Vermonters Step Up to Bolster Face Mask Supply
Even before the Department of Health’s recommendation for everyone to wear face coverings when venturing outdoors, Vermont businesses and individual Vermonters have stepped up in a big way to ...
Communities
Vermont’s Working Communities Challenge Winners
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren and Governor Phil Scott announced that the Springfield area, Greater Barre, Lamoille County, and Winooski are the recipients of $300,000 ...
Combating Food Insecurity, One Meal at a Time
Vermont’s commitment to local food runs deep. It’s no surprise then that one of the most successful and innovative programs to combat the one-two punch of closed businesses and increased food ...
Town Forests Bring Vermonters Together, Even While Social Distancing
In the era of COVID-19, Vermonters are particularly fortunate to live in a rural state where access to the outdoors is abundant. Even people living in Vermont’s largest city and the epicenter of ...
Vermonters Continue to Support Their Neighbors
Vermonters have been working hard to slow the spread of COVID-19, and as hard as these times have been for everybody, the spirit of Vermont communities is alive and well. Vermonters are sticking ...
New Tools for Community Recovery
While Vermont faces significant challenges and decisions as we restart our economy and local communities, we are not alone. The pandemic and the resulting impacts are being felt across the globe.
Best Practice Strategies for Local Community Recovery
Vermont communities are faced with an unprecedented challenge. The coronavirus pandemic has halted in-person municipal operations, limited or even shuttered business operations, and put ...
Montpelier Granite Works Site Cleans Up
Brownfield clean-up will soon be underway at the former Montpelier Granite Works (MGW) site. This clean-up is made possible by the revolving loan funds (RLF) of the Agency of Commerce & ...
Vermonters Work Together to Fight Food Insecurity
In Vermont, neighbors help neighbors. As the state responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by asking Vermonters to stay home as much as possible, food insecurity is a community concern, and people are ...
Vermont’s Small Businesses Offer Big Support
Vermont’s small business owners are pivoting from business to community support as local cities, towns, and the state respond to COVID-19.
Geoff Hatheway, owner of Londonderry’s Magic ...
Vermont Communities Stick Together While Staying Apart
Vermont is known for its tight-knit communities and in some ways social distancing has served to further illustrate just how tight-nit our communities are and how much Vermonters rely on those ...
Brownfield cleanup in Bellows Falls new redevelopment opportunity
Governor Phil Scott recently attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the former site of the Robertson Paper Mill. This ceremony marked the completion of an environmental clean-up effort between ...