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From the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), and other local housing leaders will come together this Friday, August 16, to celebrate breaking ground on the construction of new affordable housing and a veterans center in Burlington.

Sanders secured $1 million for the project through the FY2022 Congressionally Directed Spending process.

This funding will allow the CHT and the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) Howard Plant Post 782 to redevelop the old VFW building into a new space that provides veterans services and permanently affordable housing to Vermonters – including apartments reserved for homeless veterans. The veterans service center will also expand programs to assist combat veterans with post-deployment reintegration, camaraderie, and navigating VA health care and benefits.

Senator Sanders is joined by Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak; Michael Monte, CEO of Champlain Housing Trust; Nancy Owens, President of Evernorth; Michelle Caver, Post Commander and Service Officer, VFW Post 782; Rev. Mark Hughes, VFW Post 782; and local leaders.

Host Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, interviews Michael Monte, Champlain Housing Trust’s Chief Executive Officer. He worked at Burlington’s Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) from its creation and was its longest serving Director. Prior to CEDO, he was employed as Executive Director for several non-profit organizations including the King Street Center.

Watch the full clips here:

• Circus Elephant on Church Street 08-04-1986
• The Caremongers - Dispatches from the Frontline: Michael Monte on Champlain Housing Trust 03-30-2020
• City Market Onion River Co-op Celebrates 50 Years 09-23-2023
• Burlington CEDO Show: City Climate Action Plan 06-23-2008
• Ribbon Cutting for Affordable Northgate Housing 10-18-1991
• The Development Show: The Burlington Bike Path and Waterfront Parks 10-15-1987
• Bernie Speaks with the Community: 51 - Sanders Discusses CEDO and Waterfront Issues, With George Thabault and Michael Monte 05-10-1988

Town Meeting TV talks with Michael Monte, CHT's Chief Financial and Operating Officer, about how the state's largest "homeless to homeownership" nonprofit is taking care of its people and managing the financial uncertainties of the COVID-19 period.

More information: www.getahome.org