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6 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Paul Voss <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Paul Voss <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 1625 Ben Jones Drive <br /> Mebane NC 27302 <br /> Phone: 919-357-7519 <br /> Email: voss@hawkweed.net <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2008 <br /> Township of Residence: Cheeks <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 60+ <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> My main current community activity involves participation and leadership in developing a <br /> local intentional community in Cheeks Township called Common Ground Ecovillage <br /> (http://www.commonground.eco/). <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> No past advisory board involvement <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I worked for 35 years in Wisconsin as a Cooperative Extension Economic Development <br /> Specialist. Out of that experience evolved a deep interest in housing trends and housing <br /> markets. My degree certification (Ph.D.) is in demography, and for many years I served as a <br /> consultant to the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Academy of Sciences on related <br /> population and housing matters. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> General desire to put my experience to work where I live. <br /> Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: <br /> My principal interest is to assist the AHAB in the area of alternative affordable home ownership <br /> models that, in general, are not well developed in North Carolina or here in metropolitan Orange <br /> County. These alternative approaches include, but are not limited to, housing cooperatives and <br /> community land trusts. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> It could be perceived that my interest is partly self-serving and meant to ease the pathway to <br /> establishing a limited-equity housing cooperative for our forming intentional community. But that <br /> is not my purpose, as we are well along the path to success in this regard already. <br /> Boards/Commissions appointments: <br />