Leahy and Shumlin-announce-1-million-for-affordable-housing-project-renovation-of-waterbury-state-office-complex-building

WATERBURY – U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced a $950,000 award from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to redevelop Ladd Hall in Waterbury into 27 new homes. The project is made possible by a recent agreement by the state to transfer ownership of the building and include affordable housing in the redevelopment of the State Office Complex. Joining them was Regional Administrator Barbara Fields from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funding comes from the $21.6 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds ACCD received from HUD to help the state recover from Tropical Storm Irene. The money is awarded to the Central Vermont Community Land Trust and Housing Vermont to spearhead the project. - See more at: http://vtdigger.org/2013/02/17/leahy-shumlin-announce-1-million-for-affordable-housing-project-renovation-of-waterbury-state-office-complex-building/#sthash.xJWGplad.dpuf

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Reflections on a great recovery - Waterbury VT

It was a great pleasure and honor, to participate in ReBuild Waterbury’s closure ceremony recently, marking the completion of this community’s commitment to helping Irene survivors return to safe, permanent housing. What the Waterbury/Duxbury community has accomplished is amazing. In the immediate response to the destruction of Tropical Storm Irene, thousands of volunteers were put to work feeding, sheltering, clothing and lifting the spirits of those affected. And as dark and painful as those memories of late August were to many, so too was the bright light of hope and healing that shone through the helping hands that provided so much to those impacted in our community.
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Waterbury holds second forum on plan for rebuilding post-Irene on Dec. 15

by Press Release | December 13, 2011
COMMUNITY INVITED TO JOIN LONG-TERM FLOOD RECOVERY BRAINSTORMING SESSION THURSDAY NIGHT AT TBPS
PUBLIC MEETING INCLUDES THE PREMIERE OF A VIDEO ABOUT WATERBURY IN THE AFTERMATH OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE
The process to plan for Waterbury’s long-term recovery from Tropical Storm Irene’s destruction got underway recently and continues with another brainstorming session at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Thatcher Brook Primary School gym. The Waterbury Long-Term Community Recovery Committee partnering with the state of Vermont and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will host a workshop where they hope many Waterbury-area residents will attend to help share ideas for rebuilding the community.
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