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Vermont Mobile Home Parks Can Now Register Online with Housing Department

Posted August 20, 2010

Source: The Wall Street Journal: Market Watch, August 20, 2010

“MONTPELIER, Vt., Aug 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The State of Vermont is continuing its efforts to use technology to reduce the cost of government by introducing an online registry for mobile home parks. [More ...]

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Owners to Sell Triple L Mobile Home Park

Posted August 12, 2010

Source: Burlington Free Press, August 12

By Dorothy Pellett

“HINESBURG — Residents of the Triple L Moblie Home Park are looking at their options after the owners announced they are selling the 65-unit park.

The park, established in 1966, is located at the intersection of North Road and the Hinesburg-Richmond Road. The sale was announced last month; the asking price on the notice of intent to sell is $1,500,000. [More ...]

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Man wants to replace mobile homes with houses

Posted July 27, 2010

Source: Bennington Banner, July 27

By Keith Whitcomb, Jr.

“POWNAL — Mark Grise said he would like to turn things around at Royal Pine Villa, but standing in his way is a lack of funding.

Grise is president and general manager for Royal Pine Villa Inc. The mobile home park is owned by Grise’s father-in-law, Marcine Roy, and was managed by him up until 2008 when his health forced him to take it easy. [More ...]

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Mobile Home Project Wins Service Learning Award

Posted April 21, 2010

By Jon C. Reidel

Source:University of Vermont Communications, April 21, 2010

“The service learning and community-based research partnership between the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics and the Mobile Home Project at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity received the Vermont Campus Compact Exemplary Campus-Community Partnership Award on April 14 at the Compact’s Statewide Recognition Reception Ceremony. [More ...]

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Anatomy of a development in Shelburne: How the project met its demise

Posted April 4, 2010

By Joel Banner Baird

Source: Burlington Free Press, April 4, 2010

“SHELBURNE — Residents stopped the bulldozers. Three cheers for environmental action? Not this time.

Developers, exasperated by what they saw as Shelburne’s ambivalent review process during the past two years and already having invested considerable time and more than $1 million, abandoned plans in late March for a 250-unit residential community in Shelburne Village. [More ...]

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Energy efficiency workshop gives tips to mobile home owners

Posted March 1, 2010

By Keith Whitcomb Jr.

“POWNAL — Mobile home owners were given a number of tips Thursday on how to make their mobile homes more energy efficient.

The workshop was led by Shaun Gilpin and Logan Zingus, of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s non-profit entity, the Mobile Home Project, in conjunction with the Pownal Valley Affordable Housing committee. [More ...]

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