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A Swimming Hole for Every Town Pump Track Proposed Virtual Running Takes Off Remembering the Off Cummings St. / p.2 in Central Vermont / p.9 1918 Pandemic / p.20 Summer Fun! F r e e , July 15–AugIndependent 11, 2020 and Local Time May Be Running Out on Home Farm By Carla Occaso ucked back off the side of U.S. Route 2 in between Agway and T the old Cabot Cheese headquar- ters is a flat chunk of about 15 acres of undeveloped land jutting out into the confluence of the Stevens Branch and Winooski rivers. On the same piece of land, up by the highway, is a big, for- merly stately but now decrepit structure built in the Greek Revival style. It looks like it was once a majestic working farm- house, with pillared porches and second floor balconies, but after years of disuse, it has deteriorated to the point where City of Montpelier officials declared it a public nuisance. This means that unless someone does something fast, it will have to be demolished. Some want to save the building be- cause it was built in 1836 and sits on A boy jumps into Foote Brook at Journey’s End swimming hole in Johnson. Photo by Jay Ericson. land originally owned by one of the first permanent white settlers of Montpelier, Col. Jacob Davis. In fact, according to A Swimming Hole for Every Town historian Daniel Pierce Thompson in a piece titled “History of Montpelier” By Richarda Ericson, Vermont River Conservancy dated August 1860, it was Col. Davis who named the town after the French wimming holes in Vermont are renowned for their cherished part of Vermont’s landscape and connect people to beauty and the opportunity for adventure. Thou- a better understanding of watersheds, Vermont’s rivers and see Home Farm, page 5 S sands of people enjoy Vermont’s swimming holes streams, and Vermont’s geology. every year and depend on them as public gathering spaces The Vermont River Conservancy is kicking off a swim- to have fun and relax during the short summers. During the ming hole fundraising campaign this summer as part of pandemic, with public pools and beaches closed, Vermont- its “A Swimming Hole for Every Town” initiative. Visitors ers need swimming holes now more than ever. Yet public will see informational displays when they stop at nearby access is not guaranteed — use of these swimming holes is gas stations and stores on their way to or from swimming ECRWSS PRSRT STD Montpelier, VT Montpelier, Permit NO. 123 U.S. Postage PAID threatened by overuse, privatization, and mismanagement. holes. Those displays will have instructions on how to send a Public access to well-managed, safe, and fun swimming phone text to donate to the VRC. Visitors will also see signs holes is essential for maintaining recreational opportuni- asking for donations to the VRC at the swimming holes. ties for all Vermonters, regardless of race or socio-economic There are no fees to use swimming holes, but donations status. The Vermont River Conservancy is a non-profit land are critical to help the VRC carefully manage these sites trust committed to protecting public access to Vermont’s so that all Vermonters may enjoy them. “While swimming rivers. holes are free to visit, the work to protect public access to Unfortunately, as noted in recent news, Vermonters are these special places takes time and resources,” says Vermont seeing many swimming holes overrun by visitors, creating River Conservancy Development & Outreach Director issues ranging from unsafe parking to excess litter. These Richarda Ericson, “Vermont River Conservancy is commit- conflicts can transform swimming holes from beloved com- ted to ensuring Vermonters and visitors alike can access the munity resources into disputed sites where public access is incredible places along our rivers, but we rely strongly on jeopardized. The VRC works with communities to install visitor etiquette, community partnerships, and donations to educational signage and lead volunteer stewardship opportu- support this important work.” nities at swimming holes. Engaging users in caring for their Highlights of the swimming hole projects are a one-mile favorite swimming hole is critical for creating sites that are well-managed and publicly accessible. Swimming holes are a see Swimming Holes, page 4 Free, Independent and Local since 1993 / montpelierbridge.org PAGE 2 • JULY 15–AUGUST 11, 2020 THE BRIDGE Pump Track Planned Summer Fun By Carla Occaso group of bicycle enthusiasts set soil in a 50-by-80-foot area. Building the wheels in motion to put a the track would require adding about Apump track at the end of Cum- 150 yards of soil and adding 10 parking mings Street. A pump track is a closed spaces. circuit, curvy dirt track for bicycle riding. The location is “ideal” because it is John Hollar, on the behalf of the near the North