Grant

First Generation Homebuyer Program

VERMONT - Vermont Housing Finance Agency announces the launch of the First Generation Homebuyer Program, with a goal of helping more Vermonters afford their first home. This program provides a grant to eligible homebuyers whose parents or legal guardians were likely unable to pass on the...

Children check out the options at a Year of the Book kickoff event in Pownal.

CLiF accepting grant applications

VERMONT - The Children’s Literacy Foundation is currently accepting applications for their flagship Year of the Book Grant, which provides $25,000 in new books, in-person author visits, and other inspiring literacy resources to qualifying public elementary schools in Vermont and New Hampshire....

DVFiber receives $21.9 million for construction

MARLBORO - The governing board for DVFiber, the public entity that aims to provide fiberoptic internet to its 24 member towns, received word this week that it will receive a $21.9 million construction grant. The funds will be used to commence construction of the communication union district’s...

Grant supports WINGS after-school programming

WILMINGTON- A partnership between the Wilmington Recreation Commission and Twin Valley’s WINGS program has received a $94,844 state After School and Summer Expanding Access grant.
In 2021, Vermont offered a Summer Matters for All grant that helped establish educational summer programming...

Trout Unlimited receives grant for project

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Last year the Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited did a project placing strategic wood into 1.8 miles of Vose Brook, a coldwater tributary to the Deerfield River in Searsburg. Half the project area was located on private land, with public access managed by Great...

Dover plans to repave Handle Road from its intersection with Tannery Road to the Dover-Wilmington town line this summer.

Tax billing error could cost town

DOVER- Selectboard members discussed what may be a costly error in tax billing, approved a bid for this season’s road paving, and granted a funding request for a proposed historical driving tour.
Town assessor Linda Sherman and treasurer Marco Tallini told board members that an error in...

A look inside the Southern VT Natural History Museum. Courtesy Southern VT Museum on Facebook

Southern Vermont Natural History Museum receives grant for trails, kiosks

MARLBORO - The Southern Vermont Natural History Museum has received a grant to implement hiking trails and establish two informational kiosks at its “Mountainside Center,” a satellite location at the former Pool Learning Center.
The grant, for $62,000, is from the state of Vermont through...

Voices of Hope receives grant to expand its work

WILMINGTON - Voices of Hope has received a grant to continue its work in the Deerfield Valley. The grant, which is from the Vermont Department of Health, amounts to $27,713 and will cover the group’s work from April to August.
Voices of Hope is a grassroots group that formed in 2018 with...

1A Coffee Roasters announced their glass jar initiative on Instagram in April with this photo of Chrystal Holt holding one of the jars and a copy of The Deerfield Valley News.

Coffee company sees $80,000 grant as an investment in town

WILMINGTON - 1A Coffee Roasters, the coffee shop and roasting operation, has been named one of the winners of Oatly’s Big Idea Grants. The grant, which will total over $80,000, will be used to finance sustainability initiatives at the shop. 1A co-owner Brian Holt, who owns 1A with his wife...

Town signs on to grant

DOVER- Selectboard members approved an application for a state recreation grant funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The selectboard’s approval of the grant application was based on a recommendation by the Dover Trails Committee,...