Saul Ettlin is a real estate consultant for the Northern California Community Loan Fund.

Saul Ettlin

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Saul Ettlin is a real estate consultant for Community Vision, formerly Northern California Community Loan Fund.
Multi-story apartment buildings in shades of brown, beige, and eggshell, with ground-floor space that's not residential. On a lawn in front of one of the buildings, four boys are walking or running around. The sky is blue.
From the Field

From Empty Spaces to Community Places: Why Nonprofits Belong on the Ground Floor of Affordable Housing

The results benefit residents, neighbors, and the organizations themselves.

CSI’s former space at 215 Spadina in Toronto
Community Development Field

Nonprofit Centers: Hubs for Connection and Collaboration

To understand nonprofit centers and how they achieve their impact, it’s helpful to think of them in layers: the building as an asset, the building as a program, and the building as a platform for collaboration.

A rendering of the Restore Oakland building, which will be a 12,000-square-foot community advocacy and training center.
Community Development Field

Buying Power: Why Nonprofits Should Own Their Space

Four reasons why organizations should consider owning property in the neighborhood they work in.