Now through May 31st, Lighthouse Grill (formerly Water Street) will be donating 20% of sales (dine-in and dinner only) to the Island Housing Trust. The restaurant is open Thurs-Sun nights.
After 5pm, the following restaurants will be donating 10% of food sales to the Island Housing Trust:
Offshore Ale Co., MV Chowder Company, Copper Wok, Sharky’s Cantina (both locations), The Loft, Jimmy Seas Pan Pasta, Rockfish, The Wharf Pub & Restaurant, Coop de Ville, Water Street, Henry’s, Chesca’s Restaurant, The Newes from America, Rocco’s Pizzeria, Wolf’s Den Pizzeria, Edgartown Pizza, and The Pizza Place
These funds will be used to create permanently affordable, sustainable workforce housing.
Join the Island Housing Trust and our panel of experts to discuss what successful affordable housing solutions we, as an Island community, have created, and how we can implement housing strategies on a larger scale.
When: Saturday, April 11th from 10:00-11:30am
Where: Tisbury Senior Center (34 Pine Tree Road) Vineyard Haven
Who:
Christina Brown, Edgartown Housing Committee
Rick Presbrey, Housing Assistance Corporation
Susan Connelly, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Julie Anne McNary, Permanent Endowment
Moderator: John Abrams, South Mountain Company & IHT Advisory board member
Please join us!
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The Island Housing Trust held a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 15th to celebrate the completion of six newly renovated rental apartments at Village Court in Vineyard Haven. The Village Court apartments represent our community’s effort to address the Island’s critical workforce housing need, especially among households with lower incomes.
Philippe Jordi, Executive Director thanked the many generous donors, TRI – The Resources Inc., Dukes County Regional Housing Authority, Tisbury Community Preservation Committee (CPC), West Tisbury CPC, Edgartown CPC, and Chilmark CPC, Edgartown National Bank, Low Income Energy Affordability Network, Cape Light Compact, John Saari Housing Rehabilitation Consultant, JSR Adaptive Energy Solutions, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Boston, Tom Burke & Eric Skogstrom General Contractors, O’Brien Property Management, and everyone who helped make the project possible.
Those who attended the ceremony were given an opportunity to tour these newly renovated apartments with energy upgrades by Tom Burke & Eric Skogstrom General Contractors. Photographs of the ceremony and the Village Court apartments at various stages of renovation can be viewed at our Facebook page.
The Island Housing Trust was awarded $150,000 in Community Investment Tax Credits. This is the second year of a five year program that allows individual donors, businesses, and foundations to receive 50% of their contribution back from the state in the form of a tax credit or rebate. Contact us at 508-693-1117 to take part in our 2015 program and learn more at our website.
