Putnam Block, Bennington, VT
Photo by Jude Domski
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Greetings!
An old friend of mine often jokes that if you've seen one small town, you've seen one small town. He's right of course: every Vermont community, whether it's Barre or Bennington, Canaan or Poultney, has its own story of change, resilience, and hope.
Like many of you, I've been awed by the challenges each of our communities, and all of Vermont, have faced this past year. And like previous generations of Vermonters, I'm inspired by our shared commitment to the values we hold dear and the opportunities before us.
Vermonters' responses this past year have illustrated the ways we can treasure our past and yet adapt. Preserving that dynamism for the future is what the Preservation Trust of Vermont is all about. It is the work that PTV has been doing for forty years, with an energetic and creative spirit that enlivens our communities. We are not about to slow down now.
Creating gathering places in our beautiful old buildings, even when they require substantial repair, accessibility, elbow grease – and money – is one of the most gratifying things we do. General stores that serve us all, churches that become food shelves, old banks that become community centers, tiny historical societies and breath-taking jewel-box theaters are just a few examples. Saving these historic buildings and gathering places affirms who we are and who we aspire to be.
This is hard work. It is more relevant than ever as Vermont recovers from the effects of the pandemic and looks to a future where all Vermonters (including new ones) feel safe, connected, and at home.
We treasure the support you give us, not just because your gifts enable us to do that work, but also because it helps knit our lives together in gratitude for the past, and in excitement for a vibrant future.
Please be part of that future with a gift to PTV today.
Best to you and yours,
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Elmore Store, Elmore, VT
Field Service Project 2020
Photo by Jude Domski
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Support local preservation efforts through our Field Service Program (246 projects in 141 communities 2020)
Provide technical assistance to owners of historic barns and condition assessments through our Barn Assessment Grant Program (technical assistance to 17 barn owners in 2020)
Encourage and help develop Community Supported Enterprises such as village stores, cooperatives, restaurants, and community-centered businesses (9 in 2020)
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Building Trades Program, Canaan High School, Canaan, VT
Recipient of a Northern Heritage Economy Grant
Photo by Jude Domski
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Memorial Sign for Paul Bruhn
Installed at the Whale Dance Sculpture, Randolph
Photo by Mary Whitcomb
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Established the Paul A. Bruhn Fund to honor former PTV president Paul Bruhn’s commitment to community gathering places, town and village centers, Vermont’s built and natural landscape and people, all with the underlying goal of preserving the essential character of Vermont.
Co-hosted with the Windham Foundation the first “Rural Economic Development Working Group Listening Tour,” a two-day bus tour of businesses in eastern VT designed to help legislators to gain a better understanding of issues facing rural businesses.
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Eric Gilberston at Turner Family Descendent David Rogers
Birchdale Camp, Grafton
Photo by Jude Domski
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2020: Who We Are
PTV Staff
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