Valley News – Neighbors Band Together in Effort to Revive Brownsville Store
A group of West Windsor residents have organized and are raising money to buy the shuttered Brownsville General Store and reopen the business to serve the community.
Village Vitality: How Vermont’s Downtowns Are Changing To Serve Their Communities | Vermont Public Radio
Vermont's villages are facing serious challenges from big box stores, online retailers and rising rent bills. Vermont Edition looks at how downtown businesses around the state are changing to meet those demands.
Can An Art Walk Through Lyndonville Revitalize The Village? | Vermont Public Radio
"There's a lot of traffic through our downtown, but there's not a lot of people stopping to sort of get out and look around," she says. "And so, what we want to do is create like a corridor where people are like, 'Wow, look at this cool, funky town. Let's stop.'"
Bennington College To Acquire Robert Frost’s Shaftsbury Home | Vermont Public Radio
Bennington College will be taking over ownership of the Robert Frost Stone House Museum in Shaftsbury.
Governor names winners of $2.7 million in tax incentives | Vermont Business Magazine
Governor Phil Scott today announced the allocation of $2.7 million in state tax incentives for 22 projects, supporting more than $53 million in downtown and village center construction and rehabilitation efforts.
New Moran plan falls apart, demolition costs revealed | Vermont Business Magazine
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced that the City of Burlington and New Moran, Inc (NMI) have agreed to cease discussions regarding a redevelopment of the Moran Plant, as the two sides have been unable to reach agreement on a term sheet that would have defined the City’s granting of TIF funds and a long-term lease of the building and site to NMI.
Buyer to Rescue, Restore Modernist House II in Hardwick | Live Culture, Seven Days
Not many house hunters are in search of an experimental, white, modernist home built in 1969-70 that one listing described as a “live-in artwork.” But, after four years on the market, as Seven Days reported earlier this year, architect Peter Eisenman’s House II in Hardwick finally found its ideal caretakers...
Poultney board rejects Dollar General plan | Vermont Business Magazine
The Poultney Development Review Board has denied an application by Poultney Properties, LLC, to develop a Dollar General store on a property on Beaman Street in Poultney village.
Governor Scott’s Remarks on the Signing of S.135
Experts agree that investment today in housing and infrastructure in growth centers creates jobs, leverages private investment, boosts local property tax revenues, and builds stronger communities, neighborhoods and regions. This year, with the support of the legislature, I am pleased several bills were passed that will make our community centers even stronger.
Governor signs bill to encourage development in downtowns | Vermont Business Magazine
Joined by legislative leaders at the Downtown and Historic Preservation Conference, Governor Phil Scott signed S135 into law Thursday to expedite state permitting for housing and increase public investment in buildings and infrastructure in state-designated centers, among other pro-growth initiatives...
With One Month To Go, Groups Push To Raise Funds For Exit 4 Land | Vermont Public Radio
An effort to preserve 22.5 acres of land just off the Randolph exit of Interstate 89 has just under a month to finish raising $1 million.
Can a volunteer historical society run a Vermont general store? – VTDigger
The town of Putney, wanting to save its downtown “grocery and gathering space” after back-to-back fires, is about to find out.