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Village Designation
Village center designation, as provided for in 24 V.S.A. chapter 76A was
created by the legislature in 2002 to recognize and encourage local efforts to
revitalize Vermont's traditional centers. Towns request designation for their
village center to the Vermont Downtown Board.
The boundary must be consistent with the following statutory definition:
"Village Center" means a traditional center of the community, typically
comprised of a cohesive core of residential, civic, religious, and commercial
buildings, arranged along a main street and intersecting streets.
Industrial uses may be found within or immediately adjacent to these centers.
Other defining characteristics include:
- Traditional center of socio-economic activity,
- The center, or core area of the village, which often will be different,
and smaller, than the village (municipal) boundary. The boundary should
be drawn around the traditional anchor points such as the post office,
commercial buildings, town hall, churches and other public buildings that
typically comprise the center of a village.
- Development densities should be uninterrupted, although there may be some
public space, like a park of green, within a village center. Development
is consistently more compact than development outside the village center,
- Pedestrian oriented rather than auto oriented.
- Commercial (and industrial, if it exists) activities should be within and
part of the traditional development pattern not on the outskirts. Areas
that are primarily residential or industrial should not be included within the
village boundary.
- Smaller scale than a downtown, but often with a mix of uses that can be
similar to downtowns,
- Unique character within the designated area, evolved over time, reflecting
a community's economic, social and cultural changes. The center is also
defined by the activities that take place there.
Village Center Designation Application Requirements
Business Owner Education Packet
Benson Village Designation
Boundary Map
Belmont Village
Designation Boundary Map
Danby Village Designation Boundary
Map
East Poultney Village
Designation Boundary Map
East Wallingford Village Designation Boundary Map
Fair Haven Village
Designation Boundary Map
Pawlet Village Designation Boundary Map
South Wallingford Village Designation Boundary Map
Wallingford Village Designation Boundary Map
West Pawlet Village Designation Boundary
Map
West
Rutland Village Designation Boundary Map
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