Description: Downtown designation provides communities with financial incentives, training and technical assistance to support local efforts to restore historic buildings, improve housing, design walk-able communities and encourage economic development by incentivizing public and private investments. The program is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Vermont Downtown Development Board reviews and approves designation and boundaries. If available, the data is submitted by the Regional Planning Commissions as Shapefiles otherwise the approved map is scanned and digitized or parcel boundaries are used to build the boundary. Learn more about the Vermont Designation Programs.
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Description: This community revitalization program helps maintain or evolve small to medium-sized historic centers with existing civic and commercial buildings. The designation supports the historic center and targets training and financial incentives to bring additional public and private investment to spark village revitalization. If available, the data is submitted by the Regional Planning Commissions as Shapefiles otherwise the approved map is scanned and digitized or parcel boundaries are used to build the boundary. Learn more about the Vermont Designation Programs.
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Description: Growth centers aim to align public infrastructure and private building investments with a local framework of policies and regulations to ensure that 20 years of future development will enhance the vitality of the designated commercial center, while protecting farm and forest land outside the growth center. If available, the data is submitted by the applicant as Shapefiles otherwise the approved map is scanned and digitized or parcel boundaries are used to build the boundary. Learn more about the Vermont Designation Programs
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Description: Municipalities that lack a historic downtown may obtain New Town Center designation, meeting requirements for planning, capital expenditures, and regulatory tools that promote a pedestrian-oriented development pattern similar to our historic downtowns. If available, the data is submitted by the applicant as Shapefiles otherwise the approved map is scanned and digitized or parcel boundaries are used to build the boundary. Learn more about the Vermont Designation Programs
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Description: The Neighborhood Development Area designation encourages municipalities and/or developers to plan for new and infill housing in the area within walking distance of its designated downtown, village center, new town center, or within its designated growth center and incentivizes needed housing, further supporting the commercial establishments in the designated centers. If available, the data is submitted by the Regional Planning Commissions as Shapefiles otherwise the approved map is scanned and digitized or parcel boundaries are used to build the boundary. Learn more about the Vermont Designation Programs.
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