January 25, 2012 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
January 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Radon cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled but more Vermonters than ever before can find out if it exists in their homes. The Vermont Department of Health distributed 1,700 free radon test kits to homeowners last ye…
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January 25, 2012 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
January 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — In a keenly awaited step along Vermont’s path to recovery from Irene, Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I), Congressman Peter Welch (D) and Governor Peter Shumlin (D) Friday announced that the U.S…
Read the full article: Leahy, Sanders, Welch, Shumlin: Vermont Nets $21.6 M. In Post-Irene Community Development Funds ...
December 29, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
December 29, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Planning Grants to 42 communities across the state to help them plan for a variety of forward thinking objectives including economic development, village revitalization and future housing needs. These grants of u…
Read the full article: State Announces $409,532 in Municipal Planning Grants, 42 Municipalities Will Share Funding for Planning Projects ...
December 28, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
December 28, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders announced today that the state would add $6.1 million to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, to help ensure Vermonters can afford to heat the…
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December 27, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
December 28, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The mobile home de-construction team assembled by Lt. Gov. Phil Scott and Secretary of Commerce and Community Development Lawrence Miller has finished their work in six mobile home parks around the state. The gro…
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November 22, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
November 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The mobile home de-construction team headed by Lt. Governor Phil Scott and Secretary of Commerce and Community Development Lawrence Miller gathered this morning at Weston’s Park in Berlin for the delivery of the …
Read the full article: First New Mobile Home Set at Weston’s; Bond Auto Donates $50,000 ...
November 2, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
November 2, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Secretary of State Jim Condos announced that over $23,000 in grants were awarded to 5 municipalities to help them to continue to meet the mandates of the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which was signed into …
Read the full article: Secretary of State Jim Condos Awards $23,000 in Grants to Vermont Towns – Grants are Awarded to Improve Access to Voting in Vermont ...
October 17, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – October 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should adopt a rule with real teeth to limit oil speculators, not a watered-down measure set for a vote on Tuesday.
Read the full article: Sanders to CFTC: Get Serious About Oil Speculators: Regulators Must Check Skyrocketing Home Heating Prices ...
September 26, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
September 26, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Most of the homeowners who were displaced will need to live somewhere else until their flood-damaged home is repaired and they can move back in. Those whose homes cannot be repaired or whose rental housing is go…
Read the full article: FEMA Assists Vermonters with $10.1 Million in Housing Needs ...
September 6, 2011 Posted by Vermont RealEstateRama
MONTPELIER, VT – September 6, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — “As Vermonters start to rebuild their homes and businesses, we want to help provide the technical and financial assistance necessary to ensure that reconstruction yields healthier, safer, more en…
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