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The next regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held at the Old First Church Barn on Tuesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. The agenda, and a link for those wishing to participate on Zoom, will be posted under the "Board of Trustees" tab a few days before the meeting. Minutes from the April 7 meeting are forthcoming.
The Village's annual meeting is coming up on May 12 -- the "floor meeting" where residents will elect their Trustees and other officers (Treasurer, Auditor, Moderator and Clerk) for the next year. This spring, a group of Village residents has formed a Nominating Committee to raise public awareness of the election and stir people's interest in possibly running for office. If you're interested, the Nominating Committee would like to hear from you. The members have served in various Village positions in the past and can answer questions and give you a good sense of what's involved. The five seats on the Board of Trustees do not all turn over at the same time, so if you're interested but too busy this year, it's not too early to talk with the Nominating Committee about next year. The contact person is Suzanne Buchsbaum, reachable at suzanne.buchsbaum@gmail.com.
The annual meeting is also where the budget for the coming year will be presented for a vote. Details will be published in the Annual Report prior to the meeting. Residents wishing to view current and recent fiscal activity are referred to the monthly Treasurer's Reports, under this site's Board of Trustees tab, after the Agendas and Minutes.
The Village and the Town plan to hold a joint tax sale at 10:00 a.m. on April 24 at the Town of Bennington offices for the property at 18 Walloomsac Road. See the Notice of Tax Sale in the Treasurer's Reports section of the Board of Trustees tab for more details.
For Information concerning Vermont's Open Meeting Law, see the Open Meeting Law Notice under the Other Documents tab. The law requires any person aggrieved by an alleged violation of the Open Meeting Law to provide the Village a written notice of such allegation before bringing any civil action in court. See the Other Documents tab for a sample Open Meeting Law Complaint Form.
About Us
Location
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 by lawns and gardens. We still enjoy the luxury of some open land with beautiful vistas.
History
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. Over the past 254 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.