Top of the Town has always brought together community leaders, developers, and peers who believe in creating an affordable and inclusive Seattle. Thanks to you, this year is no exception.
While we will be physically spread out across the region, we can still come together to focus on what unites us: Our collective belief that everyone has the right to a safe, quality, and affordable home.
Everyone has the right to a quality, affordable home. At Community Roots Housing (formerly Capitol Hill Housing), this truth drives our work.
Every community should be served with the full humanity of its current and future members in mind. We build and sustain communities in which everyone can thrive.
Steven Knipp is the executive director of GenPRIDE and a longtime Seattle resident, has more than a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership and has been instrumental in progressing Community Roots Housing's plans for the first LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing project in Washington state.
Steven will speak about the importance of organizational partnership and community resilience.
We’re pleased to have Benjamin Hunter performing, a musician who has worked closely with JazzED. Benjamin plays violin, mandolin, guitar, and sings. He composes original works, and plays with a variety of groups, playing classical, jazz, world, folk, blues, and country. In addition, Benjamin is a socialpreneur, educator and a founder of cultural spaces Hillman City Collaboratory and the Black & Tan Hall.
Help introduce new folks to our work! Fill your “table” with your friends, colleagues, and family who share our belief that everyone has the right to a quality, affordable home. After the program, enjoy an opportunity to socialize online with your "virtual table".
Simply register as a table captain, and we will send you all the information you'll need!
"Community Roots Housing has a different take on partnerships. This is not a standard real estate development company that was just cranking out houses and moving on. They’re committed to not only their residents, but also to the community-led organizations they work with. It really began to show me that Community Roots Housing at its heart is about community, and that’s the kind of people that we like to partner with."
Contact Laura Orella at lorella@communityrootshousing.org
This is the unstructured cocktail party you've been waiting for! Folks will have more opportunity to talk and message during this component
If you are here as a guest of a table captain, you can break out to talk to just your 'table'. Speakers and Community Roots leadership will be moving around breakout rooms.
