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Welcome to Montpelier
Program Awards Grant
to New Downtown Music
Venue and Bistro
Montpelier Alive and the Montpelier Development Corporation
announced the award of the first grant issued under the
Welcome to Montpelier Program, which is aimed at attracting
new businesses to Montpelier. The $5,000 grant was awarded
to Bent Nails Bistro, which is opening a live music venue with
bistro-style food on Langdon Street in the coming months.
“We are very grateful for having been chosen as a grant
recipient,” said Bent Nails Bistro co-owner Charis Churchill.
“We look forward to contributing to the community with our
live music venue featuring bistro style food and funky art.”
“We are excited to award the first grant under the Welcome
to Montpelier Program and support new businesses in Montpelier,”
said Montpelier Alive Executive Director Dan Groberg.
“Bent Nails Bistro will fill a hole in our downtown business
community and we are pleased to support their efforts.”
The Welcome to Montpelier Program offers wraparound
business support and grant opportunities for new businesses
who open in Montpelier. Three $5,000 grants will be awarded
to eligible businesses. The program is supported by Montpelier
Alive, Montpelier Development Corporation, Center for
Women and Enterprise, and Vermont Mutual. Applications to
join the program remain open at www.welcometomontpelier.
com.
Montpelier Alive celebrates the City of Montpelier. We
work with partners to sustain and build upon Montpelier’s vibrant
downtown community by offering and supporting special
events and activities and by promoting City businesses.
We work to ensure a thriving local economy for Montpelier
and to preserve the City’s historic character and unique sense
of place.
Montpelier Development Corporation serves as the steward
of the Economic Development Strategic Plan for the City
of Montpelier. Working closely with local government, area
businesses and organizations, MDC assists individual entrepreneurs
and already existing firms to establish, relocate or
expand their businesses within the City of Montpelier.
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Over 40 people were in attendance and enjoyed socializing
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Goodwill Invests $50,000
into Other Local Nonprofits,
Moving Vermonters Toward
Personal Stability
This month Goodwill Northern New England launched a
$50,000 program to help move more Vermonters into personal
stability. The Partner Stability Fund gives vouchers to nonprofits,
who in turn gift them to their clients who need clothing
and household items most. Joint Urban Ministry Project
(JUMP) and Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) were
selected to help push this goal forward.
“When strong non-profits work together, we multiply our
impact. JUMP and COTS both have long track records of supporting
people who need a hand up to achieve a stable life.
These vouchers will support their work and ours,” said Rich
Cantz, President and CEO of Goodwill NNE. “Goodwill can’t
be everywhere, all the time. These partnerships amplify our
efforts to help local people who need support.”
The vouchers also come with information about how to
connect with Goodwill’s workforce services, which support
anyone who needs help finding a job or career training. The
Partner Stability Fund is supported by financial donors to
Goodwill, along with revenue from the stores. To make a gift
visit goodwillnne.org/gifts.
These nonprofits were chosen to launch Goodwill NNE’s
Partner Stability Fund and were gifted grants of $5,000 or
more:
VERMONT
Joint Urban Ministry Project (JUMP): JUMP is an interfaith
organization supported by 28 area congregations in
the Chittenden County region of Vermont. JUMP has been responding
to the challenge of effectively assisting low-income
families and individuals since 1988.
Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS): COTS was
founded in 1982 by volunteers as a community response to
the newly emerging homeless population. The volunteers had
a simple goal: Keep people from freezing to death. Although
COTS has evolved over the years from emergency shelters to
a focus on prevention and housing for those facing the crisis
of homelessness, the heart of our organization has maintained
its fundamental commitment to humanity and the belief that
everyone deserves a home.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CATCH Neighborhood Housing: CATCH Neighborhood
Housing is a non-profit organization offering a full spectrum
of housing and education services in Merrimack County.
CATCH meets the needs of the communities it serves by constructing
new affordable housing units and revitalizing existing
housing in an area where affordable rental options are limited.
They are focused on creating a community where every
person is confident of a home.
Families in Transition: Families in Transition is one of the
largest homeless services organizations in New Hampshire
with locations in Manchester, Concord, Dover and Wolfeboro.
They provide innovative and effective interventions specifically
designed to help homeless individuals and families reach
beyond the cycle of homelessness to lead healthy and successful
lives.
MAINE
Bangor Housing Authority: Bangor Housing provides
housing opportunities for low to moderate-income households.
They accomplish this by operating a combination of
741 affordable and market rate apartments in seven developments
throughout Bangor and by administering the Housing
Choice Voucher program in the City of Bangor and the surrounding
towns of Hermon, Glenburn, Hampden, and Veazie.
PENQUIS: Penquis is a nonprofit created to alleviate and
eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty. Penquis impacts
all of Maine’s sixteen counties, but primarily serves lowand
moderate-income individuals in Penobscot, Piscataquis
and Knox counties.
Good Shepherd Food Bank: Good Shepherd distributes We Get
millions of meals to Mainers in need through their network
of local partner agencies. Good Shepherd partners with more
than 500 local organizations – food pantries, meal sites,
schools, senior centers, health care centers and more – from
Kittery to Fort Kent. Together they provide nutritious food to
Mainers who are struggling to make ends meet. They are also
working on long-term solutions to break the cycle of poverty
and food insecurity.
Additionally, Goodwill Northern New England will keep
vouchers on-hand for its employees who need support. Goodwill
hired several “Life Navigators” — a social worker position
— to support employees through life’s challenges, whatever
they may be.
“We look forward to having a more impactful and meaningful
connection to our neighbors across our region. With all of
us working together, we will reach our goal of moving 10,000
people into personal stability across Maine, New Hampshire
and northern Vermont,” said Barbara Sawyer, who oversees
the program.
Members of the public in need of support can receive free
job help from Goodwill NNE, however the nonprofit is unable
to supply vouchers to individuals directly.
Goodwill Northern New England is a nonprofit social enterprise
in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Profits from
its 30 thrift stores support its mission to help people achieve
independence and personal stability. Goodwill NNE’s programs
include workforce training programs, 23 group homes
that support adults with disabilities, active community supports
for adults with disabilities, AmeriCorps programs and
two business-cleaning services.
Goodwill NNE operates
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