By Julia Purdy
Poultney is at a crossroads with the impending shuttering of Green Mountain College, but with characteristic community spirit, some 200 residents, in addition to 19 state and federal agencies, town officials, UVM, planners and the college itself, came together last Thursday, March 7 in a public meeting to lay all the cards on the table, brainstorm solutions and second-guess the future of the campus and the town.
The public filled the large East Room of Withey Hall to the rafters and the crowd was broadly diverse and highly attentive, with an evident undercurrent of anxiety.
Ted Brady, deputy commissioner of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, moderated. He had “no answers,” he said, adding that the purpose of the meeting was to “create a great idea.”
The meeting format had three components: provide a candid snapshot of the town’s economy; assess its strengths and potential; and take any and all input from the audience.
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