NeighborWorks® of Grays Harbor contributes to the community conversation on housing issues through a weekly column in the Daily World titled "Nailing it Down."

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Eric Bjella new director of NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor

A few weeks ago, we introduced Eric Bjella as the new executive director of NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor. Today we’d like to tell you more about him! While out longtime construction specialist, IT expert and co-writer of this column, Pat Beaty, is staying on at NeighborWorks, I (Dave Murnen) will retire at the end of May. I have worked at NeighborWorks for 32 years. So, both Eric and I have been grateful for this month-long overlap of leadership. Turns out there’s a lot of i

Avoid housing scams!

Scams. What is it about the springtime that seems to make them sprout up like weeds? We’ve also noticed that scams also seem to appear during the holiday season as well as during times of disaster or personal tragedy. One of the many areas where scammers seem to like to congregate is around the issues related to housing and financing. Perhaps it’s because people are often overwhelmed and not as familiar with the terms surrounding those areas. We here at NeighborWorks of Grays

Scams come in all shapes and sizes!

Scams come in all shapes and sizes and are aimed at different sorts of potential victims. The common wisdom is that it’s elderly folks who are most affected, but actually the statistics show that twice as many people ages 20 to 29 lost money to fraud in 2020 as did those from 70 to 79 years old. Regardless, money is too tight for most of us to lose it to unscrupulous schemers out to make a fast buck! That’s why we at NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor like to give you a reminder f

NeighborWorks introduces new director Eric Bjella

Every so often we here at NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor like to reintroduce ourselves! While we’ve been here in Grays Harbor since 1981, we know that new folks are always moving into town – and that some of the people who were teens when we started writing this column are now homeowners – or want to be! In just a bit, we’ll tell you more about our housing organization. But first, we have another exciting introduction to make! Eric Bjella is new exec director! With excitement

Who we are at NeighborWorks

Over the last 22 years of writing this, we at NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor County hope it has been a great source of information and connection with various resources for Grays Harbor citizens. Every once in a while, we like to step back and try to give an overview of just what kinds of services our nonprofit organization offers this community. A little background In 1981, we became officially affiliated with a nationwide organization originally known as Neighborhood Reinves

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