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Burlington, VT - November 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Merchants Bank is making a grant to help the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s (CVOEO) Growing Money Program provide financial education and build financial skills for over 600 vulnerable Vermont households. Although the economy has been slowly mending since the 2009 downturn, many low income Vermonters have yet to experience increased financial stability and asset building. Recent cuts to basic services like 3SquaresVT (formerly Food Stamps) and Head Start, as well as stagnant wages and rising costs, are putting even more pressure on fragile households

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two Vermont landlords have agreed to bring their rental properties in Springfield and Poultney into compliance with the Vermont Lead in Housing law. Landlords Allyn Bruce and Betty Battles have each entered into a settlement with the Vermont Attorney General for failure to perform lead compliance checks and to perform essential maintenance practices required by The two settlements are the latest in an ongoing campaign to bring properties into compliance with the Lead in Housing Law.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Norwich University will host a design charette on Thursday, Nov. 7 and Friday, Nov. 8, in the Chaplin Hall Gallery in which speakers will present on designing for flood resiliency, and a team of architects, planners, preservationists, ecological managers and green building and energy-efficiency experts will join Norwich students in brainstorming best practices for designing and building flood-resilient structures

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today approved a $17.9 million disaster recovery plan by the State of Vermont to help local communities to recover from the lingering effects of Hurricane Irene in the summer of 2011. Earlier this year, HUD allocated these disaster recovery funds to Vermont through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

MONDAY, - November 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who have pressed for the release of federal home heating aid funds as winter weather has descended on Vermont, welcomed the federal release Monday of $16.6 million in heating assistance to the state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Could you use an unexpected $385 in cash? That’s the average claim amount paid by the Vermont State Treasurer’s Office last fiscal year to the 13,435 individuals who discovered they had unclaimed financial property. State Treasurer Beth Pearce announced today that there’s now more than $64 million in Vermont’s unclaimed property fund. She urged Vermonters to check and see if any of this money is theirs.

Burlington VT - October 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents of more than a dozen Vermont communities can now get help covering the upfront cost of energy projects for their homes, but they will need to act by October 31st

Montpelier, VT - October 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vermonters like independent, local and sustainable initiatives. Following these values, the last few years have seen a strong advancement in renewables in Vermont – from wind and solar, to biomass, geothermal and hydropower. This success has brought new conversations to the table about the changes in Vermont’s landscape as we move to a renewable, resilient energy future

Williston, Vermont - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont (HBRANV), is pleased to announce our Better Homes Award (BHA) Event happening this year on November 7, 2013 at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center Leahy Center for Lake Champlain from 7 PM – 9 PM and this will be open to the public to attend this year. One of the Boards goals is to inform and educate the public about our Association, our members and what we do. This program will be able to do just that

Johnson, VT - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Johnson’s Sterling Market opened with a public ceremony celebrating the renaissance of the new downtown supermarket on October 3, 2013. The store had a “soft” opening on October 1, and had over 2,000 customers through its doors in the first two days. The town has been without a grocery store for over two years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Buy an extra gallon of water the next time you’re at the grocery store. Bring it home, store it away and don’t drink it. You have started building your emergency preparedness kit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Lewis Creek Streambank property is a 323-acre area of conserved land owned by the Department to protect streamside habitat and provide access along the stream for hunting and fishing. Recently, the Department acquired an additional 65 acres that has been added to this property in the towns of Hinesburg and Monkton. The 65 acres are along Lewis Creek and were sold at a discounted rate by Ray and Pat Mainer of Hinesburg to the department

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last week, Rep. Peter Welch joined with Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), John Carney (D-DE) and Daniel Webster (R-FL) to introduce the “Creating Homeownership Opportunities Act.” This is bipartisan legislation that would create a pre-tax savings program -- similar to a Health Savings Account -- for the purpose of saving toward a down payment on a first home. Rep. Welch made the following comments after introducing the legislation

MONTPELIER - July 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $2.3 million grant to the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) to protect children and families from the hazards of lead-based paint. This award will be used to control lead paint hazards in the homes of low-income families and to raise awareness about the dangers of lead paint, which is still found in the majority of Vermont homes.

BURLINGTON - June 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin, EPA New England Brownfields Director Carol Tucker and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, along with representatives from Vermont’s congressional delegation, launched a new program today that will advance the redevelopment of brownfields, former industrial or commercial properties that are contaminated from historical uses making it difficult or impossible to put them to new uses. In addition, six Vermont organizations redeveloping brownfields were awarded funding for that work from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In celebrating 25 years of investment in affordable housing, land conservation and historic preservation at an event at Shelburne Farms on Tuesday, June 11, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board presented awards to exemplary practitioners and partners. Gus Seelig, VHCB Executive Director, said, “The honorees have dedicated their careers—more than 20 years each—to improving Vermont communities with investments in housing, agriculture and historic preservation. We are proud to work with such talented and inspirational partners. We recognize that our work is only as good as the ability of our partners to produce excellent results.

RUTLAND - June 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin today signed a bill into law that improves the state’s Downtown, Village Center, and Neighborhood Designation programs, as well as reducing the cost to develop new housing in and around designated villages and downtowns. In addition, the new law improves blighted properties

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced $1.8 million in grants from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to help three communities replace municipal buildings damaged by flood waters. The funding comes from $21.6 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds ACCD received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help the state recover from Tropical Storm Irene and the spring floods of 2011.