Deputy State Treasurer Beth Pearce of Barre will become the state's new Treasurer next month. Governor-elect Peter Shumlin made the announcement yesterday.

Beth has 30 years of government finance experience in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.

The Treasurer holds an ex officio position on VHFA's Board of Commissioners. Beth has been current Treasurer Jeb Spaulding's designee on our Board of Commissioners since 2003.

Congratulations, Beth!

Governor-elect Peter Shumlin appointed Noelle MacKay (pictured) Commissioner of the Department of Economic, Housing and Community Affairs.

MacKay has been Executive Director of Smart Growth Vermont in Burlington for the past five years. The non-profit organization works to understand the factors changing Vermont, and develop creative land use and development policies.

The Census Bureau released new estimates yesterday that provide information about the characteristics of residents and homes in every Vermont community during 2005-2009.

These estimates are based on the annual American Community Survey (ACS), which asks a sample of Vermonters questions about their home and household members living there.

Here’s a sample of the types of information collected through the ACS:

VHFA's Maura Collins helped present the Burlington Community & Economic Development Office's (CEDO) fair housing report to the Burlington City Council last night.

You can watch the meeting on Channel 17/CCTV Sunday night at 8. The station will eventually post streaming video of the meeting on its Web site.

The report was researched and written by VHFA Research Analyst Leslie Black-Plumeau and returning University of Pennsylvania’s Warton School intern Casey Klyszeiko, under Maura's direction.