Stay Tuned for the 2008 Gaining Ground Facilities Clinic

Do you want a permanent home for your charter school?
It's never too early to start planning for your school's future.

The Gaining Ground clinic provides your school with FREE financial and real estate development training. Walk away with a readiness assessment and a determination of your school's space needs, costs and financial feasibility. Get answers and guidance from a panel of experts in the real estate industry, including financial lenders and legal and environmental experts who will answer your questions on the new DEP requirements for school facilities.

• One-on-one technical assistance and answers from industry specialists
• One-of-a-kind tools custom-made for NJ charter schools
• The inside scoop on how to avoid pitfalls

2006 Gaining Ground Clinic

Last year, over a dozen schools and financial organizations participated in the free clinic. Participants were provided with free financial and real estate development training and tools including a readiness assessment and cost and feasibility analysis which allowed them to create facility development plans specific to their schools. A panel discussion led by industry leaders provided participants with valuable real estate and facility development information.

Read what participants had to say about the clinic!

“The technical assistance, training and tools that you are delivering to aide charter schools throughout New Jersey to find permanent locations for their schools is of tremendous benefit to both the schools you directly serve and also to their potential sources of their financing.”

David M. Scheck
Executive Director
New Jersey Community Capital

“The Gaining Ground Workshop yesterday exceeded our expectations and we found it immensely valuable. Thank you!”

Ron Brady
Founder
Foundation Academy Charter School

“Thank you for yesterday's excellent clinic. Also, thank you for your ongoing support of Discovery Charter School as we embark on our facility project. Your help has certainly gone a long way in helping to realistically make the most of the opportunities that present themselves to us.”

John A.Taylor
Discovery Charter School

Greater Brunswick CS (GBCS), Real Estate Advisory and Development Services (READS), and the New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association (NJCPSA) are partnering to provide this critical technical assistance for charter schools interested in financing and developing a permanent home for their school.