| Organization |
Project |
Description |
Amount Requested |
Board Recommendations |
| Public Service Applications |
| Homeless and Housing Services |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter |
Daystation/Streetwork Program |
Daytime shelter and services for 800
homeless persons |
$10,000 |
$9,000 |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter |
Families in Transition Program
|
Case management for 155 homeless families |
$12,000 |
$9,000 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity |
Housing Assistance Program |
Help 625 residents avoid housing loss or become
rehoused |
$10,500 |
$7,250 |
| Women Helping Battered Women
|
Safe Tonight |
Shelter, transitional housing and services for 327
victims of domestic abuse |
$22,000 |
$15,000 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity |
WARMTH Support Program |
Help 2,610 people to keep heat on during the winter |
$7,000 |
$6,000 |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter |
Waystation |
Overnight shelter for 375 homeless single adults |
$10,000 |
$8,000 |
| Food Security |
| Boys and Girls Club of Burlington |
After School Snack Program |
Afterchool and evening snacks, meals and nutrition
education for 337 youth |
$5,000 |
$3,000 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity |
Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
|
Groceries and meals for 5,418 low-income residents |
$12,000 |
$9,000 |
| Seniors and Persons with Disabilities |
| Champlain Valley Agency on Aging
|
Case Management for Seniors
|
Benefits counseling, adult neglect intervention and
connection to services for 160 seniors |
$15,000 |
$11,000 |
| Chittenden County
Senior Citizens Alliance, Inc. |
Heineburg Senior Center |
Operational funding for senior services for 250
residents |
$6,000 |
$2,750 |
| HomeShare Vermont |
Homesharing & Caregiving |
Match 125 home/job seekers and elders/persons with
disabilities needing help to stay in their homes |
$6,000 |
$5,202 |
| Child Care/Early Education |
| King Street Youth Center
|
Building Community
Preschool (Melting Pot) |
Early care and education for 24 preschoolers |
$6,500 |
$6,000 |
| Lund Family Center |
Early Childhood Program |
Early care and education for 35-40 infants and toddlers |
$12,000 |
$6,000 |
| Burlington Children's Space
|
Parent Sliding Tuition Scale |
Early care, education and food for 40 children |
$12,000 |
$6,500 |
| Sara Holbrook Community Center |
Pre-School Program |
Early care and education for 13 preschoolers |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
| Youth Services |
| Friends of Burlington Gardens |
Healthy City Gardening Initiative |
Garden-based education for 223 school-age children |
$5,840 |
$2,250 |
| Vermont Association for the Blind |
Intensive Residential Life Experience
Summer Camps |
Room and board for 3 visually-impaired children |
$2,000 |
$0 |
| Sara Holbrook Community Center |
New Arrivals Summer English Language
Learners |
Maintain English learning skills during the summer
for 45 children |
$5,750 |
$3,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Burlington |
Youth Service Provider Collaboration
|
Summer and afterschool programming for 745 youth |
$24,000 |
$12,000 |
| Equal Access and Literacy |
|
Vermont Worker's Center |
Burlington Livable City Unemployment
Project |
Services and leadership training for 350 un- and
underemployed residents |
$74,000 |
$0 |
| Big Heavy World / 'The Radiator' |
Community Radio Station |
Train 50 low-income residents to run a community
radio station |
$9,600 |
$0 |
| Fletcher Free Library
|
Laptop Literacy for New Americans |
Training for 35 new Americans who have no computer
literacy |
$2,500 |
$0 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic
Opportunity |
Low Income Credit Action Project |
Financial education and credit counseling to help 34 low-income
residents reduce debt and improve credit scores |
$3,000 |
$2,500 |
|
Somali Bantu Community Association of
Vermont, Inc. |
Social and Economic Development Project |
Education and services to help 600 refugees become
self-sufficient |
$5,000 |
$2,000 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic
Opportunity |
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance |
Help 900 residents access $2 million in refunds
without fees |
$8,000 |
$4,000 |
| Health and Public Safety |
| Vermont CARES |
Direct Services for People living with
HIV/AIDS |
Provide case management for 20 residents living with
HIV/AIDS |
$3,000 |
$2,500 |
| Community Health Center
|
Prescription Assistance Program |
Connect 53 residents to free/low-cost drug
manufacturer programs |
$5,000 |
$3,777 |
| Women's Rape Crisis Center
|
Sexual Violence Survivor Support Services
|
24-hour hotline and emergency financial assistance
program serving 600 victims and prevention education for 3,300 residents |
$5,000 |
$3,000 |
| TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE REQUESTS
|
$304,690 |
|
| PUBLIC SERVICE
FUNDS AVAILABLE |
