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Lawmakers press for larger Brownfields fund and prioritization for housing in downtowns
Summary
Regional planners and advocates urged larger appropriations for brownfield assessment and cleanup to enable housing and mixed‑use development in village centers; committee discussed a multi‑million funding need and directed staff to refine prioritization language.
Regional planning commissioners and housing advocates told the Senate committee that brownfield sites are a major constraint on creating housing in Vermont’s downtowns and village centers, and they urged increased state funding and program priorities to support remediation and redevelopment.
Thomas Kennedy, director of community development at a regional commission, said the administration’s proposal for brownfields funding is insufficient to address known needs; in his quick estimate he identified roughly $48 million in…
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