In early June 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2020-39 (the “Notice”) in response to COVID-19, providing welcome relief on looming deadlines for qualified opportunity funds Read more »
Land Use
The 2020 Reboot of Act 250: Part 3 A Stripped Down Version of the Bill Moves to the Senate
A Stripped Down Version of the Bill Moves to the Senate; Enhanced Environmental and Climate Change Provisions Remain On Friday, February 28th, the House passed H.926 with a vote of 88 – 52 (8 Read more »
The 2020 Reboot of Act 250: Part 2 Changes to the Natural Resources Board
As discussed in our previous post, we are tracking the Vermont Legislature’s overhaul of Act 250 (10 V.S.A. Chapter 151), Vermont’s five decades-old land use law. Last Friday, the House Read more »
The 2020 Reboot of Act 250: Climate Change, Downtowns, and Revisions to the Process
The Vermont Legislature is once again taking up a major overhaul of Act 250 (10 V.S.A. Chapter 151), Vermont’s five decades-old land use law, in an effort to modernize the law and bring it up Read more »
State Issues Draft Stormwater General Permit for Public Notice and Comment
The Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) issued a draft of General Permit 3-9050 last month for public notice and comment. General Permit 3-9050 will cover “operational” stormwater runoff, Read more »
Partner Drew Kervick presents to Municipal and Community Leaders about Opportunity Zones
Partner Drew Kervick, along with other experts on the subject, presented to municipal and community representatives from Opportunity Zones around Vermont on June 27th in Barre in a seminar designed Read more »
Project Development in Vermont: Putting Together the Permitting Puzzle
Geoff Hand, together with a panel of state experts, presented a CLE at the Vermont Attorney General’s office this week on Act 250, Vermont’s land use and development law. Read more »
Vermont Supreme Court Rejects Argument for Visual Nuisance of Solar Project
Last Friday, the Vermont Supreme Court issued a decision in Myrick v. Peck Elec. Co. et al., 2017 VT 4, affirming the longstanding rule in Vermont, which dates back to a case in 1896, that aesthetic Read more »
Geoff Hand & Brian Dunkiel to present at White + Burke’s 2nd annual Vermont Development Conference
SRH Law’s Geoff Hand and Brian Dunkiel will be speaking at the second annual Vermont Development Conference, presented by White + Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, on Wednesday, November Read more »
Vermont Supreme Court upholds Act 250 Permit approval for Burlington’s Champlain Parkway Project
The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed the Environmental Division’s decision last week, after a year-long appeal process challenging the Act 250 permit issued to the City of Burlington for the Champlain Read more »