Addison Residential business flourishing

Business is so brisk that J.P. Carrara & Sons has greenlighted a new, 9,600-square-foot building to supplement the warehouse space that Addison Residential already occupies at 2160 Route 7 South.

Community Forum: CHIP will help rural Vermont towns grow

Picture a little town, home to a small ski mountain and halfway between two of the Northeast’s largest ski resorts. It’s on a scenic byway. The Long Trail and White River run straight through it. It has mountain peaks, waterfalls, swimming holes and miles … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Apartments site not a good fit

If you haven’t heard already, a large, four- story apartment building is proposed to be erected on the corner of Route 7 and Middle Road, jammed between the Dollar Store and one of the busiest corners in town during school day mornings and afternoons.

Pieciak unveils $20M housing program

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak joined state and local leaders on Tuesday at Vergennes Grand Senior Living to announce an additional $20 million investment in housing and economic development projects across the state.

First Stonecrop housing units will be ready later this summer

After multiple years of planning and permitting, the largest subdivision in Middlebury’s history is quickly moving from two-dimensional drawings to vertical construction on a 30-acre site off Seminary Street Extension.

Community Forum: A shot in the arm for housing in VT

Vermont just took a bold, historic step toward solving one of the most urgent issues facing our state: the lack of affordable and attainable homes for Vermonters of all income levels and backgrounds.

Letter to the editor: Proposed Middlebury development is poorly sited

As a resident of the South Ridge development, I am strongly opposed to the plans for the 4-story apartment building that is being proposed for the small corner lot next to the Dollar Market on Route 7.

Letter to the editor: Middle Road housing project has some flaws

In the Addison Independent edition Thursday, April 17, 2025, a rendering of a proposed housing project near the intersection of Middle Road and Court Street was shown. The brainchild for this was Phil Rosenzweig under the corporate name od Middlebury Inve … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Midd industrial park could also include housing

The recent article on preparations to market land in Middlebury’s industrial park rightly notes the opportunity ahead. But as the town readies nearly 200 acres for commercial development, the time is ripe to think bigger — and more holistically — about th … (read more)

Four-story apartment building eyed for Route 7 in Midd

A Pennsylvania attorney and developer is proposing a 32-unit, four-story apartment building — that would also host a restaurant — on a 0.71-acre lot near the intersection of Middle Road and Route 7, at Middlebury’s southern gateway.

Looser Act 250 rules prompt developers to build more housing

Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state.

Letter to the editor: Local businesses want legislative action on housing

The regulatory and municipal zoning changes, tax proposals and funding in bills H.719 and S.311 would make it easier and faster to build more housing while avoiding sprawl.

Middlebury’s Stonecrop Meadow housing plan starts taking shape

MIDDLEBURY — Developers of a proposed 200-unit, mixed-income housing project off Middlebury’s Seminary Street Extension said they’ll file their preliminary plans with the town’s Development Review Board before the end of this month as part of a timetable … (read more)

More details coming Wednesday on Middlebury housing complex

MIDDLEBURY — The company that is planning to build more than 88 units of “mixed-income” housing off Seminary Street Extension in Middlebury will host its second public information meeting this Wednesday, Sept. 7. In a meeting at the Middlebury town office … (read more)

$30M provides rent, mortgage relief to Vermonters

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Vermont State Housing Authority and the Vermont State Housing Finance Agency on Friday announced $30 million in housing assistance to those affected by COVID-19. … (read more)

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