{"id":2643,"date":"2024-02-29T18:22:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/?page_id=2643"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:16:39","slug":"homesfirstvt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/?page_id=2643","title":{"rendered":"HomesFirstVT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2643\" class=\"elementor elementor-2643\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53a98aea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53a98aea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a744069\" data-id=\"7a744069\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464c7127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"464c7127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HomesFirstVT: Community funded and built tiny homes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25662917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25662917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tiny-house-2-1024x922.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2648\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tiny-house-2-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tiny-house-2-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tiny-house-2-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tiny-house-2.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48208a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48208a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CFTOR film from our cross-country trip in 2019, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/395520254\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey Middlebury, Imagine What We Can Do!<\/span><\/i> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has become a lynchpin for the grassroots fundraising efforts of a small, local no-profit, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/homesfirstvt.\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HomesFirstVT.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$65,000 was raised from all grassroots donations in our area, much from the faith community i Middlebury. This money allowed the Construction Tech students at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury to build the first tiny home, finished in Spring, 2024.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We, HomesfirstVT, were so thrilled to sell our first home to a nurse in our county who is still working for the community at 74 years old; she has desired her own home for a long time! We sold this home for $65,000; this is just the material cost +10% &#8211; &nbsp; all of the labor was at no-cost to her!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Tech students will begin building the 2nd tiny home in Spring, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ff66ccf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ff66ccf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b2ba3c1\" data-id=\"4b2ba3c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11724498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11724498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Media<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd7815c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7cd7815c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15de37b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15de37b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54846a13\" data-id=\"54846a13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1f2f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d1f2f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hey Middlebury, Imagine What We Can DO! 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