Cavendish Update 9/22/23: Flood/Zombies/News/Events
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Black River Good Neighbor Services (BRGNS) Rummage sale starts today and continues tomorrow from 10-3 at Fletcher Farm off of Route 103.
9/22/23
1. Flood Information
2. Emergency Preparedness Month: Zombie Apocalypse
3. Cavendish Related News
4. Events
1. FLOOD INFORMATION: Please use the Cavendish Guide for Flood Recovery for up to date resources and information. Note that it’s been updated several times this week.
• Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) Open in Ludlow: FEMA has opened a DRC at the Ludlow Community Center. Hours are Mon-Fri 9-6; Saturday 10-2 and closed Sunday. You can file an appeal, an extension for an appeal, file for the first time and/or check on where things are with your particular case. They also have someone who can talk to you about hazardous mitigation. Just Now Finding Flood Related Damage? People are finding that heating systems, appliances and other aspects of their homes have been impacted by the July floods. If you have filed a FEMA claim, you have 60 days to appeal. If you don’t think you can make the appeal within that time frame, file for an appeal extension. You can do that at the DRC. As a result of the DRC, the Okemo Valley Flood Recovery Forum has been cancelled for Sept.30th..
• Black River Good Neighbors Services (BTGNS): Has received money to help with flood relief assistance for a wide array of needs. Please call 802-228-3663 as help is being provided on a case by case basis. They are open Monday-Saturday from 10-4, Food shelf 10-3 Monday-Friday and Furniture store Saturday and Sunday 10-4.
• Efficiency Vermont (EVT): For a limited time, EVT is offering homeowners, renters, businesses and rental property owners rebuilding from summer flooding the following for low and middle income
- Homeowners and renters: Up to $10,000 for qualifying heat pumps, wood stoves, furnaces, boilers, water heaters and appliances; up to $5,000 back on heat pump water heaters; up to $9,,500 back on weatherization projects and zero-interest financing up to $30,000.
- Businesses: $1,000 for kitchen, HVAC, and refrigeration equipment for up to 4 products (on top of standard rebates) and technical assistance
- Rental Property Owners: Up to $10,000 per rental unit on appliances and in-unit equipment; up to $10,000 per building for central heating systems and technical assistance Learn more at www.efficiencyvermont.com/floodrebates.
EVT is holding an Affordable Energy Resource Fair tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 23, at the LISTEN Community Dinner Hall at 42, Maple St. WRJ. Free-no registration required. The Fair provides a one-stop shop for Do-It-Yourself Weatherization materials, information on Weatherization assistance and rebate programs, utility bill (electricity, fuel, water) state and town assistance programs, and material resources to be more comfortable in the coming cold temperatures. Drop in anytime from 10-2.
2. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH: Zombie Apocalypse: Interestingly, out of the safest states, in such an event, Vermont ranks 3rd, after Wyoming (number 1) and Alaska (number 2). Even better, both the Centers for Disease Control and the US Military have plans for a Zombie Apocalypse. The first line of the Counter-Zombie Dominance Plan, you know that has to be the military, or “CONPLAN 8888-11,” states, “This plan was not actually designed as a joke.” The CDC has since replaced “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse” with Prepare Your Health.
Whether it’s a flood, fire or Zombie’s the message is the same:
• Take Action: Be prepared to protect your family’s health and well-being until help arrives
• Plan Ahead: have a strategy for staying healthy, informed, connected and calm
• Create Community: Work with others to improve preparedness, increase connectedness, and build resilience.
3. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Bob Evens Moving Sale: Bob Evens is leaving Cavendish after many years, and he has to dispose of a household of goods. After a weekend yard sale he realizes that there’s far more to dispose of, so he has extended the yard sale through this week and next weekend. All prices are reasonable. Come to 662 Moriglioni Road in Cavendish between 9 and 4 each day, and see what he has to offer. A special thank you to Bob for the many incredible years he has given to Cavendish, volunteering for the Cavendish Fire Dept., the library, Black River Good Neighbors Services and so much more. Best of luck in your new home. We will miss you!
• Cavendish ARPA Committee Meeting 9/19/23: Due to the flood, the deadline for filing ARPA applications will have a first round ending Sept. 30 and a second round ending Oct. 31. To date applications have included converting the Gethsemane Church on Depot Street into a community center; a kiosk for the trail project in the Proctor Piper Forest; digitizing parcel maps and making them available on-line; the purchasing of virtual meeting equipment, including an amplifier system for Town Meeting; town projects of a sidewalk study, sewer pump station evaluation, water meter replacement, battery backups for the Town Office phones and computers; and more benches in town. Three new uses for ARPA funds have been recently added: surface transportation, community development, and emergency relief from natural disasters. Minutes of the meeting are available at the town’s website.
4. EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 22-23 (FRIDAY-SATURDAY): Black River Good Neighbors Rummage Sale, 10-3 pm at Fletcher Farm off Route 103.
SEPTEMBER 24 (SUNDAY): Yom Kippur
OCTOBER 9 (MONDAY): Indigenous People’s Day. Town office closed
OCTOBER 12 (THURSDAY): Town Office closed for Elections Training
• Last day to file a FEMA application
OCTOBER 31 (TUESDAY): HAPPY HALLOWEEN