After three rounds of voting, you helped Brattleboro get to the championship round! Voting in this final round ends on Thursday, April 13 at 1:00 pm. Please lend your support to Brattleboro by voting at:
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/4/10/strongest-town-2023-championship-round.
Designed as a fundraiser, volunteers from the Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club have created a wonderful walking history tour of downtown Brattleboro. With the help of the Brattleboro Historical Society and the Brattleboro Words Project, Sunrise Rotary volunteers pooled their collective knowledge to put together a great introduction to Brattleboro, Vermont’s illustrious history.
Tours will be scheduled on a rolling basis for select Saturdays at 11 am in summer and fall 2023. The first tours will take place Saturdays, April 15, May 13, June 3 and June 24.
– Sunday April 16 – 2pm Brattleboro Commons
A photo of downtown, in the Whetstone Brook near the Coop. (below)
The Public Works Highway Division will be repainting the lines in the Harmony and High Grove Parking Lots this weekend, Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16. Crews will work from 6:00 am to approximately 1:00 pm both days and plan to complete a portion of each parking lot each day.
Please have all vehicles removed from the WEST side of each lot by 6:00 am on Saturday.
Please have all vehicles removed from the EAST side of each lot by 6:00 am on Sunday.
1. Call to Order
2. Review of Development Proposals
a. Tom Bodett; Urban Center District; Downtown Historic District; request by applicant to revisit proposed façade treatment at 22-26 High Street; Tax Map Parcel 00275431.000, revised in response to State historic review feedback, previously recommended for approval by DRC in November of 2022.
3. Review and Approve Minutes of March 8 th, 2022
The Brattleboro Parking Department would like to announce the lifting of the winter parking ban. Starting tomorrow night, April 12, 2023, at midnight, overnight parking will be allowed on all streets EXCEPT in the downtown area. The following streets are never available for overnight parking:
Main Street
High Street
Tomorrow, April 12, beginning at 7:00 am, the Utilities Division will be working at the intersection of Oak Grove Avenue and Allen Street performing emergency repairs to a sewer line. Oak Grove Avenue will be closed at the intersection with Allen Street from 7:00 am through approximately 2:00 pm. Motorist should seek alternate routes.
It was Brattleboro vs. Saranac Lake in the final round of the Strongest Town competition, held in a Zoom forum on Monday afternoon.
Brattleboro Planning Director Sue Fillion had her ‘I Love Brattleboro’ shirt on as she explained the Town of Brattleboro to Mike Pasternock and Rachel (?) from Strongest Towns. They asked about nature and seasons, arts and culture, housing, attracting young talent, being kid in summer, and other issues. There were also questions from the audience.
Monday, April 10, 2023
6:00 am Brattleboro Development Review Board – Brattleboro DRB Mtg 4/5/23
7:30 am Vernon Selectboard – Vernon SB Mtg 4/4/23
8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast
9:00 am Newfane Selectboard – Newfane SB Mtg 4/3/23
On Friday, April 14 at 5:00 pm, join us for the fun when A Literary Cocktail Hour presents Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author David Maraniss and his new book Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport.He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw’s New York Giants.
April 10 Beef Lasagna
Roasted Zucchini
Garlic Bread
Chocolate Pudding
In the wake of the tragic loss of our coworker, Leah, Groundworks Collaborative has received a truly remarkable outpouring of support from our community, our organizational partners, and our state government. In order to allow our wider community to appropriately respond to this loss, Groundworks will be collaborating with its many community partners to cover the services it provides. This collaboration will allow Groundworks’ clients to continue to receive the services they need, while Groundworks’ staff take the time they need to grieve, assess, begin to heal, and return to work.
“It is clear that our entire staff needs a pause in order to come together to grieve, work together toward healing, and figure out our way forward,” said Executive Director Josh Davis.
AGENDA
I Call to order – Anne Beekman, Chair
II Board Chair’s remarks
III Motion on recent local events
In that latest Nor’easter some big trees in our yard came down under the weight of wet snow and high winds. Root structures long in place seemed to give up. Towering woods succumbed to gravity, making no sound until impact with the ground. In other instances, trunks snapped, unleashing a domino effect, adding to the violence of that day. A giant pine hit the house. We were inside at the time. That fright brought a decision to take down possible dangers in future storms, including an enduring presence and trusted climbing companion- the Hemlock.*
*Hemlocks in North America are suffering from a blight due to foreign invaders, the Woolly Adelgid. A sea of poppy-seed sized bugs feast on needles, lay eggs, and feed on the sap. On the East Coast all Hemlocks are at risk. As is often the case, threat to the species is especially felt by loss of a single specimen we have contact with. The tree in our yard stood over seventy feet tall. I know because when the working end of my rope was slung over a top branch and doubled on the trip down, it rested flush with the floor of the forest.
Utilities Division crews will start Spring Flushing of the Town water mains on Friday, April 21 and continue through Friday, May 5. Occasional daytime flushing will continue throughout the week of May 5th through 12th.
Customers are asked to check the flushing schedule closely as flushing may cause water discoloration, low water pressure and in some areas, intervals of no water. Users who experience a short period of discolored water or air in the water lines after flushing is complete should run the cold water for a few minutes to clear the lines.
I Reorganization
a) Deborah Stanford was elected chair unanimously
Tim Maciel was elected vice chair unanimously
The position of Clerk remains unfilled. It is suggested that hiring a recorder may be required
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. STUDENT MATTERS (5-10 Minutes)
III. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Student Leadership Examples
IV. CONSENT AGENDA
Here’s the April 2023 dashboard summary. We continue semi-regular COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro, as long as they continue providing them. That won’t be much longer. All seem to be wrapping up in the next month or so. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
VT, NH, and MA all seem to be doing weekly updates now, near the end of the week.
The contractor has finished the tree clearing operation. Covering the existing retaining wall on the west side of VT 142 is ongoing.
On the east side of VT 142, the north MSE wall near Abutment 1 work has begun and will continue next week. In addition, work is scheduled to begin on the gravel wetland located just to the south of Abutment 1 on Monday.
As noted before, pile driving operations will continue at Pier locations 2 and 1 and intermittent pounding of diesel pile hammers is anticipated through the Summer of 2023 with Saturday work anticipated from 7 AM – 7 PM.
