Events calendar

Wednesday Feb 22

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
February 22, 2012
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
CVOEO, 255 South Champlain Street, Burlington, VT
CVOEO's open house. A short presentation will occur at 6:00 pm. More information: Jan Demers, CVOEO, jdemers@cvoeo.org.

Thursday Feb 23

Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition Legislative Day
February 23, 2012
7:30 AM-2:30 AM
State House, Montpelier, VT
We need to reaffirm our core message that BOTH conservation and affordable housing are critical economic development investments that must remain a priority as the State meets the challenges of recovery and the fifth consecutive year of budget shortfalls. More information: Erhard Mahnke, 802.233.2902, erhardm@burlingtontelecom.net, http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/vhcb-legislative-day.pdf.

Saturday Feb 25

Benefit for residents with flooding at Cedar's Edge apartments
February 25, 2012
6:00 PM-11:00 PM
The Saint John's Club, 9 Central Ave, Burlington, VT
A Calcutta, silent auction, with live band to benefit the residents whose apartments were flooded just before Christmas. First place prize is $500.00. $30 for first person, $10 for each additional person in your group. More information: Champlain Housing Trust, 802.862.6244.

Tuesday Mar 13

Roundtable Discussion of Affordable Housing Preservation
March 13, 2012
8:30 AM-3:00 PM
Noble Hall Lounge at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
"This discussion is intended for affordable housing funders, developers, managers and advocates. Our hope is to reflect and build upon your work in recent years and discuss policy priorities to help preserve existing affordable housing." There is no fee, but please register by March 1st to allow for attendance counts. More information: Laurie, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, laurie@vhcb.org.

Wednesday Mar 14

The end of Cheap Energy--James Howard Kunstler
March 14, 2012
7:30 PM-11:00 PM
Grand Maple Ballroom at UVM, Burlington, VT
From the UVM Website: "James Howard Kunstler, author of Geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere, and The Long Emergency and a number of other books and blogs (http://www.kunstler.com). A compelling and forceful truth teller, Kuntsler will lay out a vision of a world dependent on cheap energy and approaching a devastating turning point - a turning point that will return the nation to a place where community matters, where neighbors gather and people build places they value. Co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Vermont and the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics."

Wednesday Mar 21

Bridges out of poverty workshop
March 21, 2012
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Knights of Columbus, 84 Pine Hill Road, Barre, VT
Doors open at 9:30 for registration and refreshments. $10 for VRSC and VHMA members, $20 for non-members. More information: VT Resident Service Coordinators, 860.995.9897, highgate2@maloneyproperties.com, http://www.vrsc.org/meetings_events.php.

Thursday Apr 5

Sustainable Urbanism: Bulding Accessible Livable, and Prosperous Communities-- Robert Cervero
April 5, 2012
5:00 PM-11:00 PM
Billings North Lounge, Burlington, VT
From the UVM Website: "Robert Cervero is Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development and Director, University of California Transportation Center. Cervero works in the area of sustainable transportation policy and planning, focusing on the nexus between urban transportation and land-use systems. Besides his academic and directorship appointments at Berkeley, Professor Cervero is also a faculty affiliate of the Energy and Resources Group, the Institute of Transportation Studies, the Center for a Sustainable California, the Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, and the Global Metropolitan Studies Center. His current research is on the intersection of infrastructure, place-making, and economic development as well as urban transformations and their impacts on travel behavior."

Wednesday Apr 11

Taking Care of the Future: Asset Management of Small-Scale Service Supported Housing
April 11, 2012
8:30 AM-3:30 PM
Conference Hall of Our Lady of Angels Church, Hebbard Road/Route 66, Randolph, VT
This day long workshop will explain the basics of building asset management and its importance in sustaining shelters, small apartment buildings, group homes, and other types of service supported housing into the future. Our feature presenter is Tom Dillon who has worked extensively with service groups on Capital Needs Assessments (CNAs) and other asset management planning. Before starting his own business specializing in CNAs, Tom worked with the City of Burlington as a Building Rehabilitation Specialist and with Housing Vermont as a Project Manager. Craig Peltier, VHCB’s Asset Manager, will address the importance of high performance energy efficiency, what it means, and case studies of energy efficiency retrofits. To register, reply to laurie@vhcb.org by April 1. Include your name, title, organization, and telephone number. Mail a check payable to "VHCB"in the amount of $20 to: 58 East State St., Montpelier, VT 05602. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. The meeting space is wheelchair accessible. Please contact me in advance if you require special accommodations. $20. More information: Rick DeAngelis, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, 802.828.3526, rick@vhcb.org.

Thursday Nov 15

Vermont Statewide Housing Conference
November 15, 2012
Hilton, 60 Battery St., Burlington, VT
TBD. More information: Maura Collins, VHFA, 802.652.3434, mcollins@vhfa.org, http://www.vhfa.org/conference.