Join local officials, planners, business and property owners, statewide leaders at the Designation 2050 Design Summit on September 12, 2023. Hear about the findings of the Designation Program Evaluation underway and help design the future of these programs – and Vermont.
Another way to contribute your ideas is through surveys tailored to your role in the community, as a member of the general public or with a municipality, agency or partner organization or as an elected or appointed official.
Vermont's designation programs work together to provide incentives, align policies and give communities the technical assistance needed to encourage new development and redevelopment in designated areas. These incentives including tax credits for historic building rehabilitations and code improvements, permitting benefits for new housing, funding for transportation-related public improvements and priority consideration for other state grant programs. The programs are run Vermont's Department of Housing and Community Development.
The evaluation of the designation programs presents a unique opportunity to refocus on smart growth strategies and much-needed additional housing while maintaining Vermont’s compact settlement patterns.