Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Ben Doyle
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Ben Doyle, President
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Preservation Trust of Vermont
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 2020
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT POSITION: October ...
Communities
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 ...
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 ...
Rural Housing Gets a Boost
LYNDONVILLE—The need for quality and affordable housing in Caledonia county received some assistance this week as landlord Tyler Hebert received the first Re-Housing Recovery Program funds in the
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 ...