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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE"
size=3>Northern Neighborhoods and the Northeast Development Alliance (NEDA) are
sponsoring an Open House to celebrate the progress of an innovative marketing
and intervention buying campaign.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE" size=3>The
event will be held on <STRONG>Sunday, May 22, 2005</STRONG> from 2:00 to 4:00 pm
at</FONT></P>
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size=3><STRONG>1439 Walker Ave.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE"
size=3>Parking is available at the Reformation Lutheran Church parking lot at
Loch Raven and Walker Ave.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE" size=3>The
Open House will also celebrate the partnership with St. Ambrose Housing Aid
Center, developer of this the 23<SUP>rd</SUP> completed renovation and sale of
HUD foreclosed houses in the Northern Neighborhoods area.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE"
size=3>Other partners include Morgan State University, Good Samaritan Hospital,
the Baltimore Community Foundation, Fannie Mae and NECO.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE" size=3>The
effort has contributed to the boost in the neighborhood sale
prices over $100,000 and decreased the number of foreclosures</FONT>.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial CE" size=3>You
are invited to come out on Sun May 22nd on Sun May 22nd to see the superior
quality renovations to 1439 Walker Avenue by St. Ambrose
.</FONT></P></DIV>
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