CABOT – Voters overwhelmingly approved using $250,000 from the Cabot Community Investment Fund (CCIF) toward the town’s work on flood mitigation, last Tuesday, November 4. Votes in favor of using the CCIF funds were 199, over 80% of the votes cast, with just 57 votes against and two ballots left[Read More…]
Flood Recovery Information
Plainfield voters deny purchase of property for housing
PLAINFIELD – Residents voted Tuesday against a $600,000 bond to purchase land for new housing development, 15 months after a flood devastated the town’s village core. The bond would have allowed the town selectboard to borrow the funds to buy 24 acres of land located uphill of the village. The[Read More…]
Rebuilding Brush Street stability
HARDWICK – If you walk down Brush Street and look toward the river, it is still easy to picture the home that once stood at 41 Brush Street. In early 2023, a fire destroyed the house and the owner lost their life in that fire. Six months later, the July[Read More…]
Emergency Supply and Support Center readied for future disasters
This past week Hardwick Neighbor to Neighbor (HNtN) passed a milestone in its work helping the town respond to emergencies. A portable trailer has been purchased, outfitted and stocked, making it ready to be moved where it’s needed in response to future disasters. When the 2023 flood hit, the town[Read More…]
First FEMA Demolition
Rebates Extended to Cover 2024 Flooding
VERMONT — A suite of Efficiency Vermont flood recovery rebates are now available for households and businesses impacted by Vermont’s 2024 summer floods. The rebates for heating systems, weatherization and appliances have been extended to households and businesses impacted by this year’s flooding with up to $29,500 available to Vermont[Read More…]
One Month to Apply for Federal Assistance Following Storms
WILLISTON – Vermonters impacted by July’s severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have one more month to apply for federal disaster assistance, which may include housing repair grants from FEMA or low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The application deadline is November 25. For the July 9-11 disaster, individuals and households[Read More…]
President Amends Vermont Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Vermont by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for public assistance projects undertaken in the State of Vermont as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from[Read More…]
FEMA Extends Aid Deadline
VERMONT – Vermonters affected by the July 9-11 storm that caused major flooding in many parts of the state now have until Nov. 25 to apply for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The original deadline was set for Oct. 21, but the extension, announced in a Tuesday press release[Read More…]
Disaster Unemployment Benefits Available to Those Affected by Storm
MONTPELIER – With last week’s federal disaster declaration for a severe storm that hit the Northeast Kingdom in late July, disaster unemployment assistance is now available for those whose livelihoods were affected, the Vermont Department of Labor announced on Thursday. The July 29-31 storm dumped more than eight inches of rain across[Read More…]
Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration
VERMONT – President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Lamoille County in response to severe storms that hit parts of the state in late June. The president’s major disaster declaration, issued on Wednesday, opens up additional federal resources to help state and municipal governments recover from storm damage, including[Read More…]
Welch Asks Senate for Supplemental Disaster Aid, Notes Vermont FEMA Office in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vermont Senator Peter Welch took to the Senate Floor, September 12, to call for the passage of supplemental disaster aid for Vermont and other communities that have been impacted by natural disasters. In his remarks, Sen. Welch urged his colleagues to support flexible disaster aid programs and[Read More…]
