We are very excited to announce that Erin P, a University of Vermont Med Student was the lucky winner of our Jetblue Vacations give away! And just in time for spring break, which we’re sure will be a well deserved break from her studies!

Congratulations Erin, from the Cascades Sales Team!

Join the Cascades sales team at the Seven Day’s Cooler event next Thursday. Come by and meet other young professionals in this off-line, after-word, agenda-free mixer held at the Firehouse Gallery. See what other professionals in your peer group are doing for work and fun.

For more details check out the Seven Day’s website here: www.7dvt.com/cooler

We hope to see you there!

The Eclecto fundraiser held at the Champlain Mill, sponsored by the Winooski Falls Development Company, Monelle, Ecco, Champlain College, Farrell Distributing and Mountain Air Systems, raised $2000 for the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski. We are very excited that the event will have the opportunity to positively impact our community!

The B2B Cartel which hosted the event is very excited about the funds raise. They are particularly thankful to the Northfield Savings Bank for their matching donation and to the Cascades Team for donating the space in the Mill and their help with set up for the event. Keep you ears open for the next B2B event this summer!

Art in action has come to Winooski VT and will be here through the 31st of January.  Art in Action: Shaping Vermont’s Future Through Art is a traveling exhibit that has been displayed all over Vermont. The exhibition is a result of a partnership between the Vermont Arts Council and philanthropists Lyman Orton and Janice Izzi.

It includes the work of ten artists which have been commissioned to create works that address issued identified by Vermonters as essential to our State’s economic, environmental and social future. You can view the pieces at the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski until January 31, 2010. To find out more visit the website by clicking here.

The Cascades and the Winooski Falls Development team is excited to host the B2B Cartel’s Winter event, Eclecto at the Champlain Mill. The event will be held on Saturday, January 16th from 9PM-2AM. A 20$ donation is required for entry and all proceeds will benefit the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski.

B2B or Back to Black has been hosting these events for a number of years now. It stared as a group of friends who wanted to throw a great party and benefit a worthy cause. Each event allows them to donate to a local charity or organization the group feels deserves the support. The 2009 summer event raised funds and supply donations for the Kings Street Youth Center.

We’re really excited to have to B2B host at the Mill! Check out information about the event by clicking here.

With the recent adjustment to FHA Loan requirements the Cascades now qualify. Since we’ve sold 30% of the building (View Sold Cascades Property List Here), our buyers will soon be able to finance with an FHA Loan. We’ve started the project approval process and expect to be ready to go by March 1st. As it is now we can accept contracts contingent on this approval!

It is very exciting news for the Cascades and our future purchasers. Some of the benefits of FHA loans are as follows:

• Down payments as low as 3.5% and no mortgage payments held in reserve
• Flexible credit and income-qualifying guidelines
• Choice of predictable fixed-rate payments or attainable adjustable-rate introductory packages
• Gift funds accepted for down payment
• Family member or friends allowed as co-signers

If you are interested in the Cascades and want to take advantage of the FHA program, come down for a tour today!

Seven Days wrote a great article about the Winooski Falls Development that includes Cascades, Keen’s Crossing, Spinner Place and The Champlain Mill. It is a reflective piece on how the neighborhood is coming since the ribbon cutting 4 years ago.

You can check it out here: http://www.7dvt.com/2009waiting-winooski

I have recently become obsessed with Etsy.

It all started with my hunt for unique holiday cards. No surprise my search landed me on this fun craft-sellers site. I have shopped Etsy before, but since I last visited I found the navigation a bit more user-friendly; making it much easier for me to weed through the junk and find the good stuff.

With the holidays upon us I started shopping around for all the special people on my list. It is now to the point where I want one of everything for MYSELF, and I have way to many options. Needless to say, I am very excited to give this Christmas. I love finding a gift perfectly matches it’s recipient. I find it harder and harder to do that these days.

Etsy is truly this years holiday blessing.

What’s more, you can shop locally! How great to be able to buy the perfect gift AND support your local community. Simply go to the Etsy Local page (click here) and search Winooski VT! Get your cat some plump catnip filled eyeballs to play with this year! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Need a car? CarShare Vermont has got  you covered. CarShare VT will be placing a car in Winooski. This give you 24/7 access to cars on or off campus. The usage rates are low and the gas is FREE. You just need to be 18 to join.

This is a great opportunity for Cascade buyers/owners who want to live in a walkable community and only need a car once in awhile to get groceries or take a trip.  To learn more about CarShare Vermont in Winooski check out their website here : www.carsharevt.com

Happy Halloween! From the Haunted Forest in Williston to the new Nightmare Vermont haunted house, in the old Olympiad building, you’ll find plenty of fright in the Burlington Area. For a full list of fun activities in the area and beyond check out the Vermont Living website’s top 10 Halloween events here:  Top 10 VT Halloween Events

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo and  Don’t Miss the Queen City Ghost Walk! BOO! waaaa ha ha ha ha.