Thursday, May 18th, 2023

10 AM to 12 NOON

​Friendship House is hosting/moderating a panel of 5 guest speakers to address some of the innovations of supporting the needs in Skagit County, surrounding housing crisis, learning what is working as well as the stumbling blocks we find on our paths to help.

This live in-person, panel discussion is at Christianson's Vinery, 15806 Best Rd, Mount Vernon.

• Doors opening at 10am with symposium to begin at 10:30am. 
• Audience Q & A will promptly start at 11am, for fifteen minutes.
• Social time after for 45 minutes to mingle, snack and get your business card in for the door prize!
• 12:00pm Winner announcement of the lucky door prize winner of 4 Mariner's Tickets (game details below)!​

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Thanks to our event sponsors, Christianson's Nursery and PSE, we are hosting this panel discussion.

Our honorable guest speakers include:

• Community Action, Executive Director, Bill Henkel 
• Home Trust of Skagit, Executive Director, Jodi Dean
• Skagit County Public Health, Manager - Community Services Division, George Kosovich
• Faber Construction - West Coast Homes, Owner, Raymond Faber
• ​BYK Construction, Owner, Paul Woodmansee

   
Subject of discussion:  Affordable Housing for single income households, fixed and low income earners.  Especially considering our local senior population struggling with repetitious rent increases and our working homeless citizens, struggling to afford adequate housing. 

• access to alternative support, are we partnering our resources
• goals for the future, how we can support each other

​Our panel sponsor, PSE has reserved four tickets for the Seattle Mariners as a door prize!
The game is scheduled for Friday, May 26 at 7:10pm vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates.

For a chance to win these premium seats, be sure to bring a business card to be entered in the drawing.
Winner to be announced at the event, and the awarded tickets will be delivered digitally directly from PSE, prior to the game.

The audience (max 100 ppl) will include many connected service providers and potentially some allies in politics all hoping to see our intention of working together to do more.  Audience questions and feedback will open for 15 minutes after the 30-minute panel topics conclude.  There will be an option to stay to continue socially talking with the audience and each other over refreshments, after. 
(So, plan for at least an hour to an hour and a half in total) 
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Held indoors at the Vinery at Christianson's, 15806 Best Rd Mount Vernon.​

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