Supporters of a proposed housing development in Shelburne are holding a rally in advance of tonight's Shelburne Development Review Board (DRB) meeting.

The proposal would replace the Shelburnewood Mobile Home Park with a mix of affordable, work-place and market-rate housing, including senior housing.

The plan calls for at least 53 percent of the development's family and workforce units — and at least 38 percent of the senior citizen units — to be affordable.

Tonight the DRB is expected to vote on the developer's preliminary project plans. A positive vote will lead to further refinement of the plan with the DRB. A negative vote would end the project altogether.

Residents of Milton, Shelburne, South Burlington, Richmond  and Williston qualify for a free home energy visit this summer.

The program's being conducted by Vermont Works for Women, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Labor and Efficiency Vermont.

When you schedule an appointment for a visit, a trained youth advocate (aged 16 to 24) will come to your home and:

The Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) and the Vermont Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIAVT) is presenting "Deep Energy Retrofits," a workshop for builders, architects and others, June 19 in Montpelier.

As a follow up to the "Toward Net-Zero Energy Homes" series, this workshop will focus on the deep energy retrofits of homes and other building types.

They'll cover what the nature of the challenge is, where energy goes in homes, and look at the underlying building science. Air barriers and insulation detailing will be illustrated through case study examples.

They'll look at mechanical systems for low load retrofits as well.

Cathleen Gent will wrap up her tenure as administrator for Vermont Resident Service Coordinators (VRSC) at the end of this month.

Cathleen, a former Public Affairs Director at VHFA, has been involved with VRSC since the late 1990s — before the organization was officially recognized as a non-profit organization — and is a familiar face to just about anyone who's worked in housing in Vermont in the last decade or two.

The VRSC Board of Officers is encouraging members to attend its June 26 training event in Randolph to wish Cathleen well on her future as a town planner and zoning administrator in Richmond.