Federal Projects in Vermont
Each spring, after receiving a budget proposal from the President, Congress begins the process of crafting the annual federal budget. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Leahy has sought out funding for projects that support Vermont's economy, infrastructure, and quality of life.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittees did not accept Member requests for Congressional directed spending items for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013.
To view review requests Senator Leahy has made for past Fiscal Years please select the year in the drop down menu below to view these projects. Please note that not all projects submitted by a Member of Congress receive federal funds.
These requests reflect Senator Leahy's priorities of:
- Creating and supporting quality, sustainable jobs in Vermont;
- Developing and employing green technologies and renewable energy opportunities;
- Deploying broadband and telecommunications upgrades to improve quality of life, commerce and Vermont jobs throughout the state;
- Giving farmers new tools to modernize and adapt to a changing economy and creating opportunities for value-added producers;
- Promoting sustainable and organic agriculture that benefits farmers while helping families in need;
- Supporting multi-pronged approaches and partnerships to combat crime and drug abuse through prevention, enforcement, and treatment methods;
- Increasing education opportunities for Vermonters through support of the State's colleges and universities;
- Improving quality and access to health care in Vermont by supporting hospital and health services throughout the state;
- Protecting and conserving Vermont's environment, including Lake Champlain, the Green Mountain National Forest and the Connecticut River;
- Supporting domestic readiness and national security, including preparedness by the Vermont National Guard;
- Modernizing Vermont's roads, bridges, rails, airports, public transportation, and municipal services; and
- Developing and preserving affordable housing.
Senator Leahy also submitted several projects to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for inclusion in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) reauthorization. This is authorizing legislation (funding does not result from passage of this legislation) for the programs and projects of the civil works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Click to read about these WRDA requests here.
Requesting Organization | Amount | Project Description |
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Applied Research Associates Williston, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Thin Film Materials for Military Applications Leveraging the successful research of lithography systems, lasers, and RF sensors, this project will concentrate upon the transition of these technologies into products for the Navy. ARA will use the unique systems to enable critical research in the areas of safe, high power batteries and capacitors, advanced guidance systems, and extreme sensitivity detectors for explosives and intrusion. These enabling systems will also be exploited to solve other critical needs within the DoD concerning personnel and equipment safety. Involvement in these projects will span across several universities, including the University of Vermont, as well as numerous local Vermont small businesses. |
Applied Research Associates Randolph, VT |
$5,000,000.00 | Force Protection Demining Under this funding, ARA will work with the U.S. Army to create technologies capable of finding and disarming mines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) along roadways and rolling terrain. These technologies will allow safer, faster, and more accurate detection of buried explosive devices. ARA will also develop strategic planning and support tools that will allow humanitarian demining efforts to be conducted efficiently – saving lives and money. |
Ascension Technology Corporation Milton, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | "phasorBIRD" Tracker Development phasorBIRD - Ascension’s world-class optical tracking technology - is poised to become an essential element in maintaining America’s air superiority in tactical aircraft. It represents the next-generation replacement for older, outdated, and exceedingly expensive magnetic helmet tracking systems, deployed with helmet displays in tactical aircraft. This project will complete the design and testing of a flight-ready, ruggedized variant of phasorBIRD; complete the cost-reduced, commercial variant of the system, developed in Phase III, and deliver to one or more aerospace companies developing synthetic vision systems and companies developing flight simulators; and develop production model of optical variant for radiation oncology. |
Barre Historical Society 46 Granite Street Barre, VT 05641 |
$500,000.00 | Barre Labor Hall Restoration Funds will be used for restoration and repair of the Barre Labor Hall. One of Vermont's National Historic Landmarks, the building needs structural repairs and rehabilitation to make sure the entire building is safe for use by the community. |
Battenkill Technologies, Inc Manchester Center, VT |
$2,500,000.00 | "SAFESEE" Collision Avoidance System for UAVs The SAFESEE program will provide Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with the ability to operate in unrestricted airspace alongside manned aircraft. The FAA has stated that UAS must demonstrate an “equivalent level of safety” to human pilots, which means a detection range of 5-10km or more and is not currently available. The proposed SAFESEE program will leverage extensive investments by DARPA, SOCOM, and the Navy to achieving this performance in a small package suitable for integration on medium-sized UAS such as Predator, Warrior, Fire Scout, and Global Hawk. |
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America 230 North 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 |
$15,000,000.00 | Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America is a youth mentoring organization that helps youth reach their potential through one-on-one relationships with adult mentors. With these funds, Big Brothers/Big Sisters will expand their capacity and improve their existing programs. |
Boys & Girls Club of Burlington 62 Oak Street Burlington, VT 05401 |
$250,000.00 | Early Promise Program The Boys & Girls Club Early Promise Program will provide year round social and educational supports leading successful students from low income families to guaranteed admission, debt free, to one of the five Vermont State Colleges. The project will facilitate breaking the cycle of poverty in the Old North End of Burlington which currently contains Chittenden County’s lowest income population. |
Castleton State College 62 Alumni Drive Castleton, VT 05735 |
$400,000.00 | Principal Training and School Leadership Program The College currently offers a successful principal training and leadership program that serves the immediate area around the school very well. Because of the travel time and residency requirements of the program, the potential audience for this program has been limited to professionals living in close proximity to the college. The College will use funds to expand its programming by developing multiple on-site locations in different parts of the state and by linking the sites via interactive video-conferencing. |
Catamount Arts 115 Eastern Ave. P.O. Box 324 St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 |
$200,000.00 | Education Outreach Program Catamount Arts offers a variety of programming in arts through a diversified schedule of film, music, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Funds will be used to expand arts education offerings that are targeted towards low-income, rural, REAP zone elementary school children in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. |
Cathedral Square Corporation 412 Farrell Street Suite 100 South Burlington, VT 05403 |
$750,000.00 | Seniors Aging Safely at Home (SASH) Pilot Funds will be used to run a pilot program at six demonstration sites around Vermont to evaluate the viability of a community care delivery system designed to provide consistent, effective, fully coordinated, and cost efficient services and care to senior citizens at all levels of health and wellness in their home. This project will save Medicare and Medicaid dollars and improve the health of low-income senior citizens. |
Center for Civic Education 5145 Douglas Fir Road Calabassas, CA 91302 |
$35,000,000.00 | We the People Project The Education for Democracy Act funds valuable initiatives that increase students’ fundamental understanding of democracy, promote civic engagement among students, and increase academic achievement. By funding programs under the Education for Democracy Act, namely, We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, We the People: Project Citizen, School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program, and the Cooperative Education Exchange Programs, students learn the value of civic and economic knowledge, civic dispositions such as civility, tolerance, respect for the rule of law, and retain a commitment to the fundamental values and principles of constitutional democracy. These programs have worked well and are far reaching: in the last three years alone, over 19,000 students in Vermont have participated in the programs under the Education for Democracy Act. The program has also provided textbooks, assistance to teachers and schools, and professional development activities. |
Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Statewide, VT |
$500,000.00 | Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Funds will be used to implement he Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, authorized by Congress as Title II, subtitle G of the National Heritage Areas Act of 2006. |
Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization 30 Kimball Ave, Suite 206 South Burlington, VT 05403 |
$1,500,000.00 | Chittenden County Natural Gas Refueling Project Funding will be used by the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization to install the first public access Compressed Natural Gas fueling station in Vermont. The project will test the viability of adopting alternative fuels for the public transportation fleet in this region. Chittenden County will likely not meet the attainment standards for ozone and particulate matter emissions soon to be set by EPA, therefore the project will also analyze the impact of CNG on helping communities come into compliance with these standards. |
Chittenden County Transportation Authority 15 Industrial Parkway Burlington, VT 05401 |
