The Island Housing Trust is soliciting proposals for the site development and construction of a six unit apartment building at 6 Water Street in Tisbury.  Proposals must be submitted in writing and delivered by 4:00 PM on July 9, 2015.  A copy of the entire Water Street Apartment Request for Proposal, including exhibits, can be downloaded from the Island Housing Trust’s website.   Full sized plans are available for copying at the UPS Store at 455 State Road in the Woodland Center in Vineyard Haven.

Interested applicants are encouraged to attend an on-site briefing session on Thursday June 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM at 6 Water Street in Tisbury.

Please contact Derrill Bazzy at the Island Housing Trust at (508) 693-1117 or dbazzy@ihtmv.org with any questions.

The Island Housing Trust & JB Blau present…

An Island-wide Dine-to-donate event!

Sunday, May 17th

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.

Thank you for dining with us.

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.