Helping others drives our Women of the Year. See what makes them proud.
Katie Trautz, Executive Director of Montpelier Alive named “Our women of the year find pride in helping others” by USA Today.
Photo courtesy of The Times Argus by Sarah Milligan
Shannon Alexander & Elliot Burg, Photographers of The Barre Partnership & Montpelier Alive, recognized for their mid-July, 2023 Flood Photos
Barre business owners working together after the mid-July flood in 2023. Photograph by Shannon Alexander
'She was the rock': Vermont native praised for help she coordinated after Montpelier flood
Katie Trautz, Executive Director of Montpelier Alive. Her organization was instrumental helping downtown businesses get resources and reopen following devastating flooding in July, 2023.
The Barre Partnership Receives Letter and Proclamation from Governor Scott
Photo of City Hall Park in Downtown Barre.
PC: Shannon Alexander Photography
Statement from Vermont Downtown Coalition in Response to Governor Scott’s 2024 Budget Address
Car Show and Fall Festival in Downtown Middlebury
Governor announces winners of over $3.6 million in downtown tax incentives
Awards going to 28 projects in 22 of Vermont’s designated downtowns and village centers. Credits to generate over $83 million in building and infrastructure improvements statewide
Eight Downtowns Receive Better Places Funding in 2021
Better Places program partners awards nearly $130,000 in grants for eight communities in Vermont
Vermont Introduces Better Places Program
Vermont introduces 'Better Places' to speed recovery by strengthening community spaces
Building a Better Future with Placemaking and Public Spaces
Many are feeling the impacts to downtowns from the transition to online shopping; the inequities in income, race, and place exposed by the pandemic; and the need to build social capital by strengthening the connections between people and places.