The Sustainable Energy Outreach Network (SEON) has received 3 grants from the Vermont Community Foundation over the past few months.
The Sustainable Energy Outreach Network (SEON) has received 3 grants from the Vermont Community Foundation over the past few months.
A $5,000 grant from the “Modesty is my Best Quality Fund” was awarded to provide subsidies for participants in SEON’s training program. Last fall SEON’s 4 courses were delivered at the Windham Regional Career Center, the Patricia Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury and the Wadsworth Company in Jamaica. The importance of this grant is to incentivize carpenters to register for courses and begin a path for certification.
Another $5,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation was awarded to SEON for Capacity Building. Building from our core missions of expanding the essential knowledge base of high performance building professionals in SE Vermont and encouraging community engagement in a clean economy, SEON plans to take our fundamental working principles and establish concrete action plans for state-wide growth and organizational sustainability. The outcome of the grant is the creation of a 15 year business plan in 5 year increments. Heurista Company of Asheville, NC and Saxtons River, Vermont was chosen as the consulting group.
Finally, SEON’s wonderful partner Modesty is my Best Quality Fund, granted another $35,000 to support SEON’s staffing needs to grow from part-time work to full-time. The outcome of this donation is evident with a revisioning of our website, logo, and domain name (buildingscience.org.) These design changes are substantive and reflect SEON’s brand to highlight Building Science as core construction principles and skills around which we advance the qualifications of our residential workforce. Toward this end, ten Building Science courses are planned for delivery throughout Vermont this Winter/Spring.
Register at buildingscience.org/certification-and-training. For questions, email admin@seon.info. We recommend registering early because of limited space.
Guy Payne - Executive Director of SEON 802-376-9262