Hope’s Story

Hope’s Story

Hope Ritchey – Walking, Living and Loving Life at Tuttle Block in Downtown Rutland One would be challenged to find a more enthusiastic cheerleader for her newly renovated home at Tuttle Block, and life in Downtown Rutland, than Hope!  Hope relocated to Rutland from...
John’s Story

John’s Story

John Marino – Respect When you meet John Marino for the first time, you immediately realize you’ve met a very special, gentle man with a reputation and a heart as big as the New York Yankees!  If you know John Marino, you know conversing about certain topics...
Sherlyn’s Story

Sherlyn’s Story

Sherlyn Anderson. A Grateful Woman. A Proud Mom. A New American. Sherlyn is a grateful “40-something” year-old woman of Nicaraguan and Scottish descent. A single mom raising two boys, Dominic (15) and Dante (11), she treasures her home and the opportunity she has been...
Mike’s Story

Mike’s Story

  Mike V. admits he hasn’t always made good choices in life.  Money troubles and a drug habit eventually led to life on the street for Mike – hard times he describes with a single word, “miserable.”       Then came the pandemic and the Emergency Housing program, and...
Jeremy’s Story

Jeremy’s Story

Before coming to Lincoln Place, Jeremy, 42, had always lived with his Mom.  An adult survivor of childhood trauma, he experienced a great deal of anxiety, depression and other mental health issues throughout his life, and spent 10 years seeking disability.  With the...
Ann’s Story

Ann’s Story

Ann Cormia fell on hard times after her husband died in May of 2018.  Within months she also experienced the loss of a brother and an uncle.  Overwhelmed with grief and financial insecurity, Ann was unable to hold on to her Grove Street apartment.   In 2019, Ann found...