Branch, and the multi- Montpelier Area Mountain Bike Asso- use hiking/biking trail. It is also a short ciation, filed an application on April 30, distance from the Elm Street recreational 2020 for building such a track at a vacant field. lot across from 23 Cummings Street and Hollar sent a memo to the Develop- adjacent to a multi-use trail. The project ment Review Board on June 12, 2020 is estimated to cost around $7,000. to supplement the earlier information. The property is owned by the City of For one thing, putting in a pump track Montpelier, and City Manager William would not conflict with River Hazard This ‘Y’ intersection is the entrance to an access point of a multi-use recre- Fraser signed off on the application May 5. Area regulations because it does not “in- ation trail at the end of Cummings Street. The trail to the left goes to the area A letter describing the project submit- crease the exterior dimensions of any where the proposed pump track would be located. Photo by Carla Occaso. ted in September 2019 states, “The Mont- structure.” No structure is included in pelier Area Bike Association (MAMBA) the application, and no structures cur- Shannon Morrison, wetlands ecolo- 20. Those who want to hear more or is proposing to construct a bicycle pump rently exist on the site. gist, wrote in a letter dated June 8 rec- weigh in on the matter are encouraged track on a City-owned lot on Cummings Additionally, the project can meet a ommending the group put up a buffer to participate. From the montpelier-vt. Street. A pump track is a circuit of roll- “no fill” requirement, Hollar wrote. demarcation berm or fence 50 feet from org website: ers, banked turns, and features designed The group will also have to request a the wetland area. She also suggested they Public participation by remote means to be ridden completely by riders ‘pump- waiver for developing within a wetlands contact the Department of Public Works, highly encouraged: ing’ — generating momentum by up and or vernal pool buffer to convince the because the spot had been used to store https://zoom.us/j/97517685798?pwd=M down body movements.” board the pump track “shall not have an snow after snow removal. However, city mhyM1l6dmFMRjRLZXEyYVRwRWp- The purpose is to create recreational undue adverse impact on the wetland or officials said that spot hasn’t been used to DQT09 activity for youths. However, the letter vernal pool.” There is a vernal pool on dump snow for several years. Meeting ID: 975 1768 5798 states people of all ages will be able to the opposite side of Cummings Street, The Design Review Board will discuss Password: 325564 use the track. It will be built with clean next to an apartment complex. the project during their meeting July +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) THE BRIDGE JULY 15–AUGUST 11, 2020 • PAGE 3 HEARD ON THE STREET Montpelier Reappraisal Contract Awarded ontpelier has awarded a $260,000 contract to conduct a reappraisal to New MEngland Municipal Consultants, the same firm that conducted the city’s last reappraisal in 2010. The full reappraisal, in which the firm will attempt to visit every property in Montpelier, will start late in 2021 or early 2022 and is set to be completed HistoricThen photos courtesy & of Vermont Now Historical Society; by June 2023. Captions and modern photos by Paul Carnahan. Rising property values are expected to push the city’s level of appraisals compared with fair market values this year down below 85 percent, the point at which the state American Legion Post No. 3 at 21 Main Street is housed in requires reappraisals. City Manager Bill Fraser noted that residential property values one of the few wood frame buildings remaining downtown. It have been soaring, but he wondered how commercial properties — which are valued probably dates from just after the Montpelier fire of 1875 that based on a building’s income — are faring in light of the pandemic. flattened this area of the city. In this 1915 photograph, P.J. If residential property appraisals go up more than commercial property appraisals, Blanchard’s harness shop and shoe repair business is on the left that could once again shift more of the property tax burden onto residential proper- side of the building, and an unidentified food market is on the ties, Fraser noted. “But perhaps the situation will have changed by the time of the right. The side wall of the Lawrence Block, destroyed by fire in reappraisal,” he added. 1924, can be seen on the left, and the Hyde Building, still stand- ing today, is on the right. Today, the building is much changed, Parking Meter Fees to be Reinstituted August 1 but the placement of the windows and doors hint at the original structure under its aluminum siding and vertical board facade.
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