VERGENNES — At their March 10 meeting Vergennes City Council members backed a resolution that will allow City Manager Daniel Hofman to apply for a $170,000 Downtown Transportation Fund Grant to help fund decorative streetlights on the north side of Main Street. Hofman told the council the grant, which is administered by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, would require a 50% local match. Hofman said in a later email to the Independent that the city’s Water Tower Fund “could be a sour … (read more)
