Events calendar

Monday Feb 13

Consolidated Plan Public Hearing
February 13, 2012
2:30 AM-3:15 PM
Pavilion Auditorium, Pavilion Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT
Third year of the 5-year 2010-1015 Consolidated Plan to update the annual Action Plan. Also, a preliminary plan for Disater Funding will be discussed. More information: Cindy Blondin, Vermont Community Development Program, 802.828.5219, http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/vcdp.

Monday Feb 13

Vermont's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) Meeting and Public Hearings
February 13, 2012
3:30 AM-6:30 PM
Pavilion Auditorium, Pavilion Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT
Two time slots: 3:30 to 5:30 and 6:30 to 7:30. Mullin & Lonergan will present the draft of Vermon'ts Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI.) The evening there will be an addictional Public Hearing for those who couldn't attend the earlier session. More information: Cindy Blondin, Cermont Community Development Program, 802.828.5219, http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/vcdp.

Monday Feb 13

The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
February 13, 2012
4:00 PM-11:00 PM
Sugar Maple Ballroom at UVM, Burlington, VT
From UVM Website: "Austin Troy, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources. Director, Transportation Research Center, recently authored a book, entitled The Very Hungry City, released by Yale University Press in January 2012. The Very Hungry City looks at the concept of 'urban energy metabolism,' or the efficiency with which cities use energy to meet their basic functions--from heating and powering buildings, to transporting goods and people, to providing water. Book Discussion To be followed by a book signing party in the Handy room."

Friday Feb 17

Vermont Access Rules and Adaptable and Visitable Standards for Dwellings
February 17, 2012
10:00 AM-11:00 PM
Division of Fire Safety Office, 1311 US Route 302, Berlin, VT
More information: http://firesafety.vermont.gov/sites/firesafety/files/files/2012_access_rules_non-a.pdf.

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.

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.