VHFA Assistant Director of Multifamily Programs Kim Roy (left) reached a milestone last week: 20 years on the job at the Agency.
Staff joined her in a little celebration, including presentation of the traditional VHFA captain chair.
Tom Ketteridge has received the 2009 Housing Hero award from Twin Pines Housing Trust in White River Junction.
The award is given to those who have "gone above and beyond normal effort to provide for the basic human need of clean, safe and dignified shelter."
Judy Smith, left, pictured with VHFA's Erin Perrin, is VHFA’s top mortgage loan originator in Franklin County for 2009.
Judy’s a loan originator for Peoples Trust Co. in St. Albans. You can reach her at 802.752.1214.
Maryellen LaPerle is VHFA's top mortgage loan originator in Washington County for 2009.
Maryellen's a loan originator for Northfield Savings Bank in Montpelier. You can reach her at 802.229.4635.
We’ll be announcing the rest of our top originators throughout the summer. Stay tuned.
Today VHFA began our annual ritual of naming our top mortgage loan originators for each county.
Kelly Deforge of Universal Mortgage Corp. in Colchester takes the 2009 honor for Chittenden and Grand Isle counties. You can reach her at 802.654.7896.
We'll be announcing the rest of our top originators throughout the summer.
The National Housing and Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) is accepting entries for its 5th annual J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation.
The "Timmy" awards honor outstanding rehabilitation and preservation projects in eight categories based on overall design and quality, interpretation and respect of historic elements, impact on the community, and financial and market success.
Categories include:
The VHFA Board of Commissioners today formally recognized the contributions of Public Affairs Manager John Fairbanks and General Counsel Elizabeth Mullikin-Drake.
John and Elizabeth are both completing their tenures at the Agency this month, after several years of service.
The Board passed two resolutions at its monthly meeting held in Montpelier this morning.
John's resolution reads, in part:
VHFA received the President's Award from the United Way of Chittenden County.
Executive Director Sarah Carpenter accepted the award on behalf of the Agency at Wednesday night's United Way of Chittenden County Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington.
This past Saturday marked VHFA's 35th anniversary.
The Vermont Legislature created VHFA on April 11, 1974, to finance and promote affordable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income Vermonters.
Since our start, we've helped approximately 26,500 Vermont households with affordable mortgages and financed the development of 7,700 affordable rental units.
Proctorsville Green Housing won the "Best of the Best Award" from Efficiency Vermont for energy efficient single-family homes.
The $3.5 million project, which was completed just more than a year ago, consists of 16 permanently affordable rental apartments and four new homeownership townhouses spread among three locations.