For the past year, at the direction of Governor Shumlin and with the support of the General Assembly, the Natural Resources Board (NRB) and the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) have been engaged in Read more »
Land Use
Brownfield Redevelopment Revitalizes Randolph with Affordable Housing
Salisbury Square, located in Randolph, Vermont, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday for completion of Phase I of the development project. Background: Among the brownfield redevelopment Read more »
DPS releases Vermont Draft Energy Plan
The Vermont Department of Public Service (DPS) released a draft of the new 2011 Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP) earlier this week. By statute, the Comprehensive Energy Plan must be updated every five Read more »
Shumlin Administration Looks at Improving Environmental Permitting Process in Vermont
Earlier this month the Shumlin Administration announced that it was beginning to evaluate the environmental permitting process in Vermont and was looking for public comments on ways to improve the Read more »
SRH Law Client Wins Act 250 Case at Vermont Supreme Court
The Town of Royalton Planning Commission, a SRH Law client, recently prevailed at the Vermont Supreme Court in a long-contested state land-use matter concerning a proposal by developer Times and Read more »
Act 250 Criteria: Not Applicable? Not Your Decision, Environmental Court Says
In a Jurisdictional Opinion issued earlier this year, the Vermont Environmental Court made clear that Act 250 applicants do not have the independent authority to determine which criteria might not Read more »