Wells Fargo has joined the list of sponsors of the 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference coming Nov. 18.
The company became a "platinum" sponsor of the event, the highest level of sponsorship.
There are three other platinum sponsors, so far:
Thanks also to Opportunities Credit Union, which has also joined the ranks of sponsors.
Proctor Place, a 12-unit elderly housing development in Rutland County's Town of Proctor, is the first to use funds from VHFA's new pre-development loan program, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. (See our Mar. 31 post, "VHFA makes available MacArthur funds.")
A total of $236,000 from the program is helping restore the historic Main Street building following a fire last August. Work is nearly complete.
To call Edna Fairbanks-Williams an affordable housing advocate is to give her only a fraction of the credit she earned during her life spent defending Vermont's poor and underprivileged.
Edna died yesterday in a car accident not far from her Hubbardton home. She was 77.
Thanks to the latest three organizations to sign on as sponsors of the 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference:
Signing on early as a sponsor guarantees you'll get the biggest bang for your buck.
Take a look at our sponsorship rate sheet and if you'd like to sign on, contact Maura Collins.