Steve Powers Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Responsible for over 90 Affordable Housing and Social Service facilities located across 12 Western WA State counties. Ensure compliance with funder and investor contractual obligations and provide timely and accurate reporting. Create and monitor budgets for each facility. Collaborate with numerous internal departments to maintain Best Practices in.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Oversee operations of affordable housing facilities in three NW Washington counties serving various populations including; low-income workforce, senior, veteran, farmworker, mentally-ill, and formerly homeless. Responsible for: Annual Budgets exceeding $3 million; Tax Credit, HUD & Fair Housing Compliance; Leasing and Management of over 350 apartments and.

Whatcom County

Appointed by the Whatcom County Executive to serve on this Work Group tasked with providing recommendations to County for revamping the Transfer of Development Rights program which has been underutilized. Recommendations were put forth for changes to the program policies as well as related changes to the County’s Comprehensive Plan. These recommendations.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Provided leadership to create a new 42 unit permanent supportive housing facility in Bellingham, WA to fill a missing link in the Continuum of Care offerings for Whatcom County. Withstood NIMBY opposition to the above project and nurtured community partnerships to build broad support leading to fruition of the project.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Participated as farmer mentor and advisor for the creation of ‘Food-to-Bank-On’; now a project of Sustainable Connections that has incubated dozens of new farmers since it’s inception.Advisor for consistently growing loan and grant program for Whatcom County farmers.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Participant in the long-term process to create a coordinated entry system for Whatcom County homeless while providing general recommendations to Whatcom County Executive for housing policies.

Mt Vernon, Washington

Provided Farmworker housing experience and perspective for creation of Skagit County Farmworker Housing Action Plan.

Whatcom County, Washington

Responsible for: Marketing & Sales; Hiring, training and supervising staff; crop production schedules, implementation and harvest; adherence to food quality and safety standards; equipment and facilities maintenance and repair; bookkeeping, payroll and taxes.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Lead participant in the creation of the Bellingham Farmer’s Market that became the third largest Farmers Market in the State of Washington in its first year of operation (many other new markets have now overtaken this market’s position in the state).