Town of Elmore, Vermont

83 in favor 

61 opposed 

The Downtown Development Board approved Elmore's application to have the village designated a Village Center. Village Center designation supports the revitalization efforts of small and medium-sized historic centers. The designation brings financial incentives, training, and technical assistance needed to attract new business and vitality to Vermont’s smaller communities.

Following are some links to further explain what the designation means for Elmore:

• Downtown and Village Center Funding Directory - A comprehensive list of state, federal and nonprofit funding sources to support village center revitalization efforts.
• Strong Communities Newsletter – A quarterly newsletter from the Department of Housing and Community Development with news on new programs and grant opportunities. Subscribe here.
• Vermont Planning Atlas - An easy-to-use tool that provides access to commonly requested data - the status of local planning and regulations, designation boundaries, and more.
• Vermont Planning Manual –  The Planning Manual offers up-to-date guidance on preparing municipal plans, as well as an overview of the state designation programs, and their benefits.
• Neighborhood Development Area Designation – An add-on housing designation program that helps reduce the time and cost of state permitting in areas within a ¼ mile walking distance of a designated village center.

As discussed at Town Meeting, the Town of Elmore has procured a limited number of passes to the Vermont State Parks. These passes are in the form of a 10-use punch card (1 punch per person per visit). The cards never expire. However, lost or stolen passes cannot be replaced. The punch cards will be distributed on a first come first serve basis, in accordance with the following;

• Cards will be available for distribution beginning April 22, 2019 at the town Office.
• Passes are limited to one card per residence
• Recipients must be a tax payer in the Town of Elmore
• If you are 62 years or older and a Vermont resident, or a Vermont resident who is a veteran who has been honorably discharged from active duty in US armed services, you are eligible for a free lifetime day entry pass into the parks called the Green Mountain Passport.

If you see any wildlife acting strange or any roadkill, please call the USDA Wildlife Services at 1-800-473-2437. Click to view flyer

Elmore: Penny Jones

Morrisville: Karen Cleary, Stephanie Craig, David Bickford

Stowe: Cara Zimmerman, Leigh Pelletier,  Tiffany Donza

Full Results

The Planning Commissoin recently conducted a survey to determine Elmore residents' priorities for our town. The results are available here.

Regular visitors to Elmore's website may notice some changes. The reasons for the redesign were to provide better legibility on all platforms, improved usability on mobile devices, and a small update in look and feel. No URLs have changed so any bookmarks you may have will still work. Some sections within a page have moved around, especially on the home page. The reason for that was to provide a better user experience for mobile devices. Please let me know (webmaster@elmorevt.org) if you encounter any problems.

Elmore's Town Report is available for online viewing.

Any vehicle parked in the highway right of way, which is 25 feet from the center of the road, and is interfering with the maintenance of the roads, will be towed away at the owner's expense. Those who do winter plowing are asked to not leave snow on the Town Roads. This presents a hazard to motorists. Any fences within said right of way are in danger of damage during the snow plowing season. Thank you for your cooperation!  

The Elmore Town Highways – Winter Operations contains the full language of the ordnance.

One of the board members of the Central Vermont Internet (CVI) created this map of Fiber to the Home availability throughout Vermont Hopefully one day soon even Elmore will be able to join the fast lane to the internet! Meanwhile check out the map of existing install