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Growth Centers

Bennington, VermontGrowth centers aim to align public infrastructure and private building investments with a local framework of policies and regulations to ensure that 20 years of future development will enhance the vitality of the designated commercial center, while protecting farms, forest, and natural areas outside the growth center.

Effective July 1, 2024, Act 181 of 2024 ended the program's intake of new applications and the requirement for existing designated communities to undergo five-year reviews. Municipalities may continue to apply for the Neighborhood Development Area Designation, an add-on designation with similar benefits, until December 31, 2025.

Municipalities with an existing growth center may continue to apply for boundary amendments to the Community Investment Board, and all growth centers will transfer into the reformed 'community investment program' upon approval of the regional plan's future land use map b the State Land Use Review Board. The existing growth center designations will lose no benefits during this transition period.

Annual Report

Designated Growth Center Records

For the six existing growth centers, designation remains in effect for 20 years after growth center approval.