In a couple weeks, VHFA staff will take part in the Agency's long tradition of "mitten stuffing," to benefit our neighbors at the King Street Youth Center.

Staff donate mittens, gloves, scarves and hats, and fill them with candy before giving them to the kids who attend the center.

If you'd like to donate some items, feel free to bring them by during business hours before Dec. 12, and we'll add them to the pile.

And if you have any idea how we're supposed to "stuff" a scarf with candy, please let us know.

Winooski Falls has won the 2008 Livable Communities Award from AARP and the National Association of Home Builders.

HallKeen, The Braverman Co., and New Boston Fund were named winners in the Developer, More than 250 units category.

Winning projects combine accessible aesthetics with elements that work for residents of all ages and abilities.

The Burlington Free Press focused on Burlington's Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) in Saturday's The Giving Season article.

Read the article online.

We've just finished tabulating the results of the attendee surveys we received at the end of last week's Vermont Statewide Housing Conference.

The 180 people responding to the survey, just less than half of those who attended, gave the event an overall score of 4/5 stars.

Some interesting statistics: 58 percent of you were attending your first Vermont Statewide Housing Conference; and 99 percent said they'd attend another in the future.