This past Saturday, over 25 Blanco Tackabery employees participated in the 2018 Bowl for Kids’ Sake, for which the Firm is also an official sponsor. Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters premier fund-raising event where people get together with friends, family, and co-workers and have a fun time bowling in support of the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs in the community. We’d like to say thank you to all who made this event possible, and a big thanks to our team for participating in this wonderful opportunity to serve our community!

Blanco Tackabery is honored to sponsor the 15th Annual Partners in Hope fundraiser for Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. This event aims to raise $400,000 to be directly invested in CCDC’s mission of strengthening families, building communities and reducing poverty in the Piedmont Triad.

Blanco Tackabery is proud to support and participate in the Forsyth Backpack Program. Our attorneys and staff collected funds to purchase food to pack over 450 backpack bags, which will feed food-insecure children in our local elementary schools on the weekends. Thank you to the Forsyth Backpack Program for this much-needed service that you provide to the children in our community.

Blanco Tackabery is proud to be representing Northwestern Housing Enterprises, Incorporated and Blue Ridge Housing of Ashe, LLC in connection with redevelopment of the Historic Ashe Hospital into affordable rental housing for seniors.

Five attorneys from our Affordable Housing and Community Development Group attended the North Carolina Affordable Housing Conference.  One of the partners in this practice group, Debbie McKenney, was featured in a panel discussion titled “Tax Credit Equity Markets: Navigating Through Winds of Change.”

Blanco Tackabery sponsored the North Carolina Affordable Housing Conference held October 25-27 at the Raleigh Convention Center.  This annual conference brings together leaders in the affordable housing industry.

Affordable Housing attorneys Carrie Scogin, Elizabeth Foley and paralegal Lisa Cornatzer attended the ABC of NC Gourmet Lunchbox Lunch on October 24, 2017.  This annual fundraiser raises money for ABC of NC, which provides educational services to people with autism spectrum disorder.  Blanco Tackabery is proud to support this annual event.

Blanco Tackabery was a proud sponsor of the annual RAH! (Ardmore Run Against Hunger), a fun run, 5k, 10k, and food drive benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.  RAH! began fifteen years ago and has raised enough funds to provide more than one million meals for hungry families in our area.  This year, nearly 700 runners participated in the RAH!, raising over $23,500, which is equivalent to 165,000 meals for families in need, making this the most successful year to date.  Several Blanco Tackabery attorneys and paralegals participated in the run this year, including attorneys Kelly M. Otis and Susan E. Campbell, who each took home a bronze medal in their divisions.  Blanco Tackabery attorneys enjoyed showing their support for the event by providing snacks and encouragement to the runners before and after the run.

For more information on the event, please visit http://ardmorerah.com/.

The law firm of Blanco Tackabery is pleased to announce that Susan E. Campbell has joined the firm as Counsel. She practices in the Affordable Housing and Community Development Law group. Susan received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she also received her Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning. She received her B.A. from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining Blanco Tackabery, Susan worked as agency counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for almost nineteen years in the HUD Greensboro Field Office and in Washington D.C.

The law firm of Blanco Tackabery is pleased to announce that Ryan A. Layton has joined the firm as an Associate. He practices in the Trusts and Estates group. Ryan received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law and served as Managing Editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He received his B.M. in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Prior to joining Blanco Tackabery, Ryan gained experience as a summer law clerk at various law firms while in law school that included Blanco Tackabery.

The law firm of Blanco Tackabery is pleased to announce that Chad A. Archer has joined the firm as an Associate. He practices in the Litigation group. Chad received his J.D. from Elon University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and served as Managing Editor of the Elon Law Review. He received his B.S. in Political Science from Appalachian State University, where he graduated cum laude. Prior to joining Blanco Tackabery, Chad clerked for the Honorable Richard Dietz at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

On October 5, 2017, George Hollodick, chair of Blanco Tackabery’s Renewable Energy Financing and Development team, spoke at the North Carolina Bar Association’s annual Real Estate Practical Skills seminar on  Low-Income Housing and Renewable Energy Tax Credit Transactions.    The Firm’s Renewable Energy team represents developers and sponsors in connection with the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of utility-scale solar projects, as well as advice on managing risks from pre-construction through the end of the tax-credit recapture period.   Over the last several years, the Firm has assisted clients in the development of hundreds of projects in North Carolina and other states, including South Carolina, Oregon, California, Mississippi and Georgia, already producing over a gigawatt of clean renewable energy.   Additionally, the Firm’s Affordable Housing & Community Development team has more than 25 years of experience as an industry leader in affordable housing and community development law representing both for-profit and nonprofit developers, including those affiliated with housing authorities, as well as property management companies and financial institutions involved in affordable housing finance.