$3,000,000.00 | Chittenden County Transportation Authority Buses, Facilities, and Equipment Funds would be used for construction of a new downtown transit center in Burlington, Vermont, investments in new technology, and replacement of older buses in CCTA’s fleet with clean diesel-electric vehicles |
City of Burlington Office of the Mayor City Hall Room 34 Burlington, VT 05401 |
$3,000,000.00 | Burlington Waterfront North Improvements Funds would be used for continued roadway, pedestrian, and bicycle improvements along Burlington, Vermont’s historic waterfront. |
ConceptsNREC White River Junction, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Installation Support and Production Qualification Testing of Army’s First Fielding of V35/85 and Torquemeter Equipment This project would provide the VAROC OEM personnel (from Concepts NREC) and beta unit hardware required to successfully support the Army AATD’s installation and production qualification testing for a new class of dynamometer and torquemeter: the “VAROC-35/85.” The newly developed VAROC-35/85 is now ready to test the military’s upcoming higher-power helicopter engines. The project is to support the implementation and testing of the first production V-35/85 dynamometer. This field-deployable dynamometer is used for the testing of the new 3000 hp class turboshaft engine, used in U.S. Army and Navy helicopters. |
Deerfield Valley Transit Association P.O. Box 429 West Dover, VT 05356 |
$2,500,000.00 | Deerfield Valley Transit Association Facilities, Buses, and Equipment Funds would be used for construction of a new facility and purchase new buses for the Deerfield Valley Transit Association in Wilmington, Vermont. |
Department of Defense Arlington, VA |
$5,000,000.00 | STARBASE, National Program Funding This funding will go towards the continued operation of STARBASE, a highly efficient and effective hands-on educational program run out of active, Guard, and Reserve bases. This initiative would ensure adequate funding for existing programs and would allow for a necessary expansion that will reach more young men and women. The DoD STARBASE Program raises the interest of students traditionally under-represented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs. The Program involves more than 980 schools in 200 school districts across 34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with a throughput of more than 450,000 young people since the Program’s inception. |
Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) Montpelier, VT |
$5,000,000.00 | ASIC Miniaturization for Special Operation Forces Sensor & Night Vision Technologies Funds will be used to develop specialized microelectronics essential to implement specialized sensors and digital night vision equipment. The digital night vision imaging devices are needed upgrade existing night vision equipment. Specialized chipsets required to support this advanced capability will be developed for integration into new devices that will be employed by U.S. Special Operation Forces (SOF) tactical units. |
Energizer Westlake, OH and St Albans, VT |
$5,800,000.00 | Extreme Temperature, Lightweight, Lithium-Iron Disulfide Batteries The purpose of this program is to develop lightweight, lithium-iron disulfide batteries and enhance their reliability and temperature operating range to support use in both high power applications and devices, like radios, night vision goggles, weapon sights, and global positioning systems as well as in munitions and digital surveillance sensors. |
Fletcher Allen Health Care 111 Colchester Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 |
$150,000.00 | Center for Nutrition and Healthy Food Systems Funding would be used to expand the work of the Center for Nutrition and Health Food Systems. The Center serves as a core participant in and hub for the New England Leadership team for healthy food systems. To date the Center has held training programs for existing hospital staff as well as for staff from other hospitals throughout the region. This has resulted in changed food purchasing practices and healthier food options for patients. Funds would also be used to expand this work to reach other hospitals throughout the state |
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 153 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 |
$500,000.00 | Flynn Theater Restoration Funding will be used to restore the historic Flynn Theater in Burlington, Vermont. The theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has served as a cultural landmark in Vermont for over 75 years. The Theater has been mostly restored to its original art deco design, but is in need of updates to repair seating and modifications to become accessible to people with disabilities. |
General Dynamics Pittsburgh, PA and Burlington, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Stand-off IED Detection This funding will accelerate the development of a Technology Demonstrator for detection of personnel borne and vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and position this capability for earlier insertion into the field for force protection. IEDs remain the weapon of choice in ongoing conflicts and are a global threat. |
General Dynamics Radford, VA |
$19,106,000.00 | HYDRA 70, Air Force The Hydra 70 rocket system is used by Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Special Operations aircraft and helicopters. The Hydra70 Family of rockets includes a variety of tactical warheads that provide combat overmatch and training warheads required to ensure the war fighting readiness posture for U.S. aviation assets. The Hydra 70 is crucial in the accomplishment of anti-materiel, anti-personnel, and air-to-ground suppression missions in both Afghanistan and Iraq. |
General Dynamics Radford, VA |
$114,764,000.00 | HYDRA 70, Navy/USMC The Hydra 70 rocket system is used by Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Special Operations aircraft and helicopters. The Hydra70 Family of rockets includes a variety of tactical warheads that provide combat overmatch and training warheads required to ensure the war fighting readiness posture for U.S. aviation assets. The Hydra 70 is crucial in the accomplishment of anti-materiel, anti-personnel, and air-to-ground suppression missions in both Afghanistan and Iraq. |
General Dynamics Radford, VA |
$259,913,000.00 | HYDRA 70, Army The Hydra 70 rocket system is used by Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Special Operations aircraft and helicopters. The Hydra70 Family of rockets includes a variety of tactical warheads that provide combat overmatch and training warheads required to ensure the war fighting readiness posture for U.S. aviation assets. The Hydra 70 is crucial in the accomplishment of anti-materiel, anti-personnel, and air-to-ground suppression missions in both Afghanistan and Iraq. |
Global News Intelligence Montpelier, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Automated Foreign Language Media Analysis Program This project would ingest information from native language sources (news sites, blogs, message boards, broadcast transcripts, etc) and parse in that same language, but then present the meta analysis data in English. Global News Intelligence does this already in English and a number of European languages, but this project would focus on increasing our capability to perform this function in languages of special interest to U.S. Army Intelligence, specifically Arabic, Farsi, and Bahasa. |
Goodrich Systems Vergennes, VT |
$7,000,000.00 | Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Targeting System This proposed funding will design, develop, and flight test a high performance Guidance Navigation Control and Targeting System that provides the capability to guide future Navy projectiles to within 1 meter of a maneuvering surface target in adverse weather at a fraction of the cost of current systems which have much less accuracy. |
Holstein Association 1 Holstein Place P.O. Box 808 Brattleboro, VT 05302 |
$400,000.00 | National Farm Animal Identification and Records This initiative supports food-safety and quality assurance by tracking livestock, especially meat and dairy animals. Having enrolled over one million animals, National FAIR electronically identifies individual animals and tracks their movements from birth to slaughter within 48 hours in order to combat animal disease outbreaks. |
i-SAFE, Inc. 5900 Pasteur Court Suite #100 Carlsbad, CA 92008 |
$5,000,000.00 | i-SAFE National Program i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation that provides education to more than six million students nationwide a year to help them use the Internet safely and responsibly. i-SAFE requests $5 million to assist them in their goal of providing their curriculum to students in every school district in all 50 states. i-SAFE has already provided its Internet safety curriculum to over 26 million students and is currently being used in more than 5,600 school districts across the nation. Over 135,000 educators have completed i-SAFE’s professional development training. The requested funding would help provide every primary and secondary school student in the country with i-SAFE’s world-class Internet safety curriculum. |
IBM Corporation Essex Junction, VT |
$6,000,000.00 | Trusted Foundry IBM has embraced the need for full commercial available 9HP technology, primarily for semiconductor chips performing in the 30 to 300GHz range. This additional funding will take a current 3-year project to conclusion and provide Department of Defense with a fully enabled and functional 9HP technology. One of the primary applications will be imaging radar. |
Johnson State College 337 College Hill Johnson, VT 05656 |
$400,000.00 | External Degree Program Expansion Johnson State College (JSC) would use these funds to expand their teacher preparation program. JSC’s community-based Bachelor’s degree and teacher certification program is centered around adults whose goal is to become an educator in their local public schools. Through their External Degree Program, JSC delivers pre-professional teacher education throughout all of Vermont’s 12 counties, reaching paraprofessionals aspiring to become classroom teachers or “career switchers” choosing teaching as their “encore” careers. With the funding the college can expand beyond the 150 students it serves. |
Kollmorgen Electro-Optical Northampton, MA |
$3,000,000.00 | 360 Degree Visual Monitor for the Stryker This funding would enable a deployable solution to the soldier on the ground to meet Stryker Modernization milestones and also bring the capability to the warfighter faster. This project will leverage evolving visual and infrared focal plane array technologies to develop a next generation sensor module for increased range performance. Power will be reduced by evolving the current video processor to a smaller and lower power draw configuration.
