Success Stories
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 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 comes...
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 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
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 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...
A Move Toward – A Thriving Future
In 2015, Caitlin and her twin boys were sharing a small bedroom in her mother’s house in West Rutland. A single mom, Caitlin had fled to Vermont from Colorado to escape an abusive relationship. Her twins – still babies then – had been born prematurely, and required...
A Move Toward Safety, Security and Well-Being
The first thing you notice when you walk into Patrick’s apartment is the colorful display of art and craft projects on every wall. A very private person, and a man of few words, Patrick uses his art to express himself, and to show gratitude. Patrick has been a...
A Move Toward – Peace of Mind
Allison was living in a duplex in Middlebury when she and her husband separated. A mother of a very young child, she suddenly needed to find an apartment that she could afford on her own. “It was really important to me to be with my child-at the time, she was only...
A Move Toward Community
Gordon and his late wife, Fran, moved into Heritage Court several years ago when it was time to downsize. They liked the location because it was close to family. Now, two years after Fran passed away, Gordon has a renovated apartment, a close community of friends,...
A Move Toward Independence
Almira had already adjusted to her apartment at Heritage Court once, when she first moved from her home in Fair Haven several years ago. So the prospect of being displaced during a massive renovation was unsettling. But soon after construction began, the constant...
A Move Toward Stability
When construction crews first arrived at Heritage Court, Rosie was spending most of her days at the nursing home visiting her husband, Jim. About two weeks into the project, in the midst of packing up her apartment, Jim passed away, and Rosie’s life turned upside...