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GRANTS RECEIVED
The following is a list of some of the grants the Town of Hartford has received in the current fiscal year.

Governors Highway Safety Grants:

The Hartford Police Department received a $ 45,000 grant to equip all marked patrol cars with computers (Mobile Data Terminals). The computers allow for officers to do all their work from the car rather than from the station. This allows for better community policing with less time at the station. 

New England Park Association
This grant in the amount of $600 provides for landscaping the Kilowatt Park entrance

VT Trails Grant
This grant in the amount of $19,750 will be used to fund the trails project at Kilowatt Park

Department of Planning and Development Services Grants FY 08/09 

Vermont Park and Ride Grant Program ($59,136): The Town was awarded a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation to construct a 48 space park and ride facility on the corner of Hartford Avenue and Hewitt Street on Taft’s Flat. Construction is currently underway. Advance Transit will provide a bus shelter to serve passengers accessing the Green Route from the park and ride lot.

Vermont Transportation Enhancements Grant Program ($300,000): The Town was awarded a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation to design and construct sidewalk and bike lanes on Sykes Mountain Avenue between Ralph Lehman Drive and Butternut Road that will implement a portion of the Sykes Mountain Avenue & US Route 5 Corridor Bicycle & Pedestrian Alignment Analysis, completed in 2004. The design also will enable abutting property owners to complete required sidewalk/bike lane improvements.

Growth Center Planning Grant Program ($40,000): The Town was awarded a grant from the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs to hire a consultant to research and develop the necessary information to submit an application to the State to become a designated Growth Center for the White River Junction, Wilder Village and Hartford Village section of town.

Certified Local Government Grant Program ($9,705): The Town was awarded two grants from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation to hire an architectural historian to conduct a town-wide barn inventory. This project is being completed in conjunction with the State Barn Census Project initiated in 2008.

Certified Local Government Grant Program ($2,700):  The Town was awarded a State grant to participate in a nation-wide Heritage tourism website. As more and more people are using the web as the first stop in identifying where they would like to travel, this website will reach out to heritage and cultural travelers globally in a way that does not exist today for Hartford with localized and regional websites.

Municipal Education Grant ($800): The Town was awarded a State grant to design and conduct a training workshop with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns on developing an effective town-wide Capital Improvement Program.

Vtrans Structures Grant ($13,500): for preliminary design evaluation of the Pomfret Road slide.

Vtrans Emergency Repair Grant ($216,489): The Town has submitted a request for this grant and provided 10% local share. Reimbursement may be delayed as this Vtrans fund was depleted when we last checked.

FEMA Stream Bank repairs ($8,773): The Town has received $8,773 to repair stream banks on River Road.

Vtrans Park and Ride grant ($59,136): This is to establish a new park and ride at the corner of Route 5 (Tafts Flat) and Hewitt Street. There is no local share required for this grant.

Vtrans Safe Routes to School grant ($51,900): This grant will go toward a new sidewalk on Depot Street.

Bridge Street Bridge ($240,000): Vtrans has provided an increase for the Bridge Street Bridge engineering phase. This pays 100% of the costs for this project.

VT Hazardous Waste Grant ($4,000): This grant is to help reimburse the Town for our Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) event.

HLS-Rescue Truck ($300,000): The rescue truck will respond to ropes, confined space, trench, auto accidents, swift water, etc.

HLS-Ropes Training - Labor  ($9,740): Ability to respond to high angle rescue, swift water rescue

Grant-Dry Hydrant - Materials/Labor ($1,509): Water supply in a rural area of the community to assist in fire suppression

Grant-Fire Act - Extinguisher propt ($9,118): Equipment to perform fire extinguisher training to the community - we offer this training free to the community

HLS-USAR Training ($1,662): Air fare, meals, lodging - expand the Department/State in understanding USAR capabilities

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The Hartford Code contains the codified Town Ordinances. We have made them available on the World Wide Web with the help of a company called General Code.

This electronic version of the Hartford Code is provided for informational purposes.

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The Town of Hartford is a unique and wonderful place in the great State of Vermont. It is located on the border of Vermont and New Hampshire at the intersection of Interstates 89 and 91 as well as US Routes 4 & 5. This is also the site of the confluence of the White and Connecticut Rivers. Hartford is thus a crossroad, the Gateway to Vermont for recreation and commerce alike. With excellent highway, rail, and air services, the Hartford area has long served as a hub for transportation and travel throughout New England, the Northeast, and Canada.

Hartford is in the heart of the beautiful and prosperous "Upper Valley," a region that is home to several renowned educational and medical facilities including the US Veterans Administration Hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College and Medical School, Franklin Pierce College, Granite State College and the Community College of Vermont.

Perhaps more important is the exceptional quality of life enjoyed by area residents. The Upper Valley is comprised of numerous small towns and villages whose residents hold to community-centered, family values, enjoy freedom from crime and violence, and have ready access to excellent schools. They benefit from living in a clean environment with a multitude of outdoor recreational opportunities including boating, fishing, hunting, hiking, with some of the best skiing in New England only a short drive away.

In keeping with Vermont tradition, Hartford is composed of five distinct, historic villages, with a combined population totaling 10,200. Each village has its own history and unique character. Select from the menu below for brief descriptions of these special places.