North Avenue Co-Op

03/29/2018

Co-op mobile home park 'a success' in Burlington - article by Burlington Free Press

From the brink of demolition, the Farrington Mobile Home Park is now a co-op where two bedrooms will set you back a mere $900 a month.

10/21/2016

Congrats to the North Avenue Co-Op for a successful first season of community gardening at the resident-owned mobile home park! Thanks to Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, we are helping the committee plan for 2017, and thanks to The University of Vermont Medical Center community health investment fund, these plans - including a children's garden - will come to fruition!

05/03/2016

March 9th – Announced at Burlington’s North Avenue Co-Op his proposal to expand Section 8 housing assistance to cover mobile homeowners’ previously ineligible expenses, such as property taxes, insurance, and utilities.

11/13/2015

North Avenue Co-op gains control of Farrington’s Mobile Home Park. See press release below...

Burlington, Vermont. – Homeowners at Farrington’s Mobile Home Park are, starting today, managing their community as a cooperative, taking a bold step toward securing their financial futures and improving their neighborhood. The 117 lot community was put on the market for $5 million when its owner, S…

11/13/2015

North Avenue Co-op, CDI, and attorneys gather to sign closing paperwork. From left to right: North Avenue Co-op Secretary Jeanne Lieberman, attorney David Sunshine, Vermont State Housing Authority attorney Keith Roberts, CDI Housing Program Organizer Jeremiah Ward, North Avenue Co-op Rik Fenton, and Shawn Nolan, broker for the Estate of Sandra Farrington. Photo credit: Andrew Danforth

09/11/2015

Save the date! Our "Save the Green Space" Tag Sale & Raffle Fundraiser:
Friday Sept. 18th, and Saturday Sept. 19th at North Avenue Alliance Church, Spaces are still available, visit our site below more more information:

DATE: Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 (rain dates Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26) TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. PLACE: North Avenue Alliance Church Parking Lot DETAILS: Large tag sale to benefit “Save the Green Space” Fundraiser. To “rent” a table / space: 1 day = $15…

09/04/2015

Our thanks again to the Burlington Free Press for covering our updated fundraising goal! Read the article below

North Avenue Co-op hopes to buy park and save green space.

09/03/2015

Save Our Green Space Campaign Goal Has Changed. We now need to raise $100,000. Read details below

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2015 Recently a new financing strategy has been developed that will enable the members of the North Avenue Co-op (NAC) to keep the green space at the Farrington Mobile Home Park if we can raise $100,000.00, rather than the original goal of $800,000.00. The plan rel…

08/29/2015

Thanks to a recent suggestion of a long-time park resident, we have posted a UVM alumni, Lisa Phinney's paper on Farrington's Mobile Home Park. Visit our site below to learn more about the park's history in .

Farrington’s and the Mobile Home on the American Landscape By Lisa Phinney INTRODUCTION Mobile homes have been popular as recreational vehicles since the 1920s, but it was not until World War II that they were widely used as permanent housing. Their low cost, their mobility and convenience made them…

08/18/2015

Thank you to Robyn Estabrook WPTZ for the interview & WPTZ NewsChannel 5 for covering our fundraiser!

People who live at Farrington's Mobile Home Park are fighting to keep their only green space.

08/15/2015

Thank you to Mark Barlow for donating to our Save Our Green Space campaign! Please join him with your support...

Please join Mark Barlow by supporting our online fundraising campaign on GoFundMe: 'Save Our Green Space'

08/13/2015

For , we've compiled a few of the past news coverage articles from the Burlington Free Press, Seven Days, WCAX, and Channel 17 of the park's progress since November 2014 towards the goal of saving the park.
Visit the site below to see the articles and videos.

08/12/2015

Many thanks to our fundraiser donors! Also, thanks to Burlington mayor Miro Weinberger for his visit to the park this morning!

08/11/2015

Thanks to a grant from Efficiency Vermont, the Energy Co-op now offers full furnace tune-ups for Chittenden County mobile home owners for only $49.

Vermont energy cooperative offering discount prices on heating oil, kerosene, and wood pellet deliveries. Service and installation of wood pellet stoves, oil-fired furnaces and boilers are also offered by the Energy Co-op of Vermont.

08/11/2015

Our press release was published by VTDigger.org. Thank you!

News Release — Save Our Green Space August 7, 2015 Contact: North Avenue Co-op: Rik Fenton, Vice President North Avenue Co-op 45 Ave B Burlington VT 05408 Phone: 802-651-7004 Web: www.northavecoop.com Email: rfenton@northavecoop.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northavecoop Twitter: https://tw…

08/10/2015

PRESS RELEASE: Mobile Home Park Residents Fund-Raising to Save Green Space

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2015 On July 7, 2015, an agreement was reached between the North Avenue Co-op (NAC) and the Estate of the late Sandra Farrington to allow the Farrington Mobile Home Park to be purchased by the members of NAC. This will allow the property to remain a mobile home park a…

08/10/2015

...and right after I posted that, I see we have another anonymous donation. Thank you whomever you are!