The Plattsburgh Housing Authority was featured in the Spring 2014 edition of Affordable Housing News. The article highlights recent PHA community engagements. You can read the article by clicking on the following link: http://affordablehousingnews.com/issues/spring2014/ and entering page number 44.
The Plattsburgh Public Library Career Center offers opportunities to gain job skills for free! See the calendar below for classes and the class descriptions. If you have questions please call 518-563-0921 to speak with Digital Literacy Instructor, Joanne Weiss.
The classes will help with college scholarships, basic computer skills, typing, and more! Sign up now and take the first step!
Community Garden at PHA
Plattsburgh Community Garden Group is working with Plattsburgh Housing Authority to build twelve 4’ x 12’ raised garden beds in the vacant lot located directly behind the PHA Administrative Office building at 4817 South Catherine Street. Eleven of these twelve beds will be available for families within PHA for the yearly fee of $25.00/bed. If more than 11 families are interested in these garden beds, all interested families will be entered into a lottery and names will be drawn to award the beds for the 2014 season. Plattsburgh Community Garden Group will then enter into a plot holder agreement and collect the yearly $25.00 plot fee from the awarded families.
Additionally, we are looking for volunteers to help us with this project from late-April to early-May 2014. Volunteer labor is needed to help in the construction of the garden shed and the raised beds, to help fill the raised beds with soil, and to lay wood chip mulch around the gardens.
If you are interested in signing up for a bed and/or helping with the labor needs, please contact Tammy Langley, Housing Assistance Supervisor, at (518) 561-0720 extension 224 or by email at [email protected] no later than Thursday, March 20th (the first day of Spring). With your support and help, we are hoping to open the garden beds for planting on Memorial Day (Monday, May 26, 2014).
The PHA has launched the “I’m a Ted Kid” campaign. Be on the lookout for the posters and video!
The PHA held a kickoff to the campaign on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the Ted K. Center from 5 – 6:30 pm. We appreciate all who attended and will update our webpage and facebook page with details!
Check out the article in the Press-Republican
Today, February 14, 2014 the PHA administration office is closed due to the snow storm. Stay safe and remember that we will not be opened on Monday, February 17th in observation of Presidents’ Day. See you on Tuesday, February 18th!
The Plattsburgh Public Library Career Center offers opportunities to gain job skills for free! See the calendar below for classes and the class descriptions. If you have questions please call 518-563-0921 to speak with Digital Literacy Instructor, Joanne Weiss.
The classes will help with interview skills, cover letters, basic computer skills, typing, and more! Sign up now and take the first step!
Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary will hold the 5th Annual Winter Carnival on the front lawn of CVPH on Saturday, February 1, 2014 between 11 am and 3 pm. Admission is free! There will be sledding (bring your sled), ice skating (bring your skates), healthy snacks and drinks, disc gold, carnival games, horse drawn wagon rides and more. For more information see the links below.
If you are attending or plan to attend a college, a technical, vocational or other training program for the academic year 2013-2014 and are a resident of the Plattsburgh Housing Authority, you are eligible to apply for a scholarship.
Application Procedure
Selection Criteria
The scholarship committee will consider among other factors the following when selecting recipients:
Finalists will be notified thereafter by mail and/or telephone and may be asked to attend a personal interview with the PHA Durham Scholarship Committee. Good Luck with your application and plans for a higher education!
The residents of Lakeview Towers opened their doors to grandchildren and the children of the Plattsburgh Housing Authority on December 7, 2013, as Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped by for a visit. The senior residents had cupcakes, cookies, donuts and hot chocolate for all of the guests. The community room at Lakeview Towers was filled with people eager to spread holiday cheer. The children, aside from having the opportunity to express their holiday wishes, also had their picture taken with jolly old St. Nick. The Plattsburgh Housing Authority arranged for a photographer to attend and provide photographs for the children and their families. Each child was also given a hand-knit stocking filled with chocolates and a candy cane. The stockings were crafted by a resident, Ramona Soder. During the holiday event a group of carolers came from the Plattsburgh Church of the Nazarene and performed several songs to add to the delight of those in attendance.
The event was very successful. Dozens of children, from infants to early teens, were in attendance. The Plattsburgh Housing Authority would like to thank Wilfred Gonyea, Elizabeth Mooney, Ramona Soder, Julie Walters, Elizabeth Irachetta, Nicole LaFrance, Clayton Morris and the residents of Russell H Barnard Apartments and Lakeview Towers for their efforts in coordinating this wonderful opportunity and ensuring its success.
Santa and Mrs. Claus at Lakeview Towers
Santa, Mrs. Claus and Ramona