Nothing illustrates the importance — and impact — of affordable housing and community development better than stories about the community itself. Learn about the people who develop and build the housing and the people who are built up because of it.
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November 15, 2024
[Putney, VT] – The proposed housing community on Alice Holway Drive in Putney is cleared to move forward. That was the ruling from the Vermont Supreme Court on November 15, 2024, siding with Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, owner of the property.
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October 28, 2024
Colchester, Vermont – At the site of a former dormitory converted into affordable apartments, housing leaders and local officials released the annual Building Homes Together campaign scorecard documenting the number of homes and apartments created throughout Chittenden County in 2023.
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September 17, 2024
[Springfield, MA] – Evernorth Rural Ventures, a subsidiary of Evernorth, is pleased to announce the closing of $14.3 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to create a larger, new state-of-the-art facility for Square One, a nonprofit early childhood education and care provider. The NMTC supports the construction of a new building dedicated to early learning classrooms and workforce development programming for families.
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September 6, 2024
[Burlington, VT] – Evernorth Loan Fund, a community development organization of Evernorth, is thrilled to announce a generous $10 million donation to support its efforts in financing affordable housing projects in Vermont. The donation comes from an anonymous Vermont philanthropic donor who shares Evernorth’s commitment to creating vibrant, healthy communities through the development of affordable housing.
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August 16, 2024
[Burlington, VT] – United States Senator Bernie Sanders headlined a groundbreaking event today in Burlington marking the beginning of construction of 38 permanently affordable apartments, a new Veterans’ Center, and space for Burlington’s Community Justice Center.
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August 1, 2024
[Berlin, VT] – Today, the Berlin community marked the groundbreaking of Fox Run Apartments with a celebration. Co-owners and co-developers, Downstreet and Evernorth partnered to develop Fox Run Apartments which will provide essential housing for 30 low- and moderate-income households in Berlin.
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July 29, 2024
[Burlington, VT] COTS and Evernorth were joined by Senator Peter Welch, residents, funders, and community members on Monday to cut the ribbon on Main Street Family Housing, 16 permanently affordable homes for families formerly living in emergency shelters or motels.
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July 1, 2024
[Shelburne, VT] – Federal, State and local officials gathered today in Shelburne at the site of a former motel to announce the creation of a new neighborhood with nearly 100 permanently affordable homes and apartments. The new neighborhood, Bay Ridge, is being developed by Champlain Housing Trust in partnership with Evernorth.
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June 26, 2024
[White River Junction, VT] Today, the White River Junction community celebrated the official grand opening of 42 new affordable apartments downtown with a ribbon cutting and an apartment tour. The apartments, named Riverwalk Apartments, were developed by DEW Braverman with an agreement to sell the building to Twin Pines Housing and Evernorth. The apartments will remain affordable forever.
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June 4, 2024
Evernorth closed Housing New England, Fund V on May 30, 2024. This fund will provide equity to finance affordable housing in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
15 investors committed a total of $61,000,000 in equity making Housing New England, Fund V (HNE Fund V) a significant financial resource for the region’s critical affordable housing needs. HNE Fund V’s investors include community, regional and national banks.
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May 6, 2024
[Windsor, VT] Today, the Windsor community celebrated the groundbreaking of Central and Main Apartments. Co-owners and co-developers, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) and Evernorth partnered to develop these 25 newly constructed, highly energy-efficient, and permanently affordable apartments on Main Street in the heart of the Designated Downtown.
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February 29, 2024
[Belfast, ME] – Evernorth Rural Ventures, a subsidiary of Evernorth, is pleased to announce the closing of an $8.9 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investment for the expansion of Penobscot Community Health Care’s (PCHC) Seaport Community Health Center (SCHC) in Belfast, Maine. The NMTC financing is Evernorth Rural Ventures first investment in Maine and will allow SCHC to respond to a growing medically underserved population.
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