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Lake Champlain Basin Program Statewide Project , VT |
$6,000,000.00 | Lake Champlain Basin Program The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Act authorized $55 million over five years to enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Basin. The funds will continue implementation of the Lake’s long-term management plan, Opportunities for Action, which is supported by the States of Vermont and New York and approved by EPA. |
Lake Champlain's Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative 11 Lincoln Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 |
$250,000.00 | Sea Lamprey Control Sea Lamprey is nuisance species in Lake Champlain. Sea lampreys are a threat to sport fishing in Lake Champlain, which generates more than $200 million annually for the local economy. Not only do sea lamprey damage sport fish stocks, but also may attack State listed endangered species. These funds will be used to match an ongoing effort to control and eradicate lamprey from the Basin. |
Laraway Youth and Family Services, Inc. PO Box 621 95 School Street Johnson, VT 05656 |
$300,000.00 | Youth Services Program Laraway would use these funds to develop new programs that provide therapeutic programs for youth and families that have been the victims of domestic violence and child abuse. Victims and survivors of domestic violence and child abuse are more likely to struggle in school, less likely to graduate school, more likely to engage in criminal behavior and more likely to perpetuate cycles of abuse. |
Liquid Measurement Systems Tempe, AZ |
$5,000,000.00 | Reduced-Size, Crashworthy External Fuel System 125-Gallon Tanks for the Apache A 125 gallon Reduced Size Crashworthy External Fuel System (RCEFS) will provide an optimal external auxiliary fuel solution for the U.S. Army Apache. This system is already fielded to and in use by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Apaches. |
Lyndon State College 1001 College Road, P.O. Box 101 Lyndonville, VT 05851 |
$500,000.00 | Center for Business Education and Rural Entrepreneurship Lyndon State College will establish the Center for Business Education and Rural Entrepreneurship to facilitate economic development in the most rural and impoverished area in Vermont. The Center will bring together key regional leaders to foster a cohesive business development strategy around the types of industries and jobs to attract to the region. |
Microstrain, Inc Williston, VT |
$4,000,000.00 | Wireless Sensors for Navy Aircraft This funding will result in monitoring technology for Navy aircraft that is easy to deploy, fully automated, and affordable. It is a structural monitoring system that is small, light, easy to install and with a very low cost of operation, particularly with respect to manpower. Such a system will enable the Navy to safely extend the life of their presently unmonitored aircraft by at least a factor of two without any modifications to the aircraft. |
Mobile Medical International Corporation St. Johnsbury, VT |
$2,000,000.00 | Emergency Response Integrated Shelter Systems MMIC’s Mobile Single Pallet Unit (MSPU) provides a sufficient climate controlled space that meets the demands for a briefing center in a single compact rapidly deployable package. This one package is capable of operating independently, in a hazardous mission environment, as either a standalone media center or a smaller Command and Control center. The MSPU is also compliant with U.S. Healthcare Codes by providing high quality air exchanges; therefore, is suitable not only for Command and Control needs but emergency medical response requirements. |
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) 2000 M Street, NW Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036 |
$1,000,000.00 | National Center for Victims of Crime’s National Victim Hotline (INFOLINK) If secured, funds will be used to provide information for victims and referrals to local victim-serving agencies around the country |
National Crime Prevention Council 2345 Crystal Drive Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202 |
$1,000,000.00 | Building Research Capacity at the National Crime Prevention Council NCPC proposes to use enhanced resources to conduct and disseminate findings of a meta-analysis of research on crime prevention practice, survey the crime prevention field to develop recommendations for crime prevention research questions, publish materials for practitioners on evidence-based crime prevention practices and messages, design and implement new evaluations of crime prevention documents, programs, and training, determine trends in crime to predict where the agency and other organizations should focus its efforts and produce logic models for crime prevention. |
National Park Service Barnard and Bridgewater, VT |
$750,000.00 | Appalachian National Scenic Trail This property has been identified by the NPS as a top acquisition priority for the National Appalachian Scenic Trail and is a key conservation priority for a broader four-town collaborative – The Chateauguay – No Town Conservation Project. Acquisition of this 1,000-acre tract in the Towns of Barnard and Bridgewater will expand protection of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail; help advance a major multi-town initiative to consolidate and connect public and privately conserved lands; protect significant headwaters of the Connecticut River; conserve a significant wildlife travel corridor across the spine of the Green Mountains; and protect several important natural areas. |
National Rural Water Association Headquarters Duncan, OK |
$16,800,000.00 | National Rural Water Association The need for rural water on-site technical assistance continues to increase with the expansion of federal drinking water regulations (including arsenic, radon, operator certification requirements, disinfection byproducts, and the ground water treatment rule, in addition to the over 80 EPA rules that are currently on the books) and more stringent waste water permits. The National Rural Water Association helps to provide this technical assistance through its state associations. The National Rural Water Association is headquartered in Duncan, Oklahoma, but works with rural water associations across the country. |
Natural Resources Conservation Service 56 Mountain View Drive Colchester, VT 05446 |
$600,000.00 | Reduce Phosphorous Loading in Lake Champlain Funding will be used to continue to test several technologies, including one to use electronic impulses to treat manure before separation. Other projects include processes to reduce the phosphorus levels in feed, new designs for constructed wetlands and tracking high performing practices through the state’s Best Management Practices requirements. |
New England Research, Inc White River Junction, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Nuclear Test Seismic Research This project will help develop new technologies at the Air Force Research Lab at Hansom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, to allow the Air Force to detect very small nuclear tests in specific high interest regions. Seismic technology provides the first evidence of a nuclear test. |
Northeast Wood Products Collaborative Statewide Project, VT |
$500,000.00 | Northeast Wood Products Collaborative This is a partnership between wood product manufacturers and sawmills to develop a new products list that a variety of sawmills can produce in the state and take advantage of emerging lumber markets.Funding will help the state expand a small grants program to help small businesses adopt new milling, manufacturing or marketing techniques to take advantage of these emerging markets. |
Northeastern States Research Cooperative Statewide, VT |
$4,000,000.00 | Northeastern States Research Cooperative Authorized by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (P.L. 105-185) section 1642(d)(3) as amended in 2003, the Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) has successfully implemented a competitive, multi-state grant program. Funding will enable the NSRC to meet the full intentions of Congress for all research programs and expand it to have grant programs operated out of Maine and New York. Throughout the 26-million acre Northern Forest region, private landowners are under increasing economic pressure to unwillingly sell off parcels of contiguous forested property, losing both the future economic potential of their forested lands as well as the environmental benefits of well-managed forests such as clean air, clean water, healthy soils, and wildlife habitat. |
Northern Forest Canoe Trail PO Box 565 4403 Main St. 2nd Floor Waitsfield, VT 05673 |
$500,000.00 | Northern Forest Canoe Trail Explorers Project Funding would be used to expand the successful Northern Forest Explorers Outdoor Program to communities along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in Vermont. Last year a pilot program was run in Maine which enrolled underserved youth from communities around the trail in youth in a week-long outdoor experiences that support healthy choices, cultivate leadership and teamwork skills, and foster meaningful connections with the natural world. |
