OnTrack
WNC is excited to announce an expansion in Macon County. Funding from the
National Mortgage Settlement has allowed the agency to open a new location at
the Macon Program for Progress Training Annex in Franklin, NC. Todd Duvall,
the Western Area Office Coordinator/Counselor, will provide financial/housing
counseling and connect clients to other OnTrack WNC programs.
“For
years we have recognized that people in the western counties of our service
area have had more limited access to our services because of the distance to
our main office or part-time satellite locations,” says Celeste Collins,
Executive Director of OnTrack WNC. “The National Mortgage Settlement grant
provides funding for a Franklin branch which dramatically increases the
availability of counseling appointments in the area.”
Since
2011 Macon Programs for Progress (MPP) has provided training space in
the Training Annex for OnTrack WNC’s Foreclosure Prevention programs. When
funding was approved to expand services, OnTrack WNC approached MPP about
renting office space. As it turned out, MPP had an unoccupied office which
perfectly fit the need.
OnTrack
WNC provides financial counseling services, including home pre-purchase,
budgeting, credit report review, and foreclosure prevention. OnTrack WNC serves
the greater western NC area from its main office in Asheville. The office
located on MPP’s campus will better provide these same services to residents of
the six westernmost counties in NC, including Macon County.
According
to Director of Counseling, Victor Moore, the Franklin branch will serve
people from Macon, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Clay and Cherokee Counties. “We are
pleased to have Todd Duvall staffing the Western Office; his background,
expertise and passion for our work will benefit the community and help us reach
more people who need our services.”
Todd Duvall has seventeen years experience in the banking industry and will provide
his knowledge and experience
in service to citizens
of the area. Born and raised in Franklin, Todd says he has “always felt a
desire to help the people of his community in any way possible,” and that he
“recently realized he could better serve his community working with OnTrack WNC
as a financial and housing counselor.”
To
ensure Todd has ample time to provide services, counseling appointment
scheduling and other administrative support will continue to be handled from
OnTrack WNC’s main office in Asheville (to schedule an appointment call
1-800-737-5485 x3).
On
Tuesday, September 24th from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. OnTrack WNC will
host an Open House and Chamber Ribbon Cutting at its new office in the Macon
Program for Progress Training Annex. The public is invited meet Todd and other
OnTrack WNC staff members and learn more about the agency’s programs. The
celebration will include light refreshments, a tour of the office, and a
special ribbon cutting ceremony to officially mark the opening! During the
ceremony, OnTrack WNC will also honor Macon Bank for providing office
space for its counseling services for twenty years.
For
more information about OnTrack WNC’s services visit www.ontrackwnc.org or call 1-800-737-5485
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