Town Clerk Office Closing

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Due to a staffing vacancy, the Hardwick Town Clerk’s Office will be closed from Monday, January 19, 2026 through Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The office will reopen on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 7:30 a.m.

During this period, the Town Manager’s Office will be available on a limited basis to perform select Town Clerk functions, including:
~Accepting Open Office Petitions for the 2026 Town Meeting
~Receiving payments for those unable to wait until the office reopens

A secure, locked drop box is also available to the right of the Church Street entrance.

Land records, assessor cards, and redacted tax bills remain accessible online at www.hardwickvt.gov

Please note that certified copies of birth and death certificates will not be available during this closure. If you require these documents prior to the office reopening, please contact a nearby town’s Town Clerk for assistance.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Hardwick Essential Services Complex

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Join the conversation

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

6:00 PM – Jeudevine Memorial Library

WHAT?

The Town of Hardwick proposes to develop an Essential Services Complex on the 2.8-acre town-owned Creamery Road parcel. The project will include new facilities for: Hardwick Fire Department * Department of Public Service * Hardwick Emergency Rescue

WHY?

More than 60 years ago, Hardwick residents voted to build a new fire station. Only seven years later, they built a new town garage. After decades of service, these facilities are now both structurally deteriorated and undersized for modern trucks and equipment. Repeated flooding events at the Hardwick Fire Station have added urgency to the effort to build a new station outside of the FEMA-mapped floodplain. At the same time, Hardwick Emergency Rescue has been working out of a building that no longer provides adequate space for equipment, supplies, or for on-call squad members.

HOW?

We currently have a unique opportunity to combine FEMA funding for the fire station, with bonded funds, government grants, and private donations, to develop a complex of facilities for essential services that will serve our community many years into the future. The public/private partnership proposed in this plan will make the larger project more competitive with potential funders, while the co-location of services will increase efficiencies and reduce costs

This is an ambitious plan, but it is also one of critical importance to the Town of Hardwick. Please join us on January 21 for a presentation on the project by our partners at Vermont Integrated Architecture, view site and building plans, ask questions, and share concerns. All are welcome. 

No Select Board Meeting on January 1, 2026

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Due to the New Year’s holiday on January 1, 2026. the Select Board will not meet. They will have their January meetings on the second and fourth Thursday this month (January 8 & January 22), instead of the first and third Thursday.

Meetings will resume their regular schedule in February of the first and third Thursday of each month.

Final Presentation of the Mill Street & Main Street Scoping Study – 1-7-26

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Final Presentation – Mill Street and Main Street (to the Swinging Bridge crosswalk) Pedestrian and Traffic Study

The Town of Hardwick is conducting a scoping and feasibility study to explore improvements to sidewalks, crosswalks, and traffic flow on Mill Street and Main Street. Community input was utilized to help identify safety concerns and potential solutions.

VHB Consultants will be presenting the final set of concepts to improve our existing issues in this area.

Meeting Details

Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Parker Ladd Community Room, Jeudevine Memorial Library, 93 North Main Street, Hardwick

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83842095357?pwd=akqXkMvilInftKnwqhyba5I0heiAGq.1 Meeting ID: 838 4209 5357
Passcode: 228453

We Want to Hear from You

This is your final opportunity to learn about possible solutions for the Mill Street and Main Street corridors. Whether you walk, bike, drive, or own a business downtown, your feedback will help shape safer and more connected streets for everyone.  Your voice matters. Help us create a more walkable, welcoming Hardwick.  For more information, contact:

Kristen Leahy, Zoning and Floodplain Administrator zoning.administrator@hardwickvt.gov or (802) 472-1686