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Resident services announces youth trips, VISTA hire and Aug. 18 hybrid public hearing on amended plan
Summary
Resident services staff described West Haven Community Day, youth field trips to Richmond and DC, a new VISTA hire (Camilla Lightfoot), donuts at bus stops for school start, and said an amended 2026–2027 plan posted July 1 will have a hybrid public hearing Aug. 18 and is scheduled for board consideration on Aug. 24 before submission to HUD.
Resident services staff encouraged attendance at West Haven Community Day (resource fair starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday) and described youth programming that includes field trips to Richmond, Washington, D.C., and Kings Dominion. Staff said they are renting a 15-passenger van and coordinating trips to the International Spy Museum and other sites.
The department announced a new VISTA hire, Camilla Lightfoot, who will start on the 10th and will support grants and data work, and named Rico Harris as a new resident service coordinator working in neighborhoods. Staff said they will relaunch the school-year ‘‘donuts at the bus stop’’ program and are rolling out an emergency plan and fire-drill partnerships at Crescent Hall. An amended 2026–2027 plan was posted July 1; a hybrid public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. at the West Haven Center, and the board is slated to consider the amended plan at its Aug. 24 meeting for possible resolution and submission to HUD.
