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BENNINGTON â An online Southern Vermont Jobs and Climate Forum highlighted both the economic challenges posed by climate change and the opportunities for innovative business owners who anticipate what a changing climate will foster.
Sponsored by the Vermont Council on Rural Development and the Vermont Climate Economy Action Team, the June 24 event included panelists Robert Stevens of Stevens & Associates; Stephanie Lane, executive director of Shires Housing; and Jesse McDougall of Studio Hill Farm in Shaftsbury.
The forum was moderated by Jon Copans, director of VCRDâs Climate Economy Model Communities Program.
VCRD Executive Director Paul Costello said climate change is showing up in the economy in vivid and dramatic ways, âand it is imperative that we have to build creative solutionsâ to deal with it.
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CAROLINE BONNIVIER SNYDER â BENNINGTON BANNER Co-owner Linda Foulsham places books on the front tables inside the Bennington Bookshopâs new location in the Putnam Block on South Street in Bennington on Tuesday afternoon. The bookshop, the oldest independent bookstore in Vermont, moved from Main Street last week and opened in its new location on Tuesday.
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CAROLINE BONNIVIER SNYDER â BENNINGTON BANNER Co-owner Linda Foulsham works in the Bennington Bookshopâs new location in the Putnam Block on South Street in Bennington on Tuesday afternoon. The bookshop, the oldest independent bookstore in Vermont, moved from Main Street last week and opened in its new location on Tuesday.
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BRATTLEBORO Brattleboro Savings & Loan welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors at the annual meeting held at the end of April, while at the same time
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BENNINGTON â The Select Board on Monday approved expansion of the downtown area that could benefit from federal historic preservation tax credits and state grants for designated Vermont downtowns.
The area was extended to the east along both sides of Main Street from the Valentine Street intersection to the intersection with Pleasant Street.
The key feature and principal reason for the proposal is the former Bennington High School building, which is being renovated and repurposed by a developer who purchased the prominent structure at 650 Main St. in March 2020.
Community Development Director Shannon Barsotti and Planning Commission Chairman Michael McDonough said the extension will allow property owners to take advantage of historic preservation tax credits â like those used in developing the first phase of the Putnam Block project to renovate three historic buildings at the Four Corners. Applications for those cred