Baltimore Photos

	Co-chairs Nancy Hooks (L) and Ellen Feingold and Commission Executive Director Gerard Holder (R) take some time out to snap a photo with Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD)		Commissioner John Erickson, host of the hearing, does a brief interview with the Baltimore NBC affiliate.

	Commissioner Jim Sykes chats with Larry McNickle of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.		Co-Chair Nancy Hooks opens up the hearing.

	Congressman Cummings delivers a poignant and thoughtful address to begin the proceedings.		The panel included (L-R) Jeff Kincheloe of the National Association for Homecare, Sue Harris-Green of the Rural Housing Service, and Phil Carroll of the National Affordable Housing Management Association.

	panelb - The other members of the panel included (L-R) Patrick Brady of Citizens for Long Term Care, Dr. David Schwartz of the Elder Care Companies, and Earl Armiger of the National Association of Homebuilders.		A special panel looking at the needs of middle income seniors testified in the afternoon. Pictured here is Dr. Gary Applebaum (L) and Dan Rexford of Erickson Retirement Communities.

	Residents of Erickson Retirement Community properties in Maryland and Virginia made up the balance of the middle income panel. (L-R) Doris Dake, Gene Foster, and Norma Wigfield.		Commissioner Steve Protulis, Executive Director of the Elderly Housing Development Operations (EHDOC) Corporation ensured for the fifth straight time that residents and personnel from one of EHDOC's forty-three properties joined the Commission for the open microphone session.

	Commissioners and staff toured Charlestown the evening after the hearing. (L-R) Commissioner Rita Poundstone, Commission Director of Adminstration Margretta Kennedy, Commissioner Diana McIver, Federal Housing Finance Board detailee Sylvia Martinez, Commissioners Harry Thomas, Steve Protulis and John Erickson, and Commission Special Assistant Judie Crawford.		(L-R) Commissioners Jim Introne, John Erickson, and Steve Protulis discuss the amenities of Charlestown in one of the numerous community spaces in the complex.