A calcutta and silent auction to benefit the residents whose apartments were flooded just before Christmas will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 6pm. 

Tickets are $30 for one person and $10 for each additional person in your group.   Silent auction items will also be available, followed by a live band.

The event will  be held at the St. John's Club is located at the end of Lakeside Avenue in Burlington. Proceeds will be used to support the tenants who were the hardest hit when a coupling crack in a fire suppression and alarm system at Cedar’s Edge, a new apartment building on Susie Wilson Road in Essex, caused the building to flood on December 20. 

In August 2011, the University of California at Davis welcomed the first residents of UC Davis West Village, a multi-use development that is expected to generate the same amount of energy that it consumes.

The West Village community includes commercial space and apartments for 800 students. When completed, the community will also include an energy research center.

Pathways to Housing Vermont will be hosting its first ever fundraising event this weekend.   The party will take place on Saturday, February 18th at Cafe Maglianero in Downtown Burlington.

Many applicants for assisted rental housing in Vermont will now need only complete a single application as a beginning point in the process of applying for housing under the many different programs available.