Norwich University 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663 |
$5,000,000.00 | National Center for Counterterrorism and Cybercrime This project will sustain the National Center for Counterterrorism and Cybercrime at Norwich University (NCatNU), which was established under Public Law 107-273, the reauthorization of the Department of Justice. FY11 funding will enable NCatNU to develop and implement the tools necessary to properly train the nation’s first responder network in how to prepare for, react to, and reduce the severity of a cyber attack. |
Norwich University 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663 |
$6,000,000.00 | Cyber Conflict Research Consortium’s Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-making Exercises (DECIDE) This project will permit the Cyber Conflict Research Consortium – Norwich University, Miami University of Ohio, Utah State University, University of Nevada at Reno, and Potomac Institute for Policy Studies – to finish development of the DECIDE technology and to develop a large-scale exercise as an initial test of the product on a large scale to its intended user community. The mission of the Consortium is to help prepare the nation for cyber conflict through coordinated research programs on low probability, high consequence attacks. S |
Omega Optical 21 Omega Drive Delta Campus Brattleboro, VT 05301 |
$1,500,000.00 | Solar Power Module Development This Phase III project will transition Omega’s solar power development effort from module level R&D to an optimized robust module with known reliability physics. The project will ultimately enable significant reductions in module cost and significant increases in module efficiency. |
Omni Measurement Systems, Inc Milton, VT |
$2,000,000.00 | NBC Version of Advanced Mission Extender Device Omni will use this funding to help the Navy fulfill its requirement to reach 20,000 units of the Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) version of the Advanced Mission Extender Device (AMXD-A). By combining this funding with the Air Force’s programmed funding for 2011, Omni will be able to offer significantly reduced volume pricing on the AMXD-A systems and therefore permit the Air Force to meet a mission critical requirement of 6,000 units by 2011. |
Omni Measurement Systems, Inc Milton, VT |
$4,000,000.00 | CBRNE Version of the Advanced Mission Extender Device In their continuing effort to deploy and upgrade the existing Civil Support Teams (CST), the National Guard Bureau has an urgent need to provide an Advanced Mission Extender Device (AXMD) for each member of their National Guard CST. The AXMD is a production-ready system, which provides bladder relief to CST service members within Category 5 Chemical Biological (CB) suits without needing to travel to a decontamination post. This system will keep CST members safe while enabling them to remain focused on completing the CST mission. |
Plasan North America Bennington, VT |
$2,000,000.00 | Flexible Body Armor This program will extend an already funded Plasan NA study into new ceramic personal armoring technologies to enhance ballistic protection and lessen the combat load for the soldier. The current study has established Plasan NA as an authority in developing solutions for our warfighters. Lessening the combat load of the soldier by using extensive ergonomic study will allow for a total integration of man and equipment and will enhance the mobility and survivability of our soldiers under combat conditions. |
Pragmatic Technologies Burlington, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Joint Vehicle Lifecycle Management Currently, the Armed Services that use Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles do not have access to the infrastructure or the technical weapon systems data contained in the Army’s product lifestyle management system. This funding will help the Armed Services that operate MRAPs to support a joint MRAP program that will leverage technical data on the five variations of the MRAP in order to provide the best information and data on modifications, future upgrades, and procurement of parts for the MRAP. |
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) 2000 L Street NW Suite 406 Washington, DC 20036 |
$3,000,000.00 | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Rape is the second-most violent crime, trailing only murder, according to the FBI; its victims carry the scars of the crime for a lifetime, and too often rapists go unpunished. Research shows that rape victims who receive counseling are much more likely to report the crime to police. This makes it less likely that perpetrators will remain on the streets, free to target other victims. With these funds RAINN will: Operate the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline; Operate the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline; Conduct; Nationwide Rape Education and Outreach Programs. |
Revision Eyewear Ltd. Essex Junction, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Fully-Integrated Head Protection System Revision will use this funding to address non ballistic impact protection in military helmets. This new technology will improve all blunt force impact performance characteristics of the Army's helmet as a safety measure against traumatic brain injuries. Current helmets have no protection against these impacts. |
Revision Eyewear Ltd. Essex Junction, VT |
$5,000,000.00 | Military Enhanced Ballistic Eyewear Kits, Spectacles, and Goggles The Army has formulated a requirement for ballistic eyewear protection, but to date procurement of such equipment has been accomplished through supplemental funding. This project will provide multiple piece ballistic eyewear kits to the U.S. Army that will exceed all current requirements for higher levels of ballistic protection. The kits are a modular eyewear system that has been created to accommodate a prescription insert, is dual sized so that it fits all head sizes and shapes, works with all existing equipment, and has extremely high acceptance because of its proven technical superiority, comfort, durability. |
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Headquarters 1522 K St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 |
$4,000,000.00 | Rural Community Assistance Partnership Smaller community water systems are far more likely than large systems to report major drinking water violations and the financial burden of maintaining safe water systems remains quite high for small communities. Access to safe and clean water is a right that should be afforded to everyone no matter where they live and this funding will help offer the much needed technical support needed to address water and waste water treatment needs. The Rural Community Assistance Partnership is a national service-delivery network headquartered in Washington, DC, but works with rural water associations across the country. |
Saint Michael’s College One Winooski Park Box 1 Colchester, VT 05439 |
$250,000.00 | Center for Intercultural and Global Learning Funds will be used to establish the Center for Intercultural and Global Learning. The Center will serve as an academic and community-based resource to foster diversity, provide opportunities to engage and educate the campus and wider community on issues of cultural and global diversity. The Center will provide leadership and support across campus through programming on issues related to intercultural and global understanding. |
Seldon Technologies, Inc Windsor, VT |
$5,000,000.00 | Nanomaterial Waste and Process Water Decontamination Systems The military has an urgent need to prevent ocean and ground water contamination via waste and process water treatment and requires new technology to clean waste streams. This project will assess the current capability of the Seldon nanomaterials against specific contaminates and then develop improved materials with specific contaminate removal capability. The effort will also develop the technology to provide higher capacity and improved cost effectiveness. |
Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road Shleburne, VT 05482 |
$250,000.00 | Connecting Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Communities Funds will be used to expand existing efforts to strengthen statewide Farm to School activities that connect classrooms, cafeterias and communities. This project will support students in making healthy food choices by 1) increasing outreach, technical assistance and training to regional partners and communities statewide; 2) building capacity of the Vermont Farm to School Network to provide sustaining leadership to the statewide movement 3) linking Vermont practices and policies to the National Farm to School Network; 4) ongoing evaluation to increase program practices and effectiveness; 5) the development of web based and printed materials for dissemination. |
