At this year's Annual Meeting on Tuesday May 14, we will be electing two Trustees for two-year terms as well as a Moderator, Clerk, Tax Collector/Treasurer, and Auditor for one-year terms. Please contact Anne Slattery at amslattery370@gmail.com if you are interested in running for one of these positions. Since the current Moderator, Clerk, and Tax Collector/Treasurer have indicated their interest in serving another term, we are especially seeking residents to run for the two open Trustee positions as well as the open Auditor position.
In addition, there will be two four-year terms opening on the Planning Commission whose members are appointed by the Trustees. Please contact Nancy Coseo at nacoseo@gmail.com if you are interested on serving on the Planning Commission. Once again, one current member has expressed interest in serving an additional term, so we are especially seeking a resident to fill the open position.
The Trustees will meet on Wednesday April 2 at 7:00 pm at the Old First Church Barn. The meeting will also be accessible on Zoom. See the Agendas, Minutes, Notices tab for the agenda and instructions on how to access the meeting on Zoom.
See the Agendas, Minutes, Notices tab for the Treasurers Report for February 29, 2024.
The Planning Commission will meet on Monday March 11 at 7:00 pm at the Old First Church Barn. The meeting will also be accessible on Zoom. See the Agendas, Minutes, Notices tab for the agenda and instructions on how to access the meeting on Zoom.
The Treasurer has prepared an "Update on Our Village Roads" discussing required repairs and maintenance of our village roads as well as options for funding the work including new taxes, grants, borrowings, or some combination of three. In order to make informed decisions at future meetings, we urge all residents to read the report. See the Other Documents tab for the report.
On June 5, Governor Scott signed the Vermont HOME Act, which makes significant changes to municipal planning and zoning regulations. Over the next few months, the Planning Commission will be evaluating the impact of the Act on the Village. See the Other Documents tab a summary of the HOME Act provisions.
Old Bennington is situated on a height of land approximately one-half mile west of the center of the Town of Bennington, which lies in the Walloomsac River valley below. Looming over the Village to the southwest is Mount Anthony. A ridge called Monument Hill elevates the northern third of the Village, but along the eastern edge of the Village the land falls sharply away in a steep slope toward the river below. The remainder of the Village is fairly level. Many large, well-spaced houses are surrounded with lawns and gardens. We still enjoy the luxury of some open land with beautiful vistas.
Government in Bennington. The Village of Old Bennington represents the original center of Bennington. Samuel Robinson and a band of religious separatists from Connecticut and Massachusetts founded it in 1761. During the past 256 years the focus of industrial, commercial and residential development has shifted to the valley below and Old Bennington has become a small, incorporated Village within the Town of Bennington. Its character has become a historical single family residential community.
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