This month marks the completion of three years of Vermont’s Housing Acquisition & Rehabilitation Program (HARP)—a program that has helped renovate 55 homes as of March 31, 2012, including the historic St.
Events
Chittenden County housing priorities meeting on May 17
The ECOS (Environment. Community. Opportunity. Sustainability) project has moved into the next phase of its work – prioritizing actions to achieve common goals. Come meet with others interested in the impact of housing on Chittenden County’s sustainability to identify criteria for prioritizing future action.
"Solidarity Sleep Out" for homeless youth
A group of business and community leaders will spend the night of March 29th sleeping outdoors, on the grounds of the Burlington Unitarian Church. Run by Spectrum Youth and Family Services, the sleep out is intended to help raise awareness of youth homelessness and increase funds to ensure that homeless youth have a safe, stable place to stay.
Help finalize indicators for monitoring housing progress in Chittenden County
Do you have ideas about the best measures of Chittenden County's progress toward sustainability? In the initial stage of the county's ECOS (Environment. Community. Opportunity.
Services for Melinda Bussino set for Friday and Saturday, March 9-10
A celebration of Melinda Bussino’s life will be held Saturday, March 10, at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Brattleboro. Calling hours will be at Ker-Westerlund Funeral Home on Friday, March 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Melinda, the Executive Director of the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center for the homeless and hungry, died Sunday after a fatal heart attack.
The family requests that in keeping with Melinda's wishes, donations in lieu of flowers be made to the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center, 60 South Main St., Brattleboro, VT 05301.
Benefit for residents with flooding at Cedar’s Edge apartments
A calcutta and silent auction to benefit the residents whose apartments were flooded just before Christmas will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 6pm.
Tickets are $30 for one person and $10 for each additional person in your group. Silent auction items will also be available, followed by a live band.
The event will be held at the St. John's Club is located at the end of Lakeside Avenue in Burlington. Proceeds will be used to support the tenants who were the hardest hit when a coupling crack in a fire suppression and alarm system at Cedar’s Edge, a new apartment building on Susie Wilson Road in Essex, caused the building to flood on December 20.