Evernorth Rural Ventures Projects
Small businesses, schools, nonprofits, manufacturers, and more have benefitted from ERV financing. When organizations get the resources that they need to expand their capacity, employment increases and investments grow. Most importantly, the people of our communities are better served.
Evernorth is a nonprofit organization serving the low and moderate income people of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with affordable housing and community investments. Evernorth has raised and deployed over $1.6B in equity capital for affordable housing and built more than 17,000 affordable homes and apartments for low and moderate income people across northern New England.
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1Oct
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September 30, 2026
[BRATTLEBORO, VT] – Evernorth is helping expand shelter capacity in southern Vermont through its $7 million investment in Hope's House, a new 8,000-square-foot shelter developed by Groundworks Collaborative in Brattleboro, Vermont. The purpose-built facility includes 40 beds, a 33% increase over previous shelter capacity, as well as kitchen facilities, personal storage, meeting space, and dedicated areas for case management and supportive services.
1Oct
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September 30, 2026
[Putney, VT] Today, the Putney community celebrated the grand opening of Alice Holway Drive Apartments with a community celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony. 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 in Putney, Vermont.
17Sep
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September 17, 2026
Irving Forest Products, Inc., a subsidiary of J.D. Irving, Limited,is undertaking a modernization project to expand its Ashland Sawmill in Nashville Plantation, Maine. The project will increase production while building on the mill’s history of contributing to the economic resiliency of the Aroostook community.
When complete, the project will double the facility’s annual lumber production capacity from 130 million to 250 million board feet while strengthening its role as a leading manufacturer of dimensional lumber. The project is expected to create and retain the equivalent of 220 permanent, full-time jobs while supporting upstream workers, including foresters and loggers throughout the region. All jobs provide a full benefits package and pay at or above a living wage for Aroostook County.
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