I thought you meant investment firms

It gets rusty.... If not taken care of. What's your point?

Just let the developers build. That's it, they'll fill the market need if government gets out of the way

At least suspend Act 250 for a bit to help move development forward. Material and labor costs have really gone up. Planned Unit developments should be encouraged to offer lower cost home ownership. I think there's existing state funding for ADUs but again, material and labor costs are high.

> Middlebury and drive from Barre

Do yourself a favor and do not listen to your GPS when it tells you to go through Waitsfield and Bristol. Even on "good" days it's not the nicest of trips in the winter. Depending on your GPS it might also suggest Hinesburg &/or Huntington which are both better but if you've never been on snow before and there's even a chance of it on the day you go; you should absolutely take the extra time and just take 89 -> 189 to 7 (through Shelburne).

If you don't actually do this, please move to New Hampshire.

Try your best not to go out in the snow. But if you must, here are my quick tips: If the ground looks wet, it may be black ice. Give yourself extra time to stop, don’t assume others will be able to stop, and drive in lower gears. Brakes are not your friend if you are sliding.

It only snows for a day. The rest of the time roads are clean. You can wait out the snow.

Highly recommend!!!

Definitely look into your towns bi-laws around development. I’m on my towns planning commission and here it would definitely be a violation to suddenly turn your property into a concert venu without permits and that review process is open to comments and concerns from neighbors. There are probably more tools at your disposal than you realize.

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This is fucking gold right here

Someone's feedstore business or farm just took a pretty big hit. I hope they have the useful kind of insurance. :(

And the cause of many barns to burn down.

It seems like this should be posted at every access point?

This sound like a neighbor dispute. Concerts? Yea, thats not an airbnb thing. And a campground? Yea, he'd need a permit for that. Don't hate on some little guy supporting his family renting their ADU because this aint that.

And if I'm reading this right, nothing has actually happened yet. He's paying for a mound system, you were notified per the permit regulations and you start freaking out online. If he has parties, join him in celebrating or grow up.

The solution is simple:

1. Check to see if this guy has cameras and keep track of how often he visits.
2. Go to Goodwill in Williston and buy a ski mask, they're like $5.
3. Start shitting on his lawn and front stoop/stoop of this new airbnb at night. Try to leave your house, drive your car or bike down the road before doing this. Ditch the car and walk either down the road or through the woods so you can say you were gone when it happened.
4. If step 3 doesn't ward off the downstaters, buy a gorilla suit and run through the woods at night, throwing shit like big rocks at their place. When interacting with them during the day, actively gaslight the neighbor into believing Bigfoot is real. Do this slowly over time, adding it more and more into conversation. Make sure to shit on your own lawn and break your own windows to make it look real. You could also post the location on Bigfoot research forums online and see if paranormal researchers flood the place and scare off airbnb people.
5. Step 4 could take a while, so if you're impatient, make friends with the host on social media. Constantly tag them in politically and morally terrible takes as though they agree with you. Block or remove any comments they make disagreeing with it. Meanwhile, buy flags of totalitarian countries/ political parties that are controversial and raise them so airbnb people can see them.
6. When all else has failed, just start shitting on the lawn during the day where renters can see you. Pay a local actor to pretend to be your concerned sibling who is looking after you. Have the actor apologize to the people after you crap on their lawn/stoop on your behalf. Bonus points if you let them come up with unique excuses as to why you're doing this.

I love my state, but this would be considerably faster and cheaper than waiting for state government to create legislation that fixes this deeply rooted problem. Also, this guy is from Connecticut, these actions would probably be an improvement on his quality of life.

Totally agree. Can imagine falling through the ice 10' down into the water and floating there looking up at the hole knowing you're screwed.

I passed this when it had pretty much just started I think. Dropped off my first delivery and in the few minutes that took it went from some flames to smoke billowing.

Wish I had remembered I had a fire extinguisher when I first saw it.

Ok ok, you're right. Was it related to the spate of arson fires that happened a while back in Stowe? That was really odd, and can't believe he could evade everyone like that

Brochure here with reference to relevant VSA on cover:

https://outside.vermont.gov/agency/ACCD/ACCD_Web_Docs/Housing/Accessory-Dwelling-Units/ADU-brochure-2021pdf.pdf

I hate you 😆

I worked at the elementary school in Brandon for 8 years and lived in Middlebury. It is a great community, wonderful access to outdoor recreation, fabulous people and an activity community and a small but nice selection of locally owned restaurants. If possible see if Goshen, Pittsford, Leceister or Sudbury have a property that will fit the bill for you and enjoy your time in that area!

Yes. It was a man who appeared to be mentally unstable. It was in the Stowe reporter

Yeah, I gather you just stay off of it... extremely!