Following City Council’s approval of a City-wide parking initiative in November 2013, the BurlingtonDowntown Parking Advisory Committee was formed and had its first meeting on Wednesday, January 29. The group's charge is formalized in a City Council Resolution on the Downtown Parking Initiative, attached here. The Committee will be responsible for overseeing the development of a new Parking Management Plan for the City.

Hickok & Boardman Financial Planning is pleased to welcome Zachary Musgrave as an Associate Financial Planner. Musgrave will work closely with the team of planners to provide clients with comprehensive investment advisory and financial planning services.

Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont (HBRANV), is pleased to announce the newly elected Officers and Directors as follows:

Officers:

Dixie F. O’Connor - Great Northern Construction (President)

Brad Dousevicz - Dousevicz Inc. (Immediate Past President)

Michael Languasco - People’s United Bank (Presidential Appointment)

Chris West - Eco Houses of Vermont (Vice President of Education)

Ed Levite - Union Bank (Vice President of Finance)

Patty Geraghty - Portland Glass (Vice President of Associates)

Vermont Housing Finance Agency’s Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, received the Tim McKenzie Award at Champlain Housing Trust’s annual meeting and dinner on Saturday. The award recognized Carpenter’s outstanding contributions to permanently affordable housing during the past thirty years. Carpenter is a long-time Burlington resident.

“I am honored to work with partner organizations like Champlain Housing Trust to extend affordable housing options to Vermonters not served by conventional markets,” said Carpenter, who has been VHFA’s executive director since 1998.

Susan L. Donegan, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, announced today that Michael Pieciak has joined the DFR team as deputy commissioner of the Securities Division.