VT Community Foundation puts $500K into Bennington’s Putnam Block | VT Business Magazine
“This is not an investment in a building, or even an investment in a project—it’s an investment in Bennington.” CEO Dan Smith.
‘I’m Tired Of The Drama’: Utah Man Abandons NewVistas | VPR
A developer from Utah has abandoned his plans to build a futuristic utopia in the hills of central Vermont.
Four Upper Valley Towns named National “Watch Status Site”
The towns of Royalton, Sharon, Strafford, and Tunbridge, and the historic districts and landscapes in and around their borders, are threatened by the NewVistas development.
2018 Preservation Award Winners Announced
Ten exceptional people and projects received awards on June 8th at our annual Preservation and Downtown Conference in Bristol, VT!
Whales’ Tails Once More at Exit 4 | The Herald of Randolph
Nearly 40 years ago, sculptor Jim Sardonis had a dream. He saw himself standing on the shore watching two whales dance in the surf. The image of the pair of tails breaking the surface of the water as they dove into the depths of the ocean was frozen in his mind. The product of that dream, a sculpture of twin whales’ tails superimposed against the Green Mountains, will soon grace the Randolph landscape once more....
Leahy: Appropriations Bill includes funding for Lake Champlain, rural communities, combating the opioid epidemic | Vermont Business Magazine
Senate and House Appropriations Committee leaders Wednesday morning completed lengthy and intense negotiations on an appropriations bill to fund the federal government through September 30. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, played a leading role in the negotiations, on which work began last May, and secured several key victories for Vermont...
2018 State Barn Grants Awarded
The Division for Historic Preservation administers state-funded matching grants for the repair of Vermont’s historic agricultural buildings. These grants are awarded by the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
2018 State Historic Preservation Grants Awarded
The Division for Historic Preservation administers the Historic Preservation Grants program, a state-funded program awarding one-to-one matching grants for the rehabilitation of civic and community buildings that are a vital part of Vermont’s historic downtowns, villages, and rural communities.
Inaugural Main Street Grants will help fund seven downtown projects | Vermont Business Magazine
Vermont Business Magazine Seven communities around Vermont were announced on Tuesday as the inaugural winners of Main Street Grants (link is external), a program the National Life Group Foundation (link is external) created in partnership with the Vermont Community Foundation (link is external).
Preservation Retreats 2019
"In a small volunteer organization, where folks can get frustrated and begin to feel burned out, having our project discussions in an environment like the Lake House turned out to be very important..."