Sound Innovations White River Junction, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Active Noise Reduction Communication Ear Plug for Military Aircrew The purpose of this project is to test and evaluate a hybrid Feedforward Feedback Active Noise Reduction communication ear plug system for use with the current helmet systems, which do not have a noise reduction system. Active Noise Reduction will decrease the number for future hearing loss claims. This new noise reduction system will also reduce fatigue factors, increase mission endurance, expand the operational environment, enhance safety, accommodate more aircrew physiology, and give the military services joint commonality across aircraft platforms. |
Springfield Area Parent Child Center 2 Main Street North Springfield, VT 05150 |
$500,000.00 | Child Health Services Expansion Funds will be used to expand capacity for existing programs, such as Learning Together, which helps teenage mothers and expectant mothers towards finishing a high school diploma or GED, includes parenting skills, and job training. Additionally funds will be used to establish new programming around health and wellness services, services for victims of child abuse and mental health services |
The DREAM Program, Inc. PO Box 361 Winooski, VT 05404 |
$250,000.00 | Village Mentoring Model Funds would be used to implement the successful and sustainable expansion of the innovative “Village Mentoring” model to additional colleges and communities in Vermont. Village Mentoring targets a very specific population of at-risk youth living in poverty and combines the preventative aspects of mentoring with the supportive aspects of community development and adventure programming. |
The National Association of Police Athletics/Activities Leagues (National PAL) 658 West Indiantown Road Suite #201 Jupiter, FL 33458 |
$16,000,000.00 | The National Association of Police Athletics/Activities Leagues (National PAL) PAL is a youth crime prevention organization which encourages a positive relationship between youth and law enforcement officers through educational, athletic and recreational activities. With these funds, National PAL will provide individual chapters with resources and opportunities to grow their own programs and enhance the quality of individual programming. |
The Permanent Fund PO Box 216 Montpelier , VT 05601 |
$500,000.00 | The Mentoring Collaborative The Vermont Mentoring Collaborative will use these funds to support new and existing mentoring programs housed in schools and non-profits to grow the quality and quantity of mentoring matches in Vermont. The end goal of the project is to sustainably grow the quality and quantity of mentoring matches in Vermont. |
Town of Colchester P.O. Box 55 Colchester, VT 05446 |
$2,200,000.00 | Colchester Transportation Improvements Funds would be used for roadway and pedestrian safety improvements in the U.S. Routes 2/7 corridor near Exit 16 of I-89 in Colchester, Vermont |
Town of Proctor Proctor, VT 05765 |
$1,000,000.00 | Proctor Drinking Supply Upgrade This project is to replace an existing drinking water supply. The current supply is shallow wells at a remote location with significant concerns related to pathogens, disinfection byproducts, lead, and copper. The new system will be deep wells, centrally located. |
United States Geological Survey Lake Champlain Basin, VT |
$500,000.00 | Streamflow Gaging and Toxic Studies in the Lake Champlain Basin The USGS Vermont office funding allocation has limited USGS to only work on monitoring the Lake Champlain gauging network and use it for flood prediction and warnings. However, through the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the USGS has been identified as one of the federal agencies to assist in monitoring and analysis of non-point source pollution and toxic substances in Lake Champlain. Several areas in the Lake have already been found to exceed NOAA guidelines for trace metals and organics. Funds will be used to help federal and state agencies identify the sources of toxic pollutants, transport routes and delivery of toxics within the basin. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$300,000.00 | Pear Thrips The University of Vermont continues to lead research into minimizing the use of chemical pesticides for agricultural thrips and other pests impacting forests, orchards and horticultural operations, while maintaining high economic yields of agricultural products and promoting strong Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies. Funding will be used to continue this research. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$400,000.00 | Environmentally Safe Products This program continues proven success at the University of Vermont by making investments in economically-viable and environmentally-progressive projects advancing the diversity and success of Vermont agriculture. Project support ranges from whey-based wood finish research to sugar maple studies. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences takes a lead role in prioritizing initiatives for the projects that most effectively align University research strengths, environmental awareness, and economic growth for the agricultural sector of Vermont. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$400,000.00 | Farm to School-Childhood Obesity Study The University of Vermont has established a signature, model program to study and invest in the successful reduction of childhood obesity through closely linked programs of basic research, health care, public health, and educational initiatives focused on children, families, and communities. Federal funding will be used to assess the precise benefits of improving nutrition and health of children by providing better access to locally grown, nutritious foods through Farm to School programs. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$475,000.00 | Nursing Curriculum Development The University houses high tech medical simulators that are shared jointly by the University’s College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Center and the Vermont Army National Guard. Funds will be used to modernize the University’s College of Nursing curriculum so that nursing students can utilize this cutting edge equipment as well. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$500,000.00 | Center for Rural Studies The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) at the University of Vermont provides data and research on economic and demographic changes in Vermont’s rural areas. It is a long-standing, successful and national model for community development and engagement that works make census, federal and state data available and helpful to key groups throughout the state, from state policy-makers and local governments to students and general citizens. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$500,000.00 | Maple Research Center Funding will continue research on maple production related to (1) food safety, (2) maple syrup quality, (3) syrup adulteration and (4) the impact of modern maple production methods on tree and forest health. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$600,000.00 | Vermont Institute of Artisanal Cheese In coordination and support of public and private interest and with the growing expertise and outreach of the Vermont Institute for Artisanal Cheese at the University of Vermont, this project addresses bio-safety issues relating to antibiotic resistant strains of bacterial pathogens with research informing national policies regarding food security and safe distribution of high-quality food products. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$700,000.00 | Lake Champlain Emerging Threats Initiative This initiative will dedicate funding for research and public education on these emerging threats to help prevent lake-wide problems. The University of Vermont has multiple experts in all fields of ecosystem, plant, aquatic chemistry and lake studies working in partnership with public science education programs. Funding will also support the Lake Champlain Research Consortium coordinates which facilitates research and scholarship of the Lake Champlain ecosystem and related issues. |
University of Vermont Given Building 89 Beaumont Avenue Burlington, VT 05405 |
$750,000.00 | Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technology Funds will be used to purchase next generation DNA sequencing instruments and provide training and support for technical staff to utilize the equipment. This new technology will allow for detailed examination of genetic changes in tissues and cells, which will be instrumental for new groundbreaking research on cancer, genetics, and bioinformatics. Through the use of this equipment to study DNA and genetics a more complete understanding of the mechanisms by which environmental agents influence human health. |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 |
$1,500,000.00 | Complex Systems Center The University of Vermont’s Center for Complex Systems brings together researchers from across the University to study some of the world's most pressing problems, such as remediating major environmental concerns, creating sustainable transportation systems, engineering adaptive distributed systems, maintaining species diversity, and unraveling the mysteries of the genetic code. Funds will be used to expand the core work of the Center to develop a number of new programs that will conduct research on areas such as Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid, Electronic Health and Bioinformatics, Weather and Climate Change, and Lake Champlain. |
