• • MEND has been the recipient of nine major awards since 2006 recognizing workforce housing done with commitment and excellence across the regions. Read full Story

  • Ribbon Cutting for Duffy School Apartments, Florence Township

    Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Representatives from Moorestown Ecumenical Neighborhood Development (MEND) and its joint-venture development partner, Conifer Realty, LLC along with local, county, state and federal officials celebrated the  Duffy Senior Apartments with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
    Please click on photo, left, for brief video coverage of event.  BCT Duffy Ribbon Cutting Article

  • Groundbreaking for Duffy School Apartments, Florence Township

    Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Representatives from Moorestown Ecumenical Neighborhood Development (MEND) and its joint-venture development partner, Conifer Realty, LLC along with Township officials and other project partners held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of Duffy School Apartments located at the historic Marcella L. Duffy Elementary School.
    BCT Duffy Groundbreaking Article

  • Ribbon Cutting for Springside Apartments, Burlington Township

    Saturday, March 8, 2014, MEND and Conifer staff along with local residents, Burlington Township, County and State officials celebrated the opening of Springside Apartments with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
    BCT Springside Ribbon Cutting Article

  • MEND Scholarship with Rowan at Burlington County
    

    Please click here for the application process for a scholarship for Rowan at Burlington County.  MEND is excited to be able to give residents an opportunity to further their education and ultimately enhance the quality of their lives. (Moorestown Patch article 101714)

  • JAHMA & NAHMA Scholarship Grants

    The New Jersey Affordable Housing Management Association and the National Affordable Housing Management Association provide scholarship grants to residents of member properties every year. MEND residents are eligible to apply. For additional information please visit the JAHMA Foundation website at http://www.jahma.org/scholarship.html# and the NAHMA website at http://www.nahma.org/about/educational-foundation/

• MEND’s Annual Gala

  Click here to go to MEND’s 2017 Event Page
  Click here to go to MEND’s 2016 Event Page
  Click here to go to MEND’s 2015 Event Page
  Click here to go to MEND’s 2014 Event Page

• Friends of MEND Golf Outing

  Friends of MEND Golf Outing Page 2017 – Click here
  Friends of MEND Golf Outing Page 2016 – Click here
  Friends of MEND Golf Outing Page 2015 – Click here

Awards and Recognition

MEND has been chosen to receive SNJ Business People’s “Top- Non Profit” award!  The list will be published in their end of the year special “Year in Review” edition -2016

Supportive Housing Association of NJ Best Large-Scale Housing Development for Springside Apartments – 2014

NJFuture Smart Growth Award for Springside Apartments – 2014

PlanSmart New Jersey’s Regional Equity Achievement Award

BC2 Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Development from Businesses Committed to Burlington County

NJ Governor’s “Excellence in Affordable Housing Development” Award for Sharp Road Family Housing, Evesham

Burlington County Chamber of Commerce Voice of Business
“Community Enrichment Award”

NJ Future “Smart Growth Award for Affordable Infill Housing”

NJ Builders Association “Affordable Housing Award”

NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency “Excellence in Housing Management Award”

US HUD/Fannie Mae “Excellence in Affordable Housing Design”

In the News … 

Nonprofit developers’ unsung economic contributions Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2015

Historic School Turns into an Affordable Senior Housing Development HUD.Gov, October 2015

MEND Establishes Academic Scholarship Program in Collaboration with Burlington County College Foundation  Moorestown Patch, October 2014

Financing Trifecta Graduates Building from Grade School to Senior Housing Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, January 2014

Moorestown group has been a pioneer for creating affordable housing – Burlington County Times: 2013 Do-Gooder Awards The Burlington County Times

Kevin Riordan: MEND’s Matthew A. Reilly makes a success offering affordable housing The Philadelphia Inquirer

CBS 3 Philly News
Report: 61 Percent of New Jersey Renters Unable to Afford Housing