• Making health care, energy and higher education more affordable to working Vermonters
• Creating quality jobs for Vermonters
• Supporting the Vermont National Guard and the men and women who have served in the armed forces
• Developing a 21st century energy policy by supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives

Note: Order of appropriations requests does not reflect priority

1. City of Rutland
Address: 24 North Street, Rutland, VT 05701-3007
$2,750,000

This funding would support the construction of a storm water collection system in the city of Rutland. The existing combined sewer overflow system is already over capacity, resulting in flooding of the downtown business area and sewage spills into East and Otter Creeks.

2. Bi-State Primary Care Association
Address: 61 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT 05602-2818
$500,000

This funding would enable Vermont's Community Health Centers to support medical, behavioral and dental services for the growing number of uninsured and underinsured patients.

3. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$932,000

This funding would support the planning of a National Guard readiness center, which is necessary to accommodate training exercises, equipment storage and emergency response activities. The Morrisville facility will support 137 Guard members and is slated to be completed by 2016.

4. Fletcher Allen Health Care

Address: 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05401
$320,000

This funding would help Fletcher Allen improve patient comfort, reduce energy use and save money by updating the heating, ventilating and cooling system in its McClure building. The project will pay for itself in just over three years and save 724,000 kwh of electricity annually.

5. Town of Bennington

Address: PO Box 469, Bennington, VT 05201-0469
$400,000

This funding would be used to expand an existing multi-use pedestrian pathway through downtown Bennington. The project's goal is to connect commercial, institutional, and civic centers of the town via an environmentally-sound transportation system.

6. Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
Address: P.O. Box 254, Montpelier, VT 05601
$2,000,000

This funding would support member colleges' efforts to make their campuses more cost and energy efficient. It would support the exploration, design and implementation of new technologies in the retrofitting or building of new facilities.

7. NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Address: PO Box 220, East Charleston, VT 05833-0220
$115,000

This funding would support the completion of the NorthWoods Stewardship Center's demonstration energy systems, which include a wood-fired biomass system, a micro-hydro system and a solar hot war system. It would also fund energy efficiency retrofits of its educational building.

8. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$1,216,000

This funding would provide the Army Mountain Warfare School with an all-weather, indoor training facility capable of meeting rigorous training requirements.

9. The University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Address: 106 Highpoint Center, Suite 300, Colchester, VT 05446-8800
$197,772

The Farming for a Food Secure Vermont project would address food security and farm viability in Vermont by engaging in outreach, research and policy. The project would assist in creating direct links between farms and the food insecure, establishing a consumer education program focused on Vermont-grown foods and identifying ways to increase the use of local food in state programs targeting the underserved.

10. South Burlington Police Dept
Address: 19 Gregory Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403
$250,000

This funding would support technology improvements for the South Burlington Police Department's new county-wide interoperable communications center, training facility and emergency operations center to improve public safety efforts. The space would be open to local police agencies, nonprofit groups and community organizations.

11. Bellows Falls Village Corporation
Address: 14A Atkinson Street, Bellows Falls, VT 05101-1519
$100,000

This funding would support Bellows Falls' ongoing effort to determine the feasibility of a geothermal energy system to meet the village's energy needs.

12. The Upper Valley Haven, Inc.
Address: 713 Hartford Ave., White River Junction, VT 05001
$1,004,720

This funding would enable Upper Valley Haven to provide around-the-clock services at its family and adult shelters, while expanding program offerings.

13. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$1,629,353

This funding would be used to improve and update training facilities at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. These improvements would improve the target system, the impact area and reduce the overall environmental impact of the facilities.

14. Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School
Address: PO Box 96, South Royalton, VT 05068-0096
$900,000

This second phase of funding would support Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy effort to study consumer protection elements related to smart grid technology and address key smart grid issues in Vermont.

15. Town of Wilmington
Address: 2 East Main Street, P.O. Box 217, Wilmington, VT 05363
$960,000

This project would replace a 50 year-old parking structure with a new parking garage for Wilmington's highway department.

16. Addison County Regional Planning Commission
Address: 14 Seminary Street, Middlebury, VT 05753-1220
$753,500

This program would develop a statewide electric vehicle charging network and create an electric vehicle demonstration program operated by the Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies.

17. Rutland Regional Planning Commission
Address: P.O. Box 965, Rutland, VT 05702
$981,000

This project would construct the first segment of a two-mile long, ten-foot wide, paved multi-use path across the city of Rutland. The route will connect many of the city's schools, businesses and parks and provide bike, pedestrian and recreational access across the city.

18. The University of Vermont
Address: 109 S. Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05405
$1,000,000

This project would replace all exterior light fixtures at the University of Vermont – both metal halide pole fixtures and "Code Blue" emergency phone devices – with LED light bulbs, reducing energy costs by 40-50 percent.

19. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$1,998,000

This funding would outfit the Ethan Allen Firing Range with a soldier support center to provide personal services to National Guard members recuperating from training. It would also provide computers and phone access to help soldiers communicate with family and friends.

20. City of St. Albans
Address: 100 North Main Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478-1667
$380,000

This funding would assist St. Albans in the second phase of its ongoing downtown improvement project. This phase of the streetscape project would include new LED streetlights, stormwater control landscaping, and widened sidewalks.

21. Vermont Technical College/Technology Extension Division (Vermont State Colleges)
Address: 201 Lawrence Place, Williston, Vermont 05495
$79,750

This project would leverage existing Vermont Technical College resources, business experts, state and non-profit partners and other educational institutions to develop and deliver a Smart Grid curriculum to apprentices, college students, and employees of interested utilities.

