Business View City & Municipal | August 2022

112 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 L ocated in the heart of Vermont, the City of Rutland is working hard to give current and future residents the most up-to-date amenities to go hand-in-hand with its unparalleled natural beauty, outdoor recreation, and historical curb appeal. The community is also working to attract entrepreneurs by offering services to help incubate and launch new businesses to enhance Rutland’s thriving retail and restaurant sector and beef up its industry and innovation sectors. In addition, the city is taking the initiative and coming up with creative solutions to population and affordable housing stock shortages that plague most of the state and country, which Mayor David Allaire is sure will help the city come out on top. He reports, “We have several initiatives and projects that were in the development stages that we are looking at now to address our housing needs locally – both market-rate housing and affordable housing. We really think that’s going to give us a leg up for all the other issues that we have in the city. So, we’re very excited about that and working really hard with the redevelopment authority. They are playing a major role in promoting these types of housing initiatives, along with the support of my administration – that’s something we’re going to concentrate on in the next couple years.” AT A GLANCE RUTLAND, VERMONT WHAT: A scenic small city; population just under 16,000 WHERE: Central Vermont WEBSITE: www.rutlandcity.org Riding the rails of prosperity mont