Poultney Campus Development

03/02/2022

We’d like to offer a sincere thanks to the town for your support in the approval of yesterday’s ballot item initiative. We will now be able to enter into talks with the select board about a tax-stabilization deal.

We appreciate everyone who tuned in for the meeting last Thursday and those who have been following along on Facebook.

Thank you for your continued support in our efforts to redevelop the campus, and we’re excited to continue on this journey together.

POULTNEY — Voters put a lot of wheels in motion Tuesday.

02/25/2022

Thank you to everyone who attended the community meeting last night—we appreciated the opportunity to hear your thoughts, share our plans for Green Mountain College, and answer your questions. We look forward to partnering with you and the town Poultney as we move ahead to the next phase of our redevelopment project! Your support for this ambitious plan to bring campus back to life will be critical. Please feel free to reach out with any further questions or comments.

02/15/2022

Came across this curious information in the Poultney Town Plan:

“Between 1771 and 1821 as the town was settled, the core of Poultney’s economic activity was agricultural. Many distilleries popped up, including the manufacture of corn and rye whiskeys and cider brandy, until at one point there were 10 operations within the Town limits. Then a large part of the town’s commerce, these operations swiftly disappeared in the 1830s due to the rise of the Temperance movement. Between 1824 and 1835, sheep husbandry boomed, followed by dairy associations and fruit growing. Mills and foundries connected the villages of Poultney and East Poultney, and the turnpike (now Vermont Route 30) cemented Poultney Village’s role as a transportation center. The railroad arrived in 1851, and much of East Poultney moved west to meet it. By the 1900s, there was a huge boom in the slate industry, and the slate quarries that had opened in the 1840’s were now employing hundreds of Welsh, Italian, Irish and Slavic immigrants, as Poultney was transformed and industrialized. At this time, Poultney Village housed 5 department stores, dry goods stores, restaurants, stables, and several photographic studios. “

02/11/2022

Thank you to Vermont Business Magazine for putting together this great cover story on Raj Bhakta, which features a preview of his redevelopment plans for campus. Take a read and let us know what you think in the comments.

Sun, 02/13/2022 - 3:04pm -- tim Related Company: Bhakta SpiritsPhoto: Raj Bhakta, Founder of Bhakta Spirits in front of a still from 1947, and the only traditional wood-fired alembic armagnac still in the US—shipped over from France by Bhakta. Photo: Baldwin Photography by Joyce Marcel, Vermont B...

02/10/2022

https://www.breadloaf.com

As our first LARGE step in modernizing the campus heating and utility infrastructure, we have engaged Breadloaf to analyze the existing campus equipment and distribution system. Before we do any renovation we must know how we are going to heat, cool and provide electricity to each and every building efficiently and sustainably! While a biomass plant was installed in 2009 to help heat the campus by burning wood chips, this does not accommodate the entire heating load. Today, the biomass plant also may not represent the most efficient way to provide heat with the improvements in geothermal technology and electric sources (heat pumps). The boilers on campus are the original installed in the 1960's. The underground piping to carry the steam from building to building does not meet today's code, has leaks and is not designed to interact efficiently with each individual building on campus. Breadloaf is going to help us come up with a modern plan to heat and cool the campus for decades to come. This will reduce our carbon footprint and set the example for modernizing other unsustainable campuses across the state and country.

02/10/2022

The multi phased, multi-year development planned for the Poultney Campus seeks to turn the property into a regional destination for agrotourism, hospitality, small businesses and post graduate food and beverage education. The campus will become the incubator for entrepreneurs developing new businesses who seek to locate in a dynamic and energetic work community. The development will provide regional impact and directly support’s Poultney’s Town Plan for growth of the tourism economy.

02/04/2022