Hunger advocates hope to keep momentum after pandemic brought issue to light
Modified: 6/5/2021 9:58:32 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION As the end of the COVID-19 pandemic draws closer, local and state advocates warn that families who have suffered from food insecurity may continue to face such problems in the months to come.
“We don’t want to assume that we can go back to normal,” Upper Valley Haven Executive Director Michael Redmond said in an interview Thursday. He said the Haven’s food bank has seen an uptick in families needing free meals during the last year, as the number of people facing food insecurity across the country tripled amid COVID-19.
Hartford group plans housing area with huts for homeless population
Modified: 4/3/2021 2:50:16 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A group of Hartford officials and advocates for the homeless are working on a plan to create a new shelter that could include a handful of small, potentially transportable micro-dwellings.
The project, which is still in its early stages, would consist of around nine 60-square-foot micro-dwellings that are equipped with heating units and electricity, said former Selectboard member Simon Dennis, who sits on Hartford’s Ad-Hoc Emergency Shelter Committee, the group behind the project. He said he envisions the one-room units made out of polystyrene foam with drywall or siding and flooring.