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The Amy E. Tarrant Foundation Makes
$500,000 Pledge to Legacy Fund

BCLT Legacy Campaign - Every Family Deserves a Decent Home

The Amy E. Tarrant Foundation has made a three year, $500,000 pledge to the BCLT Legacy Campaign, a fundraising campaign to create an endowment fund in support of affordable housing programs in northwestern Vermont. The Foundation’s pledge brings the total giving to $1.8 million of the $3 million goal to be reached by the end of 2008.

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The Champlain Housing Trust is Born

On September 19, 2006, the membership of the Burlington Community Land Trust voted to approve the Plan of Merger to create the Champlain Housing Trust. The Champlain Housing Trust began business on October 1, 2006.

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BCLT Receives Award from The Home Depot

Waterfront Housing in Burlington is the first prize winner in the rental category of the The Home Depot Foundation's Inaugural Awards of Excellence For Affordable Housing Built Responsibly. Waterfront Housing was co-developed by BCLT and Housing Vermont and opened in 2004.

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BCLT's City's Edge named Vermont's Housing Hero

BCLT's City's Edge was named Vermont's Housing Hero for 2006 by Citizens Bank for its innovative solution to developing affordable housing. The recognition came with a $50,000 grant award.

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Press Releases

Title Date File Format & Size
BCLT Staff Joins the Board of a New National
Affordable Housing Organization
July 21, 2006 Adobe PDF, 77K
Hilton A. Wick Award Recipients July 18, 2006 Adobe PDF, 33K
BCLT's City's Edge named Vermont's Housing Hero May 8, 2006 Adobe PDF, 496K

Archived Press Releases

Title Date File Format & Size
City's Edge Receives National News Coverage June, 2005 Adobe PDF, 67K
Jericho Farmhouse Duplex Grand Opening May 25, 2005 Adobe PDF, 214K