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Brattleboro nonprofit seeks capital-bill funds to upgrade water system for planned housing at Winston Prouty campus
Summary
The Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development described a proposal to use capital-bill funds to upgrade municipal water infrastructure so the Winston Prouty campus in Brattleboro can move forward with multi‑phase housing, including a first phase of roughly 27 units and a potential buildout of up to 282 units.
Alex Farrell, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, told the Senate Institutions Committee on Feb. 13 that the department is seeking capital-bill support to upgrade municipal water infrastructure serving the Winston Prouty campus in Brattleboro.
The upgrade would support an anticipated multi‑phase housing project on the nonprofit Winston Prouty campus. "The million that is being sought in the capital bill is is not to support the developer. In this case, this is to go straight to the community, for the purposes of upgrading their water system," Farrell said. He described a first phase that the…
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