Category: Project News & Updates

Marlborough, MA – On October 7th, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School hosted a press conference for our Tiny House Project. Representatives from each of the project’s partners, C.F. Adams, Maine Seacoast Mission, and Downeast Community Partners, were in attendance. Also, several local news stations attended and reported on this great community project. The press… Continue reading Tiny Home, Big Dream

On October 9th, 2019, Mike LaCrosse, a news reporter with WBZ CBS Boston, visited Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School to share our Tiny House project news story. Below are pictures from his visit and a link to the story that aired on television. We’re grateful to have amazing partners, students who are diligently working… Continue reading WBZ CBS Boston News Story

Over the past week, Assabet students successfully installed our tiny home’s rafters. This part of the tiny house project took the students roughly a week to complete. The rafters will support the roof’s sheathing on the outside. Then the roof’s shingles will be applied to it to keep the weather out. The inside of the… Continue reading Rafters Installation

The Assabet Valley Valley Regional Technical High School students are back from summer break and hard at work on our Tiny House Project. Below you will see one of our sponsors, A.W. Hastings, delivering the windows for our veteran’s future home. We are excited to see the house progress and are grateful for our sponsors… Continue reading We’ve Got Windows!

Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School students are officially back from summer break. We hope all of the carpentry program students had a wonderful summer and are well rested and excited to continue working on our Tiny House Project. Stay tuned for more pictures, videos, and updates as they work hard to finish this beautiful… Continue reading Welcome Back, Aztecs!

Marlborough, Massachusetts- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s students have been working hard on the tiny home’s walls and cathedral ceiling. Below, the students and teacher, Bill Italiano, can be seen working on the gables and ridge of our veteran’s future home. The students spent about 25 hours working on this phase of carpentry. The… Continue reading Walls are Complete!

Thank you Maxwell Hauptman, an Ellsworth American reporter, for covering our Downeast Tiny House Project story! Check out the story below!

Marlborough, Massachusetts- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s students have been hard at work on the Downeast Tiny House Project. Under supervision of Bill Italiano, Assabet’s Lead Carpentry Teacher, the group can be seen below constructing and sheathing the flooring in our veteran’s future home. The students, who are freshmen and sophomores, spent many hours… Continue reading Solid Foundation

Fox 22 attended the Downeast Tiny House Project’s unveiling on Monday. Please click the link below to watch the story! https://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/48474-downeast-collaboration-to-yield-tiny-house?fbclid=IwAR11Gu4kXbbH1rZxDqo0O8y0r6wckNbuacj7lvdr13H4ZlzmOZB_eq9Xgp8

CHERRYFIELD, ME — Downeast Community Partners, in affiliation with Maine Seacoast Mission, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, and the C.F. Adams Foundation held a press conference on Monday, June 10th at the Weald Bethel Community Center, Weald Bethel Lane, Cherryfield, ME to unveil the Downeast Maine Tiny House Project. The four entities have a… Continue reading The Downeast Maine Tiny House Project Unveiled