Honors

The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) presented Erhard Mahnke with the Leahy Leadership Award this morning.

As a coda to our announcement a couple weeks ago regarding VHFA's top mortgage loan originators, today we named our top five participating lending institutions for fiscal year 2009:

1. Chittenden Bank
2. New England Federal Credit Union
3. Universal Mortgage Corp.
4. Mortgage Financial Services
5. Heritage Family Credit Union

Staff gathered this morning to celebrate a milestone in tenure:

Today is the 30th anniversary of Director of Multifamily Programs Sam Falzone joining the Agency.

Congratulations, Sam!

Don Waterman was named VHFA's top originator for Orange County for FY2009.

Don's with Wells River Savings Bank/Northeast Home Loan in Barton.

Congratulations, Don!

Bill Bourne has been named top VHFA originator for Lamoille County.

Bill's with Mortgage Financial Inc. in Morrisville.

We'll have one more top originator to name, at the end of September or early October.

Congratulations, Bill!

Susan LaFerriere, a loan originator for Union Bank in St. Johnsbury, has been named VHFA’s top mortgage loan originator in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties for 2009.

Congratulations, Susan!

We still have a few more counties to announce soon. Stay tuned ...

Some photos from last night's Smart Growth Awards presented by Smart Growth Vermont at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes.

Read about VHFA's role in a couple of the award winners.

Vermont Housing Finance Agency is a partner in two of the four projects receiving Smart Growth Awards this evening.

The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is taking nominations for its Vermont Downtown Awards.

The awards will be presented as part of the 2009 Vermont Downtown Conference, Friday, Nov. 6, at the Middlebury Inn and Town Hall Theater.

Five Chittenden Bank lenders have been named top VHFA originators for fiscal year 2009: Michelle Shambo, Addison County; Debbie Corey, Bennington County; Laurie Laliberte, Rutland County; Cathy Eakins, Windham County; and Barbara Yankee, Windsor County.

Congratulations to all!

We'll have a few more to announce before too long.