Growth Center Designation - Overview:

"The primary goal of the city in designating its growth center is to reverse the trend of a decreasing population in the last several decades by fostering new residential development in the growth center that meets the needs of city employees and captures and increasing proportion of the region's anticipated housing needs" application, page 6

Decision to Approve Growth Center Designation

The Expanded Downtown Board considered the City of Montpelier's application for growth center designation at their September 28, 2009 warned public meeting. The board voted 7 to 4 to approve Montpeleir's application and award growth center disignation, based upon review of the applicationm, the Planning Coordination Group's September 9, 2009 recommendations, and the statutory designation criteria (24 V.S.A. section 2791). Click here to view a summary of the Board's findings and conclusions, with attached conditions.

Application

Below please find the Application to the State of Vermont for Growth Center designation for the City of Montpelier and all of its supporting materials.

A formal public hearing on this application was held on February 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm at City Hall. The Montpelier Planning Commission, Montpelier City Council, and Central VT Regional Planning Commission have reviewed and approved this application and appendices, and the final application has been sent to the state for consideration.

We welcome additional feedback on the application. Questions and comments should be directed to Gwendolyn Hallsmith, address, phone, and e-mail below.

Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Director
Department of Planning and Community Development
City Hall, 39 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
ghallsmith@montpelier-vt.org

Growth Center Application Documents:

Final Growth Center Application - (June 29, 2009, some appendices included) 116 pgs, 9,287 KB

Appendices:

Appendix 1: CVRPC Growth Projections - (updated) 40 KB

Appendix 2: CVRPC Build Out Model Methodology and Description - 280 KB

Appendix 3: Regional Employment Projections - 747 KB

Appendix 4: Fiscal Impact Model Narrative - 720 KB

Appendix 5: Map of Designated Downtown - 314 KB

Appendix 6: Grand List of Designated Downtown - 23 KB

Appendix 7: Draft Growth Center Map - 1,243 KB

Appendix 8: Sewer and Water Map - (updated Feb 09) 566 KB

Appendix 9: Regional Map - 999 KB

Appendix 10: Prime Agricultural Soils Map - 281 KB

Appendix 11: Steep Slopes Map - 325 KB

Appendix 12: Wetlands Map - 273 KB

Appendix 13: Zoning Map - 576 KB