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Jeffersonville Receives Grant To Buy Land In Floodplain

By Kirk Carapezza | September 25, 2012

The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board agreed to give village trustees $125,000 toward buying land in the floodplain, which then would be put off limits to development.

Jeffersonville Citizens Organize Opposition To Floodplain Development

By Jane Lindholm, Samantha Fields | June 13, 2012

Jean Jenkauskas talks with Vermont Edition about coordinating a group of residents to oppose development of land in the floodplain along Route 15.

Jeffersonville Voters Approve Plan To Buy Land In Floodplain

By Kirk Carapezza | June 6, 2012

Flood-weary voters in a small Lamoille County community have given their village leaders permission to continue pursuing a land deal that supporters say would both preserve a floodplain and prevent future development there.

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Jeffersonville Discusses Buyout Of Land In Floodplain

By Kirk Carapezza | February 21, 2012

In Cambridge Tuesday night, residents will discuss Jeffersonville’s proposed purchase of land in its floodplain, where Jolley’s Associates once planned a major commercial development.

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Jeffersonville, Weary Of Floods, Pledges To Block Development

By Kirk Carapezza | February 6, 2012

The Village of Jeffersonville has been hit hard by flooding – four times in less than 11 months. Now village leaders say they’re willing to reduce future flood damage by closing some of the floodplain to development.