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Directory of Elected Officials
Previous BRAVO AWARD Recipients
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The BRAVO AWARD is presented to individuals who have shown exemplary dedication to the community by their work for the betterment of El Paso.
2010 BRAVO AWARD Recipient Nancy Hanson Nancy
Hanson, Executive Director of Lower Valley Housing Corporation (LVHC) in
El Paso, is a nationally respected authority on mutual self-help housing.
Mutual self-help housing is about good, safe, affordable houses in
decent neighborhoods for very low and low income families. Nancy
administers every aspect of this program in El Paso; purchasing lots or
land on which to develop residential subdivisions, screening and
qualifying applicants, and securing mortgage financing for the homes.
Her staff teaches ten families at a time how to build at least 65%
of their own, and each others’ homes and then oversees and supervises
all construction while they do it.
When the houses are finished and the self-helpers move in, LVHC
services the loans for the lenders.
These soon-to-be-neighbors become very close to each other while
building their own and each others’ homes.
Pride in ownership runs high in their neighborhoods.
Default on payment is almost zero. Since Nancy Hanson came on board in January, 1991, LVHC has built 17 subdivisions and 1100 houses with 100% financing from banks combined with mortgage financing from USDA or Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs. Nancy is a favored keynote speaker on self-help housing in cities all over the country – as well as in Washington, D.C. Now, every year, LVHC hosts mutual self-help delegations from other U.S. cities for tours of Lower Valley Housing neighborhoods. Thanks to her, LVHC is considered a model program in mutual self-help housing in the country. And 1100 families who would be living in over-crowded, sub-standard conditions now – at no cost to you or me – live in their own, nice, 3 bedroom home …with a garage. We are proud to present Nancy Hanson with the 2010 Bravo Award. Lifetime Achievement BRAVO Award Janice Woods Windle Of
the many reasons Janice Woods Windle has become a legend in our, and her,
time, let’s start with;
Janice Windle brought the El Paso Community Foundation (EPCF) from
$90,000.00 when she took over in 1997 to the foundation of more than 90
million dollars that it is today. That’s what she
does with everything she takes on.
Her bio is thick with missions and accomplishments.
For example, she won
national and international recognition
for her work as Chairman of the Trilateral Philanthropy Committee charged
with international conformity
of laws regulating charitable gifts. Her
accomplishments are many, far reaching, and long running but,
arguably the achievement best known (and celebrated) by all El Pasoans is
the rescue and restoration of the historic Plaza Theater which now houses
everything from the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and live performances of
celebrated road shows to world renowned guest artists like Tony Bennett,
Vicki Carr, George Carlin, and Riverdance.
It is also home to EPCF’s Annual Plaza Classic Films Festival. And, oh yes, in her spare time, Janice has written 4 best selling novels –the first of which, “True Women”, was made into a television mini-series that aired on CBS in 1997. Writing these novels fits in with her hobby of researching and writing about Texas history. We are pleased to present Janice Windle, President Emeritus of the El Paso Community Foundation, with the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Bravo Award.
Previous BRAVO AWARD Recipients Judge Sam Callan Mayor Suzanne Azar Representative Jack C. Vowell Senator Peggy Rosson Representative Nancy McDonald David G. Marcus Myrna J. Deckert General Dennis D. Cavin Adair & Dee Margo Cecilia Ochoa Levine Judy and J Kirk Robison Colonel Heidi V. Brown Sheriff Leo Samaniego Judge Max Higgs Mayor John Cook Kathleen Staudt, PhD
Previous Life Achievement BRAVO Award Recipients Coach Don Haskins Anita Blair
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