Supporting Minority and Women Business Enterprises in Massachusetts
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

Supporting Minority and Women Business Enterprises in Massachusetts

BuildingEnergy Access will combine professional services from HELM (training, consulting, and professional coaching) with participation in a peer network cohort (BE Bottom Lines) and NESEA programs in Massachusetts over a three-year period, at no cost to participants.

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2023 Hike*-A-Thon
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

2023 Hike*-A-Thon

We want to send a big thanks to everyone who participated in our Hike*-A-Thon in September. Together we raised over $5,000 for Solidarity Scholarships from more than 30 donors.

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HELM’s New Just Label
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

HELM’s New Just Label

We are proud to announce that HELM has renewed our Just label. Created by the International Living Future Institute, the Just program is a voluntary disclosure tool for organizations to elevate internal discussions, policies, and procedures and create a common language and measurement framework for social justice issues. Just is a call to action, and HELM is committed to being a more transparent, equitable, and socially just organization.

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HELM & Friends Second Hike*-A-Thon Fundraiser
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

HELM & Friends Second Hike*-A-Thon Fundraiser

Please join us Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 for the second annual HELM Hike*-a-thon to benefit our Solidarity Scholarship Fund.

The Solidarity Scholarships allow HELM to provide free or discounted consulting and training to BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and women-owned construction and design companies. These communities are underrepresented in our industry and traditionally have less access to business consulting services and training opportunities. We want and need their leadership in our building community! 

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Compensation Survey Results Are In!
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

Compensation Survey Results Are In!

HELM organized a Design & Construction Industry Compensation Survey last year, and 50 companies from the Northeast responded. This survey was an update to a similar survey conducted in 2018. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey and was willing to share this basic information about their business.

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HELM & Friends Hike*-A-Thon Fundraiser
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

HELM & Friends Hike*-A-Thon Fundraiser

Please join us Saturday, September 17th, 2022 for the inaugural HELM Hike*-a-thon to benefit our Solidarity Scholarship Fund.

The Solidarity Scholarships allow HELM to provide free or discounted consulting and training to BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and women-owned construction and design companies. These communities are underrepresented in our industry and traditionally have less access to business consulting services and training opportunities. We want and need their leadership in our building community! 

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BS + Beer Show: Leadership Transitions
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

BS + Beer Show: Leadership Transitions

Paul Eldrenkamp joins a discussion on the BS + Beer Show on Leadership Transitions along with colleagues from Byggmeister and South Mountain Company to talk about his own journey to selling his company to his employees.

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2022 Best of the Best Award Winner
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

2022 Best of the Best Award Winner

We’re pleased to announce that HELM was part of the winning project team for Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best Award for Commercial Small Renovation the Vermont Natural Resources Council Headquarters renovation project. We are so proud of the hard work and teamwork that went into this project to make it a success.

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In the Making at North Bennett Street School
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

In the Making at North Bennett Street School

HELM’s Mel Baiser and Kate Stephenson were interviewed on the North Bennett Street School’s In the Making series. This insightful conversation discussed the disparities in the trades, how HELM is working to close those disparities, and how they're combatting the skilled labor shortage.

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BS + Beer Show: High Performance Business Models
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

BS + Beer Show: High Performance Business Models

This BS + Beer Show session focuses on building successful triple-bottom-line construction, architecture, and design/build businesses with guests Mel Baiser and Kate Stephenson from HELM Construction Solutions, and John Abrams and Deirdre Bohan from South Mountain Company.

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2021 Best of the Best Award Winner
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

2021 Best of the Best Award Winner

Efficiency Vermont awarded our Ames Hill Passive House project the 2021 Best of the Best, Healthy Home Award for Residential New Construction.

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Yestermorrow Lecture Series
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

Yestermorrow Lecture Series

Mel Baiser presents to the Yestermorrow Lecture Series on HELM’s efforts to address climate change, social justice, and equality.

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Nature Center Wins Green Building Award
Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson

Nature Center Wins Green Building Award

The North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier, Vermont was awarded a 2019 Going Greener Award and People’s Choice Award by the Vermont Green Building Network at the annual Vermont Green Building Gala.

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