Alan Lewis10h ago

: #brattleboro #brattleboronews #vermont #vermontnews @vermont.masto.host :

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
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Road and walkway surface technology in the United States leaves much to be desired. Chances are many of the Western Avenue potholes being filled this year were filled last year. A crater on the sidewalk on the Elm Street bridge was filled and now it isn't. These patches are hit or miss at best for endurance. At least, though, these Town employees are out there doing what they can. As for sidewalks, the people today who rebuild our sidewalks are doing a much better job than has been done in the past. We've got that going for us. A few of the curb cuts have been done differently - and better - such that the downward slant of driveways ends at the inner edge of the sidewalk, leaving the sidewalk, itself, level side-to-side. I hope whoever came up with this stroke of genius gets credit for making life better for Brattleboro pedestrians.

Alan Lewis4d ago

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NO KINGS PROTESTS
SPRINKLED AROUND BRATTLEBORO
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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Mar 26

LRT: Shela Linton is the Executive Director of The Root Social Justice Center, a critical Black-centric #BIPOC community resource in #Brattleboro #Vermont #VT.

If you are upset over how she has been treated by the Supreme Court of the United States, I would like to suggest that you make a donation to support her work.

https://www.therootsjc.org/donate

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The Root Social Justice Center
Gemma SeymourMar 26

LRT: Shela Linton is the Executive Director of The Root Social Justice Center, a critical Black-centric #BIPOC community resource in #Brattleboro #Vermont #VT.

If you are upset over how she has been treated by the Supreme Court of the United States, I would like to suggest that you make a donation to support her work.

https://www.therootsjc.org/donate

Donations — The Root Social Justice Center

The Root Social Justice Center
Show threadGemma SeymourMar 25

If #Brattleboro had grown at the rate of Burlington, the population would now be 15549.

At the rate of #Vermont as a whole, it would be 19615.

At the rate of the US, it would be 25342.

If the Brattleboro CDP, the 4.2 mi^2 urban center, which houses about 60% of the town, 7352 people, were to simply increase its density to match that of Burlington's 10 mi^2, the CDP would have a population of 18227, an increase of 10875 people.

This is the scale of the growth we need to sustainably thrive.

Show threadGemma SeymourMar 25

I have several questions as to the stated goals of Next Generation Brattleboro. The initiative has set a goal of adding 802 population by 2032. This number is obviously an arbitary number chosen simply because it is Vermont's area code, and it is nowhere near the level of growth required to revive #Brattleboro's stagnant economy.

Brattleboro's population has been more or less flat since before 1950. For about 80 years, it has hovered around 11.5-12K, plus or minus 500. …

Gemma SeymourMar 25

At last night's #Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, a presentation was given regarding the "Next Generation Brattleboro" initiative.

As a member of the Brattleboro Planning Commission, I criticized this initiative for not involving us, as we are a chartered organization tasked with focusing on exactly the issues this initiative is trying to address, and we are in the end stages of finalizing the new 2026 Town Plan which is required by law to be adopted this year. …

#Vermont #VT #VTpol #VTpoli

Show threadGemma SeymourMar 19
By contrast, this is the soul-less, imagination-free dreck that is being planned in #Brattleboro #Vermont #VT as "workforce #housing" in a location that is completely isolated from the central part of the town, although it is within bicycle distance of a local shopping center. It looks like an industrial or office park, or maybe a motel, not a home, a town, or a city street. I have opposed this project from the beginning.
Gemma SeymourMar 15

Today is always a good day to contact your elected and appointed officials and request that they open social #communications channels on the #nonprofit #Fediverse, and move away from billionaire #oligarchy #plutarchy controlled #media.

#Brattleboro #Vermont #VT #Vermonters #VTpol #VTpoli

Show threadGemma SeymourMar 13

The plans will be presented to the Development Review Board Meeting on Wed Mar 18, 2026, at 1830 EDT (6:30 PM), in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the #Brattleboro Municipal Center.

The agenda packet, including address and Zoom link may be found at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-h_citOFCUvm5H9bn0hLfG8Lzbp1lxN/view

2026-03-18 Development Review Board Agenda.pdf

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