VILLAGE CENTER APARTMENTS SUMMARY: Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP) is began construction of Village Center Apartments the week of August 2nd, 2021. Located on Hutchins Street in downtown Morrisville, Village Center Apartments transforms an unused, infill lot into 24 units of income eligible, affordable rental apartments designated for our community’s lower and moderate income earning residents. The all electric building is comprised of a mixture of studios, one, and two bedroom rental apartments with monthly rental rates that will range from $650 to $1,000 including heat and utilities. After some delays, the project is slated to be completed and ready for move in in the summer of 2022.

3 WEEK COMMUNITY PROJECTION: Between the weeks of August 24th through September 12th, Neagly & Chase Construction's crews will begin sitework and excavation of the building’s foundation -  a jobsite trailer will be delivered on September 2nd, followed by installation of concrete rebar, forming and pouring of concrete footings and concrete walls, excavation of street level walls and footings, and installation of rigid insulation. Residents and business owners near the project’s Hutchins Street site can expect: construction machinery, increased truck traffic hauling excavated materials away from the site and new materials to the jobsite, tractor trailers delivering equipment and concrete shoring blocks, tri-axel dump trucks hauling materials, heavy equipment operating on excavation work, general earthwork noise, diesel engines operating, back up alarms and dump gates closing. 

VILLAGE CENTER APARTMENTS PROJECT / LHP ORGANIZATION CONTACT: Village Center Apartments inquiries and comments can be submitted to Kerrie Lohr, kerrie@lamoillehousing.org.

VILLAGE CENTER APARTMENTS FUNDING SOURCES: Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB,) Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP,) Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC,) LIHTC investors, Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA,) and Housing Ministries of New England (HMNE.) Additional funding came from Community National Bank, to partially fund the municipal parking lot redesign and expansion collaboration effort with the Town of Morrisville. 

LEARN MORE: To learn more about Village Center Apartments and follow the project’s progress, visit https://www.lamoillehousing.org/village-center-apartments-blog and follow LHP on social media, @lamoillehousing. 

CALLING LOCAL BUSINESSES: Would you like to add your business to a local resource guide for distribution to Village Center Apartments project teams and crews? We expect about 10 - 30 employees per day who will be working at the downtown Morrisville job site throughout the duration of the project, and would love to connect these folks with fabulous local businesses that can meet their day to day needs! Add your business to the guide, here: https://forms.gle/wKvQh5oGkSv5jvFH7 

SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS LIKE THIS: If you would like to support this project and others like it, such as Arthur’s on Main and Lamoille View, make a contribution to LHP’s Housing Opportunity Fund: https://www.lamoillehousing.org/donate-online, or contact Kerrie Lohr to learn about gift impact and giving options: kerrie@lamoillehousing.org, (802) 888-5714.

LAMOILLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP MISSION STATEMENT: Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP) develops, rehabilitates and maintains safe, decent, energy efficient affordable housing through rental, home ownership, or other means to low and moderate income persons and families living within Lamoille County and the Town of Hardwick. LHP provides such assistance without discrimination or prejudice using a combination of private and public funding partnerships. Visit our website to learn more about Lamoille Housing Partnership’s community role and impact, www.lamoillehousing.org.