|
$144,729 |
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| Development Applications |
| Housing |
| Dismas of Vermont, Inc. |
Burlington Dismas House |
Exterior repairs to a 16-bed group home serving ex-offenders |
$14,500 |
$14,500 |
| Ethan Allen Residence |
Ethan Allen Residence |
Replace a chair glide and install automatic door
openers in 30-bed residential care facility |
$30,000 |
$0 |
| Community & Economic Development Office |
Housing Initiatives Program
|
Technical assistance, grants and loans for access
modifications, emergency repairs, mobile home rehabs, exterior paint,
owner-occupied rehab, affordable rental development and rehab, and
shelter improvements to serve over 300 households / people |
$170,000 |
$82,000 |
| Champlain Housing
Trust |
Affordable Housing Programs |
Renovate 80 units at Salmon Run and 41 scattered-site
units in the Old North End and develop 60 units of family housing at the
Thayer School site on North Ave. |
$150,000 |
$74,000 |
| ReSOURCE (formerly ReCycle North) |
ReTRAIN YouthBuild |
Weatherize 20 homes and rehab a single-family house at 219 Elmwood |
$35,000 |
$23,936 |
| Cathedral Square Corporation |
Village at Leddy Park |
Develop 40 units of senior housing at the Thayer
School site on North Ave. |
$30,000 |
$30,000 |
| Economic Development |
| Intervale Foundation |
Building a Community Food System |
Increase the number of successful farms in the
Intervale |
$12,000 |
$12,000 |
| Community & Economic Development Office |
Business Financing and Technical Assistance |
Technical assistance and loans to start-up/expand 16
businesses and create/retain 59 jobs |
$196,200 |
$77,500 |
| ReSOURCE |
ReBUILD Deconstruction Facility Expansion |
Expand the retail space for the Building Materials
Store |
$20,000 |
$14,000 |
| Community & Economic Development Office |
Sustainable Economic Dev. Strategies Program
|
Technical assistance to start-up/expand 20 business
and create/retain 100 jobs |
$215,100 |
$92,500 |
| Mercy Connections, Inc.
|
Women's Small Business Program |
Entrepreneurial training for 42 women |
$10,000 |
$8,000 |
| Neighborhood Development |
| Community & Economic Development Office |
Brownfields Redevelopment Project |
Assess and remediate 17 properties for rehab of 41
housing units, creation of 40 new units and waterfront improvements |
$75,000 |
$50,000 |
| Community Health Center |
Safe Harbor Dental Clinic |
New x-ray equipment for emergency dental needs |
$27,500 |
$27,500 |
| Chittenden County
Senior Citizens Alliance, Inc. |
Heineberg Senior &
Community Center Capital Improvement Project |
Bathroom accessibility renovations |
$46,000 |
$40,000 |
| Community & Economic Development Office |
Neighborhood
Revitalization |
Project outreach/management and construction costs
for improved transportation infrastructure, the Moran Plant, North
Street War of 1812 Burials, Scenic Byways and Façade Improvement Program |
$178,300 |
$50,000 |
| Wards 2 and 3 |
127 Bike Path Entrance Improvement Project |
Clean-up and permanently improve the Old North End
Bike Path entrance at St. Louis St. and Manhattan Dr. |
$13,080 |
$10,000 |
| Wards 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 and 7 |
BHS Fitness Center Renovations |
Install a retractable curtain, rubber flooring and
wall mirrors |
$12,010 |
$0 |
| Ward 5 |
Bobbin Mill Apartments |
Build a new raised garden space for a BHA-managed
low-income apartment complex |
$605 |
$605 |
| Wards 1, 2 and 3 |
Center City Little League Field Improvements |
Improve the playing fields at Roosevelt Park |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
| Ward 5 |
Community Garden at Callahan Park |
Create a new community garden at Callahan Park |
$8,683 |
$4,250 |
| Ward 7 |
Hunt Middle School / Healthy City Youth Farm Garden
Shed |
Install a garden shed for summer gardening programs
serving at-risk youth |
$770 |
$770 |
| Wards 2, 3 4 and 7 |
Intervale Iron |
Remove several tons of rusting scrap iron from the
west bank of the Intervale |
$2,260 |
$2,260 |
| Ward 7 |
John J. Flynn School Playground Upgrade |
Replace the wood chip base with a rubberized surface
so that children with mobility impairments can use the playground |
$9,000 |
$4,000 |
| Ward 3 |
Myrtle Street Community Avant Garden |
Plant fruit trees and an edible hedge, build a
compost bin and retaining wall |
$2,080 |
$1,800 |
| Ward 3 |
Riverside Neighborhood Garden Community Expansion
Project |
Increase the number of raised beds, build a shade
structure, bench, sign and bulletin board |
$787 |
$787 |
| Ward 3 |
Rose Street Clean-Up |
Rent dumpsters to clean-up trash and debris |
$750 |
$750 |
| Wards 4 and 7 |
Starr Farm Community Garden Enhancements |
New roof for existing bulletin board, add new
bulletin board, grade and fill parking lot, new fencing |
$1,250 |
$1,000 |
| TOTAL DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS
|
$1,265,875 |
|
| DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE |
|
$627,158 |