22. Town of Brattleboro
Address: 230 Main Street, Suite 208, Brattleboro, VT 05301-2875
$850,000

This funding would support the replacement of Brattleboro's Sunset Lake Bridge. The bridge is listed as structurally deficient and in poor condition.

23. City of Barre
Address: 6 North Main Street, Suite 2, Barre, VT 05641-4177
$825,000

This funding would support the rehabilitation of certain sections of a 100 year-old, overloaded sewage system in the city of Barre. The repairs are meant to preempt the very real possibility of raw sewage floods on North Main Street and into the Winooski River.

24. Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center
Address: P.O. Box 500, Randolph Center, VT 05061
$5,000,000

This funding would help small manufacturers across New England make use of the newly developed "turn-key rapid production system" to increase business and create manufacturing jobs.

25. Burlington Police Department
Address: 1 North Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
$250,000

This funding would support the creation of a Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System to help the Burlington Police Department cut costs and improve public safety.

26. Bellow Free Academy Union High School District #48
Address: 72 South Main Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478-2230
$600,000

This funding would renovate an 80 year-old auditorium which lacks adequate space for performing arts programs, sufficient storage areas, bathroom facilities or satisfactory seating.

27. Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
Address: P.O. Box 254, Montpelier, VT 05601
$150,000

This funding would support the 17-member Association of Vermont Independent Colleges' effort to reduce costs through increased collaboration and consortia development.

28. Town of Marshfield
Address: 122 School Street, Room 1, Marshfield, Vermont 05658
$85,000

This funding would help the town of Marshfield convert the heating system in its community center from oil to wood pellet-fired. The project would create a demand for 30.5 tons of locally-produced wood pellets – replacing 4,500 gallons of oil and saving taxpayers $3,345 a year.

29. Rutland City Police
Address: 108 Wales Street, Rutland 05701
$200,000

This funding would upgrade and improve the Rutland City Police Department in-car camera system to assist officers in fighting crime.

30. The Institute of Medical Humanism
Address: 160 Benmont Ave, PO Box 197, Bennington, VT 05201
$1,000,000

This funding would support research and development of best practices to help families facing decisions about end-of-life care. Research would focus on improving communication between patients, family members and physicians to more effectively clarify patients' needs and goals.

31. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$1,999,000

This funding would facilitate the construction of an indoor, simulated urban combat training center. The facility would allow National Guard members to train in a real-world, live-fire environment to prepare for upcoming deployments.

32. Town of Hartland
Address: 3117 Rose Hl, Woodstock, VT 05091-1052
$300,000

This funding would construct an intersection at the junction of two state highways, connecting Hartland's commercial district, elementary school, recreation center, municipal offices and residences.

33. Mercy Connections
Address: 346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401
$849,090

This funding supports Mercy Connections' Justice Programming, which works with non-profits, adult treatment courts and the criminal justice system to reduce recidivism, provide substance abuse treatment and offer educational programs to at-risk individuals.

34. Vermont Technical College
Address: PO Box 500, Randolph Center, VT 05061-0500
$600,000

This funding would improve Vermont Technical College's nursing programs across the state through the acquisition of necessary instructional equipment.

35. Village of Johnson
Address: PO Box 603, Johnson, VT 05656-0603
$271,700

This funding would support the installation of a solar photovoltaic array to power the village of Johnson's municipal wastewater treatment facility. The project would generate renewable energy, reduce the electrical load needed for the plant and save ratepayers money.

36. YWCA Vermont and Vermont Works for Women
Address: 1241 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446
$350,000

This funding would provide support to girls in Chittenden, Addison, Franklin and Grand Isle counties who are struggling to succeed in school. The Vermont Works for Women program would provide opportunities to earn credits in math, English, and physical education, while teaching critical life and career skills. The program is designed to increase graduation rates and enrollment in technical education programs, while decreasing crime.

37. Village of Northfield
Address: 51 South Main Street, Northfield, VT 05663
$600,000

This funding would support the village of Northfield's efforts to revitalize its town common. The project includes rehabilitating the common's sidewalk system, rebuilding the street, installing permanent curbing, moving utility cables underground and installing energy efficient lighting.

38. Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Address: PO Box 565, 4403 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Waitsfield, VT 05673
$500,000

This funding would support the continuation of NFCT's innovative youth outdoors programs, which provide underprivileged young people with healthy choices, leadership and teamwork skills and a meaningful connection with the outdoors.

39. Albany College of Pharmacy Vermont Campus
Address: 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208
$500,000

This funding would support the Albany College of Pharmacy's acquisition of educational equipment for its new campus in Colchester. The new campus fills a growing need in Vermont for pharmacists to improve rural health care delivery.

40. Randolph Area Community Development Corporation
Address: PO Box 409, 21 Main Street, Randolph, VT 05060-0409
$250,000

This funding would support the design and planning of a new district energy system for the town of Randolph. Fueled by locally-sourced woody biomass, the system would provide heating to existing municipal, institutional, manufacturing, commercial and residential properties in the village and industrial zones. Excess electrical power produced in the system would be sold under the new Vermont Village Green Renewable Pilot Program.

41. Vermont Army National Guard
Address: 789 Vermont National Guard Road, Colchester, VT, 05446-6358
$328,700

This funding would enable the Vermont Guard to acquire two track-mounted, hydraulic-controlled excavating systems (HYEX). The HYEX provides rapid excavation for construction and repair of runways, roads and trails. It will facilitate excavation for horizontal construction projects in support of military and other objectives.