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture 106 Highpoint Center Suite 300 Colchester, VT 05446 |
$200,000.00 | Grass Farming for Sustainable Agriculture Funds will be used for technical assistance to help farmers recognize and adopt significant changes to farm management. Farmers who have personalized consulting and training in the practices and management of grass-farming are likely to recognize the advantages and opportunities of this model, to adopt their own version of the model, and to be successful with it for generations to come |
US Army Corps of Engineers , VT |
$500,000.00 | Aquatic Plant Control Research Program The Corps funding is used to help the State of Vermont control water chestnut, Eurasian water milfoil and other invasive plants in Lake Champlain and several inland lakes in the basin. |
US Army Corps of Engineers , VT |
$500,000.00 | Champlain Canal Aquatic Invasive Species Barrier The Champlain Canal barrier feasibility and design study will provide options to reduce the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species to the Lake Champlain Basin. Aquatic invasive species can cause negative economic, ecological, and human health impacts to the Lake Champlain Basin. |
US Army Corps of Engineers , VT |
$500,000.00 | Lake Champlain Lamprey Barriers Sea lampreys are one of the biggest threats to the fishing industry in Lake Champlain, which generates more than $200 million annually for the local economy. The Corps has studied the use of barriers for Lake Champlain and found it to be a viable tool. The FY 2011 funds will allow the Corps to continue the study work and identify barrier sites for construction and implement barriers. |
US Army Corps of Engineers Connecticut River Watershed, VT |
$750,000.00 | Connecticut River Watershed Study This study will create a basin-wide hydrologic model, critical to determine how to protect and restore the River. A greater understanding of the hydrology of the River will enhance the Corps ability to manage dams for environmental and other benefits. |
US Army Corps of Engineers , VT |
$2,000,000.00 | Lake Champlain Water Initiative Working with the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Corps has developed a General Management Plan and will use this funding to undertake several pollution prevention and control projects as well as restoration projects in the basin. The projects are originated by local partners including state and local governments and non-governmental organizations. Fourteen projects have been evaluated and chosen for implementation by the USACOE and are at various stages of implementation. |
US District Court, District of Vermont P.O. Box 928 Burlington, VT 05402 |
$15,000,000.00 | Burlington Federal Courthouse The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) and the General Services Administration (GSA) currently are investigating the feasibility and need to construct or acquire a new facility to house the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont. The AO has recognized the significant safety and security concerns of the current facility due to (1) hallways and elevators used jointly by judges, staff, defendants, victims, and informants; (2) lack of physical security features outside the building; (3) no setback from street, and (4) antiquated entry and exit facilities to the building for judges and defendants. The funding would be used for design and engineering of a new courthouse building in Burlington. |
US Fish and Wildlife Service White River Junction, VT |
$1,000,000.00 | White River National Fish Hatchery Visitor Center Construction of a new visitor center will help to promote understanding of and garner long-term support for the Service, its mission and conservation goals in the Connecticut River watershed. FY11 funds will cover planning, design, and engineering costs for the White River Hatchery visitor center. |
US Fish and Wildlife Service Connecticut River Watershed, VT |
$6,000,000.00 | Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge Authorized under the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act the Refuge is a unique and valuable refuge established throughout the 7.4 million acre watershed for the Connecticut River. Funds will help FWS acquire 2,226 acres of conservation lands in four states for the Refuge, including a 605 parcel in the Nulhegan Division in Vermont. |
US Forest Service Sherburne, VT 05751 |
$1,000,000.00 | Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests Supervisor’s Office Funds will be used to plan and design Green Mountain National Forest Supervisors Office in Sherburne, Vermont. Current Supervisor’s Office (SO) is located in an expensive leased space in the city of Rutland, Vermont not on Forest Service (FS) land and several miles from GMNF land. The leased SO is the only remaining GMNF facility not owned by the FS and its costs represent a significant drain on the operating budget of the Forest. |
US Forest Service Statewide, VT |
$5,875,000.00 | Northern Green Mountains Linkage Forest Legacy Project Funds will be used by the US Forest Service to protect 6,516 acres of managed and productive timberland while protecting 25 undeveloped ponds, 25 miles of streams, several rare species and natural resource communities and high quality habitat. Using fee and easement acquisitions, the project will link 62,200 acres of conserved lands, providing connectivity from the Champlain Valley to the Green Mountains and north to Quebec and east to the Worcester Range. This project will address the problem of forest fragmentation and associated impacts on the timber economy, public access to recreation and wildlife habitat connectivity in Vermont’s northern region by permanently protecting critically located linkage properties. The Federal funds will be matched with $1.98 million of non-federal funds and the project has over two dozen local partners. |
USDA New Hampshire/VT Wildlife Services 59 Chenell Drive, Suite 7 Concord, VT 03301 |
$400,000.00 | Cormorant Management Cormorants are a serious management issue for the state of Vermont. There is a strong, cooperative working relationship with the VT office of USDA, Wildlife Services (extending back to 1993) to address both management and research interests. The partnership is working collaboratively to accomplish the following: Restore the biological integrity of islands by reducing the numbers of nesting cormorants as well as nesting success; discouraging the establishment of new cormorant nesting colonies on other islands; and, providing technical assistance to private landowners experiencing problems with cormorants. |
Vermont Agency of Agriculture 116 State Street Montpelier , VT 05601 |
$1,000,000.00 | Vermont Specialty Markets These federal funds will jumpstart this joint state-federal project which aims to retain and grow farm businesses, dairy plants and create good jobs for rural areas. In addition the funds will stimulate Vermont's farm economy with new production or marketing techniques, alternative crops or enterprises, new value-added products, or new market research. |
Vermont Agency of Transportation One National Life Drive Montpelier, VT 05633 |
$2,000,000.00 | ConnectVermont Funds are for continued development of a comprehensive rural traveler information system for Vermont |
Vermont Agency of Transportation One National Life Drive Montpelier, VT 05633 |
$3,300,000.00 | Vermont Downtown Streetscape and Sidewalk Improvements in Johnson, Ludlow, Northfield, Springfield, and Townshend Funds would be used for downtown streetscape, sidewalk, and transportation improvements in Johnson, Ludlow, Northfield, Springfield and Townshend, Vermont |
Vermont Agency of Transportation One National Life Drive Montpelier , VT 05633 |
$30,000,000.00 | Vermont Agency of Transportation Funds would be used for construction of a new bridge across Lake Champlain between Crown Point, New York, and West Addison, Vermont |
Vermont Air National Guard Burlington International Airport Burlington, VT 05403 |
$16,500,000.00 | Upgrade Taxiways and Replace Arm/Disarm Pads The base requires a properly sized and structurally sound taxiway system to allow the safe movement of the F-16 aircraft from the ramp to the runways. The base also needs adequately sized arm/disarm pads to allow the aicraft munitions to be made safe for operations before takeoffs and after landings. The “Delta” and “Foxtrot” taxiways are currently not in compliance with the requirements for a Class B airfield. The arm/disarm pads are undersized and do not meet wingtip clearance requirements for parked and taxiing aircraft. These non-compliances have necessitated six waivers for the airfield. Air Force policy stipulates that all installations should be made waiver-free if possible. Moreover, taxiway surfaces have deteriorated and require an upgrade. This project will replace the current asphalt taxiway surfaces with concrete. All changes will bring the taxiways and arm/disarm pads into compliance with UFC 3-260-1 and AFI 11-218. No construction has yet commenced. This military construction project is the top priority of the installation commander because of its mission-critical reduction of the risk of foreign object damage. The project serves the interests of taxpayers because reducing foreign object damage to aircraft which will save maintenance dollars and could even save pilots’ lives. |
