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Grant consultant urges early scoping for sidewalks; flags $600,000 VTrans opportunity and historic-preservation match
Summary
Alex Barclay, the town's grant consultant, briefed the Select Board on VTrans Transportation Alternatives (max $600,000, 20% local match), the Vermont Historic Preservation grant ($20,000 with 1:1 match), and recommended early scoping studies and outreach to regional planning; board members asked him to check village-center zoning and potential eligibility.
Alex Barclay, the town’s contracted grant consultant, told the Select Board the VTrans Transportation Alternatives program provides up to $600,000 with a required 20% local match and typically funds pedestrian and safe-routes-to-school projects and scoping studies. "The max request is $600,000 requiring a 20% local match," Barclay said, and recommended the town consider sidewalk scoping studies and coordinate with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission to develop eligible project descriptions.
Board members discussed restrictions tied to village-center zoning and where sidewalks would most effectively improve student safety. Barclay also outlined a separate Vermont Historic Preservation grant—about $20,000 with a 1:1 match—that could support work on eligible structures and suggested forming a small community group to develop ideas for town-hall upper-floor uses suitable for a preservation trust application.
