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The Planning Commission has become aware of two recent fraudulent emails to residents requesting wire payments for permit fees. Please be aware that the village does not request permit payments by wire transfer in any circumstances. Residents should send any payments for permit fees by check only to the village mailing address: Village of Old Bennington, PO Box 1532, Bennington, VT 05201.
A special hearing has been scheduled for July 2, 2026, at 7 p.m., at the Barn, on a new application for a Conditional Use Permit for 3 Seminary Lane. A copy of the application can be found under the "Planning/Zoning Boards" tab, in the "Applications, Permits and Drawings" section. The application is being considered within the framework of the Village's Interim Bylaw, a copy of which is available under the "Other Documents" tab, in the section titled "Bylaws, Ordinances, Plans, and Policies and Procedures.
Minutes from the most recent regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees are available under the "Board of Trustees" tab. Unfortunately there is not a Zoom recording available at this point, because of a temporary internet change on the day of the meeting. If and when a recording materializes we will post it.
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. A sample Open Meeting Law Complaint Form is also posted under "Other Documents."
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 265 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.