Vermont Army National Guard Morrisville, VT 05661 |
$828,000.00 | Readiness Center These funds will allow the Vermont Army National Guard to design a new Readiness Center to be completed in FY2016 that will support the Vermont Army National Guard soldier’s quality of life, readiness, and any increases in end strength. The facility is required to house a Forward Support Company of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. No other adequate facilities are available to support this unit. The Readiness Center will provide the necessary administrative, training, and storage areas required to achieve proficiency in required training tasks. Vermont is currently C-4 (lowest possible rating) on available space with a shortage of nearly 450,000 square feet. This project is mission-critical and in the best interests of the taxpayer because without funding the design of the Readiness Center, the Vermont Army National Guard will have no solution for its low readiness rating. This is the top military construction priority of the installation commander. |
Vermont Army National Guard Jericho, VT 05465 |
$1,123,000.00 | AMWS Applied Instruction Facility Addition This project will add a 7,321 square foot second-story to the existing instruction facility at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. Construction will provide the Army Mountain Warfare School (AMWS) with an all-weather capability to train for vertical mobility and casualty evacuation. Training outdoors is subject to inclement weather and limits the total number of available training days. The facility will also provide an all-weather capability for the Regional Training Institute’s “11 series” Military Occupational Skill requirements and Non-Commissioned Officer education requirements. Last, the facility will provide a training location for state and local search and rescue teams. This project is mission-critical and in the interests of the taxpayer because it will add to the total number of available annual training days for greater throughput at AMWS. |
Vermont Army National Guard Jericho, VT 05465 |
$1,998,000.00 | Soldier Support Center The Ethan Allen Training Center has billeting capacity for 600 soldiers but presently has no physical fitness facility, inadequate laundry facilities, and inadequate spaces for soldiers’ rest and recreational activities. Given the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review’s renewed focus on military personnel quality of life, a new Soldier Support Center will help the Department achieve its goals in relieving some of the stress of increased operations tempo on personnel. The preponderance of funds will go toward constructing the facility, with the minority of funds going toward equipment and furnishings. This construction is mission-critical because without it, personnel will need to make their own arrangements for required physical conditioning and will be forced to go off-installation for recreation, putting them at increased risk of adverse or unhealthy behaviors. Given the costs of training a single soldier for duty, it is in the taxpayer’s interest to protect that investment in personnel by providing soldiers with resources on the installation to stay effective, fit, and available for duty. |
Vermont Army National Guard Jericho, VT 05465 |
$1,999,000.00 | Live Fire Shoot House The Live Fire Shoot House (LFSH) provides a facility to train and evaluate live fire exercises. Units use the LFSH to move tactically (enter and clear a room, enter and clear a building), engage targets, conduct breaches, and practice target discrimination—all critical skills for soldiers involved in counterinsurgency operations. The LFSH is mission-critical based on requirements established by FM 3-06.11, “Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain,” ARTEP 7-8-DRILL, “Battle Drills for the Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad,” and TC 90-1, “Training for Urban Operations.” If the LFSH is not funded and built, units will remain in non-compliance with STP 7-11Bl-SM-TG, STP 7-11B24-SM-TG, STP 7-11C14-SM-TG, STP 7-11H14-SM-TG, STP 21-1-SMCT, and STP 21-24-SMCT. Alternative methods of meeting these requirements have been explored during the project development process; however, this solution is the only feasible option. Taxpayers have funded hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the expectation that soldiers will be properly trained in the urban tactics necessary to accomplish the mission. Without the training enabled by the LFSH, the taxpayer’s investment in those missions may be endangered; therefore, constructing the LFSH is in the taxpayer’s best interest. |
Vermont Biomass Energy Resource Center P.O Box 1611 Montpelier, VT 05601 |
$2,500,000.00 | Biomass Energy Resource Center Federal funding will support efforts to install new small scale biomass technology in rural communities, universities, hospitals, industrial sites and schools. In particular, BERC will work to advance community-scaled district energy systems. Funds will also be used to develop new approaches to ensuring a sustainable supply of biomass feedstocks for thermal power and CHP applications. |
Vermont Composites, Inc Bennington, VT |
$4,000,000.00 | Joint Modular Intermodal Container This project will fund the production, testing, tracking, improvement and cost reduction necessary to demonstrate the advantages of the Joint Modular Intermodal Container UltraLight (JMIC-Ultralight). The JMIC-Ultralight makes several improvements to the already successful JMIC, which is used widely across the Armed Services. The Ultralight is substantially lighter than the original, allowing for increased payloads and lower fuel costs. Additional benefits of the JMIC Ultralight include: increased aircraft range; up to 25% more war fighter materiel per shipment; greater durability and longer useful product life; more functional, lighter weight and more damage-tolerant products; and easier RFID tagging than metal containers (which interfere with RFID signals). |
Vermont Department of Public Safety 103 South Main St. Waterbury, VT 05671 |
$600,000.00 | Mobile Data Project Funds will be used to add functionality to the state’s existing mobile data project through the purchase of software to automate the entry of data into the system. The existing mobile data units that are used by the majority of the law enforcement agencies within Vermont are only as good as the data that is imported into them. By automating the field reporting of data, this information will be available in real time. This automation will reduce officer time spent doing data entry and ensure that the data is more accurate. |
Vermont Department of Public Safety 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT 05671 |
$1,000,000.00 | Vermont Drug Task Force The Vermont Drug Task Force (VTDTF) is the sole multi-agency drug unit whose primary focus is narcotics investigations. Established in 1987, over the years the VTDTF has become the primary tool for combating narcotics throughout Vermont and along its state and international borders. State Police Troop Commanders, County Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police alike routinely call upon it to assist them in investigations and prosecutions of drug-related crimes in their respective communities. Funding is vital to disrupting and dismantling organizations and arrest individuals who traffic illegal drugs into and throughout Vermont |
Vermont Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs 5 Lemnah Drive St. Albans, VT 05478 |
$850,000.00 | Model Special Investigation Unit The Vermont Legislature passed legislation to increase the number of special investigative units (SIUs) around the state so that all Vermonters would have access to their services. These units are made of multidisciplinary teams of police officers who have received specialized training, victim advocates and a dedicated prosecutor. This pilot project would expand upon the current unit in Lamoille County that investigates those crimes to also address domestic violence, abuse of seniors and the physically and mentally disabled. |
Vermont HITEC 51 Seth Circle P.O. Box 1548 Williston, VT 05495 |
$500,000.00 | Vermont HITEC Training Initiative Vermont HITEC will work with Vermont employers whose workforces require additional training to be more efficient and competitive in manufacturing. Specifically training will be done to move employees to self-managed teams, which makes them more efficient in the workplace. |
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board 58 East State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 |
$4,000,000.00 | Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Funds will used to create jobs, affordable housing, preserve historic structures and revitalize communities. |
