Conference bound
Debbie Lombardo, community outreach coordinator for Neighborhood Housing
Services, right, and Ray Ertel, community activist, left, are preparing to go to the
NeighborWorks America conference in Sacramento, Calif. this month. West Side & Black Rock-Riverside Neighborhood Housing
Services are also sending six other staff and community volunteers. The goal of
the trip is for them to find ways to enhance a neighborhood without solely
focusing on housing. By Caitlin Kupiec and James McDonald