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Carolyn Partridge | Notes from Montpelier: Steps to improve the lives of Vermonters

Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   In the last two weeks, we have taken many steps to improve the lives of Vermonters. I’ll take a few moments to focus on several of them. H.159, among other things, creates the Better Places Program and makes a strong commitment to our Vermont State Colleges (VSC). We allocate $20.5 million to the State College system to be focused on workforce development in the fields of childcare, nursing, accounting, and mental health counseling, as well as scholarships for Vermont students who want to complete their degrees or return home from out-of-state colleges and universities to attend VSC. The Better Places program is allocated $5 million to advance its mission of creating or revitalizing public spaces in our communities through matching grants. To reopen our state to tourists, $2.5 million is dedicated to marketing Vermont in support of our hospitality and tourism industry. H.159 also places an emphasis on supporting businesses

Rockingham, Bellows Falls make formal request for $11 million earmark for Vilas Bridge

Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Rockingham and Bellows Falls turned their collective eyes Tuesday night to Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., with hopes of securing an $11 million federal budget earmark to pay for the repairs for the closed Vilas Bridge. The Rockingham Select Board and the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees, meeting in joint session, each approved separate resolutions to Welch, formally requesting the earmark, or “community project” as they are being called. The deadline for such requests is in early April. The town and village are hoping that the renewed federal funding program, and the emphasis by the new Biden administration on repairing the nation’s infrastructure, means that there will finally be some action on the bridge, which was closed by the state of New Hampshire 12 years ago because of the bridge’s deteriorating condition.

Rockingham, BF make formal request for $11 million earmark for Vilas Bridge

Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Rockingham and Bellows Falls turned their collective eyes Tuesday night to Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., with hopes of securing an $11 million federal budget earmark to pay for the repairs for the closed Vilas Bridge. The Rockingham Select Board and the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees, meeting in joint session, each approved separate resolutions to Welch, formally requesting the earmark, or “community project” as they are being called. The deadline for such requests is in early April. The town and village are hoping that the renewed federal funding program, and the emphasis by the new Biden administration on repairing the nation’s infrastructure, means that there will finally be some action on the bridge, which was closed by the state of New Hampshire 12 years ago because of the bridge’s deteriorating condition.

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