CONWAY — Over 100 community members attended the Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition’s State of Housing Breakfast, held last Tuesday at the Fairbank Lodge at Cranmore Mountain Resort.
“I think what we heard from the various speakers today was that we don’t have to re-invent the wheel (when it comes to addressing affordable housing), that there are tools out there that we need to add to our tool box,” said Sara Butterfield, executive director of the nonprofit coalition after speaking after the three-hour forum.
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