Select Board member urges more transparency from Economic Development Committee
An unnamed Select Board member raised concerns that the Bennington Economic Development Committee (created in 2021) has left residents and some board members "clueless" about downtown projects such as Putnam Block Phase 2 and a proposed grocery store; other board members said the EDC is advisory and that project decisions come to the Select Board.
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During discussion on the open meeting complaint, an unnamed Select Board member pressed the board on transparency around the Bennington Economic Development Committee and downtown projects.
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