- Any -AdvocacyARPAFFAMACRMS April 13, 2023 Application for VLCT Seat on Downtown Development Board Legislation provides for a Downtown Development Board of thirteen members, three of whom are local officials, and one of them is appointed by VLCT. The VLCT seat is vacant at this time. The Board... April 12, 2023 Statement from Ted Brady about Housing and S.100 on 3/21/23 Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Statement of Ted Brady Executive Director, VLCT At Governor Scott’s 03/21/2023 Press Conference on S.100 Local officials are on the front lines of Vermont’s housing crisis... April 7, 2023 2023 Weekly Legislative Report #14 Concerning the Appropriations Bill (H.494), of particular interest to local governments is the discussion about revolving loan funds for water infrastructure funding and pollution control. This is... March 31, 2023 Testimony on TIF to House Ways and Means Committee To: Members, House Ways and Means Committee From: Karen Horn, Director Public Policy & Advocacy Re: Tax Increment Financing Date: March 29, 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of... March 31, 2023 2023 Weekly Legislative Report #13 This was a very active week in the legislature. The House took up the budget bill, capital bill, transportation bill, and property tax yield rates – and passed all of them. Dispatch and housing were... March 28, 2023 Opioids Settlement Action Required The Vermont Attorney General’s office is reminding towns that they must act by April 18th to ensure Vermont receives the maximum share of the most recent opioids settlement funding. Every city and... March 26, 2023 2023 Weekly Legislative Report #12 The State House is spinning this week. While committees struggle to address some of the issues raised by their colleagues before bills are voted on by their whole chamber, amendments to bills that... March 26, 2023 2023 Weekly Legislative Report #11 In the first week back from the Town Meeting break, legislators rushed to get bills out of committees ahead of the crossover deadline (today). Your advocacy staff worked hard to assure that... Load More