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board 58 East State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 |
$500,000.00 | Farm Viability Program The Farm Viability Program allows USDA to make grants, through eligible States or private land trusts, to producers to help them assess the long-term viability of their farming operation. Using these funds, producers hire experts to help them develop and implement a plan to improve their long-term business prospects. |
Vermont Law School 164 Chelsea Street South Royalton, VT 05068 |
$500,000.00 | a Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Law Center Funds will be used to establish a Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Law Center at the Vermont Law School. While sustainable agriculture is a growing movement among farmers and consumers throughout Vermont and the country, there are no academically based programs to educate future policy makers, scholars and lawyers about the legal complexities that are associated with this movement. Funds will be used to develop curriculum to train students in the areas of sustainable agricultural and forestry production, processing, marketing, and distribution; the regulation of food; antitrust and other issues related to the structure of the agricultural sector; and agricultural subsidies; energy independence for agriculture and rural communities; and rural community infrastructure including wastewater treatment, energy supply and telecommunications, and other issues key to retaining a successful working landscape for rural communities. |
Vermont National Guard Ethan Allen Firing Range 113 Ethan Allen Road Jericho, VT |
$328,700.00 | Hydraulic Excavators for the 131st Engineers This funding will help relieve shortages in mission essential equipment for the 131st Engineers. The Hydraulic Excavators (HYEX) are new pieces of construction equipment. The lack of the proper equipment has had and will continue to have a significant impact on the Vermont Guard’s ability to provide support to the citizens of Vermont in times of domestic crisis and to assist with community projects. |
Vermont National Guard Burlington, VT |
$500,000.00 | Communications Upgrade This project will upgrade the communications radio interface for the 158th Fire Department, Command Post, and Security Forces. Funding will purchase modern commercial radio systems. The vendor/manufacturer of the current radio console system, ORBACOM, will no longer provide replacement parts for the current system as of 2011. If the ORBACOM system is not replaced, parts and accessories will be extremely hard to find until all supplies are exhausted. Failing to replace the system will have a severe impact to the completion of the overall mission for the 158th Fighter Wing. |
Vermont National Guard Burlington, VT |
$600,000.00 | Security Alarm/Camera System This project will upgrade the security alarm system and replace the camera system for the 158th Guard Fighter Wing. The existing system was installed in 1993 and has passed the initial life cycle of ten years. An updated security system would fuse existing base alarm systems into one consolidated network. |
Vermont National Guard Camp Johnson Colchester, VT |
$632,000.00 | Information Technology Continuity of Operations Site This project will support the continuity of operations plan by creating primary and alternate processing centers. These centers will include consolidated server platforms, redundant voicemail, mirroring software, fiber optic cables, and information technology security improvements. |
Vermont National Guard Camp Johnson Colchester, VT |
$750,000.00 | Counter Drug Operational Increases This will provide additional funding for the Vermont National Guard's counterdrug program, which receives only flat line budgeting. This additional funding will go towards fact of life increases such as longevity pay, promotions, life changes, or employer contributions to retirement pay accounts. The Counterdrug program reduces interdiction and demand reduction activities provided in support of local, state, and federal agencies. |
Vermont National Guard Camp Johnson and Ethan Allen Firing Range , VT |
$1,500,000.00 | Vermont National Guard Remote Access Gate This project will fund a guard house at the back gate of Camp Johnson and Ethan Allen Firing Range (EAFR). The guard house will include crash-proof drop and sliding gates; the extension of power, water, and sewer to service the guard houses; associated paving, including a loop refusal lane at each location; video monitoring; and secure communications between the guard houses, the Joint Operations Center, the front gate guard house at Camp Johnson and the front gate guard house at the Army Aviation Support Facility. |
Vermont National Guard Ethan Allen Firing Range 113 Ethan Allen Road Jericho, VT |
$1,629,353.00 | Ethan Allen Firing Range Upgrades This request will improve the training facilities at the Ethan Allen Firing Range (EAFR) by replacing the target system at the Known Distance range. Additionally, the request will upgrade the impacted area by performing an unexploded ordinance sweep, restoring the road network for target access (also serves as fire breaks), replacing current targets with “green targets,” and erecting a fence around the range to prevent unauthorized access. Last, the upgrade will improve the EAFR biathlon facility by repaving the ski loop trail, adding snow making capabilities, and installing International Biathlon Union (IBU) - approved targets and bullet traps to prevent ricochets. |
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund 3 Pitkin Court Suite 301E Montpelier, VT 05602 |
$500,000.00 | Sustainable Jobs Revolving Loan Fund Funds will be used to create green jobs in fields that utilize sustainable resources. |
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund 3 Pitkin Court, Suite 301E Montpelier , VT 05602 |
$2,000,000.00 | Vermont Biofuels and Carbon Harvest Initiative Funding will be used for the Vermont Biofuels and Carbon Harvest Initiative will be used to conduct the fourth year commercial scale project involving several Vermont institutions to test the feasibility of using biodiesel for heating, fleet transportation and production agriculture in the region. |
Vermont Technical College PO Box 500 Randolph Center, VT 05061 |
$300,000.00 | Paramedicine Program Development More than thirty-five percent of Vermont residents are not served by ambulance services staffed by paramedics. This is partially due to the fact that there are no paramedic training programs in Vermont. Funds would be used for curriculum development, professional needs surveys, and instructor salary to stand up a paramedicine program. |
Vermont Technical College Vermont Technical College PO Box 500 Randolph Center, VT 05061 |
$500,000.00 | Green Jobs Workforce Development Vermont Technical College’s Technology Extension Division has the expertise to provide both content and delivery to upgrade the skills of Vermonters for specific sectors in the new green economy. These programs will be targeted to develop the skills necessary to install and maintain the power, heat, and vehicles technology that will drive America’s energy efficiency and renewable energy revolution. However, without an appropriately trained workforce, these opportunities will not be realized to the greatest extent possible. |
Village of Swanton Village of Swanton, VT 05488 |
$2,500,000.00 | Swanton Drinking Water System Upgrade This project will refurbish a failing water treatment plant that does not currently provide reliable water to the existing residents and businesses in the Village. Implementing this project will allow the Village to retain existing businesses and continue to be a favorable location for new commercial and industrial development which will promote job growth. |
Village of Waterbury Waterbury, VT |
$3,000,000.00 | Wastewater Treatment Project Funds would be used for phosphorus removal component of overall upgrade of wastewater treatment plant. |
VT Employee Ownership Center PO Box 546 Burlington, VT 05402 |
$300,000.00 | Employee Ownership Program The VEOC would utilize funds to conduct outreach, education, and technical assistance to Vermont businesses interested in becoming employee-owned, to entrepreneurs interested in starting a business with broadly shared ownership, and to existing employee-owned businesses. |
Young Writers Project, Inc. 20 Winooski Falls Way Suite #4 Winooski, VT 05404 |
$250,000.00 | Young Writers Project Digital Classrooms The mission of the Young Writers Project is to build a generation of better writers. Largely using online spaces, workshops and mentoring, YWP has engaged thousands of Vermont students to write, helped them improve their writing skills and found them audience for their work. These funds will leverage $2 million in private funds and will lead to the hiring of 12 full- and part-time people. Through expanded programming, these funds will allow YWP to serve thousands of students; they will reach hundreds of at-risk youths and provide them authentic opportunities to connect with their communities and raise their self-esteem; and will result in the training of nearly 1,000 teachers to effectively use digital technology. |