45 Years: Thank You for Your Generosity We are enormously grateful to the countless neighborhood residents, government officials and individual and corporate donors who so generously gave of their time and resources this past year. 2013 marked our 45th year of facilitating community development in Troy and Rensselaer County. As… Read more »
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Your Donation Matters “TRIP rents apartments at affordable prices.” “Really? I thought TRIP helps people become homeowners.” “No, TRIP is about rehabbing old, unmarketable homes and making them useable again.” “Hmm, I thought TRIP supported neighborhood leaders and associations.” Many people don’t know that TRIP does all of the above…… Read more »
Congratulations — again — to Marion Field, a leader in Troy’s Little Italy neighborhood and other initiatives. In addition to being feted as this year’s Troy Treasure at TRIP’s annual HomeComing Dinner, she recently was awarded the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award at its headquarters in Albany. She was recognized for… Read more »
By Helping Oakwood this Holiday Season Oakwood Community Center, a recently designated National Historic Site on Hoosick Street in Troy, is raising money this holiday season to support three important community initiatives: The Oakwood Soul Cafe, which provides a “pay what you can” meal once a month. Oakwood Food Pantry,… Read more »
Help Determine it! December 10 | 6:15 – 8:30pm | ICC 1450 5th Ave. The second of three deliberations of “Building A Stronger Troy” will be held on Tuesday, December 10 at the Italian Community Center from 6:15pm – 8:30pm. The meeting is free and open to the public.… Read more »
Visit http://aceee.org/consumer This is the time of year when the heat goes on and utility bills increase – just when we prefer to spend money on holiday gifts or events. Fortunately, there are many things we can do to save energy and money, but it can often be overwhelming… Read more »
Michele Desormeau: Maintenance Team Meet Michele Desormeau, TRIP’s newest employee at 3 months and one day. She is quick to tell people that her nationality is French although based on the different ways that people pronounce her name, it changes from Italian to German to ….. Michele joined TRIP’s maintenance team… Read more »
Troy’s New City Council We want to congratulate the nine elected officials who will serve as members of Troy’s City Council beginning January 1, 2014. We welcome the three new members: Erin Sullivan-Teta is an at-large delegate, Jim Gordon will be representing District 1 and Anastasia Robertson will be representing… Read more »