budget to make ends meet
 Joye Bell and Curtis Collins – like many of Aeon’s residents – are stretching their budgets thin to make ends meet in this challenging economy. Joye says she can’t imagine what would happen to her husband and her 13-year-old daughter if they didn’t have an affordable place to live.
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Aeon wins national award
Aeon's Ripley Gardens was showcased in the national competition as an example of how public-private partnerships can successfully create a sustainable community.
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Another chapter in a century-old house's life
Aeon moved a century-old house this week to make way for a new construction. Together, the new building and renovated house will provide 61 affordable apartment homes for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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The life they hoped for
"I am blessed to have affordable housing," said Jama Abdullhi, a refugee who fled the unrest in Somalia and now lives at Chicago Avenue apartments.
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