Monthly Archives: January 2026
January Select Board Meetings
There is no Select Board meeting on Thursday, January 15. Due to the New Year’s holiday falling on the first Thursday of the month, the Hardwick Select Board will meet the second and fourth Thursday this month instead of the first and third Thursday. January meetings will be held on January 8 and January 22.
Meetings will resume their regular schedule in February – the first and third Thursday of each month.
Hardwick Development Review Board – An Invitation to Serve
The Town of Hardwick is looking for residents who are interested in serving on the Development Review Board.
The DRB reviews development proposals in public meetings and provides a place for neighbors to raise questions and understand how decisions are made before they happen.
After ten years of service, the current chair, John Mandeville, will be stepping down in June. New members are needed to continue this work and to bring a range of community perspectives to the Board.
DRB meetings are held as needed, typically on the 1st or 3rd Wednesday of the month. A hybrid option is available. Meetings generally last about one hour. There is no work requested outside of meetings.
No prior zoning or planning experience is required. Members receive support from the Zoning Office, including guidance on the applicable standards and the questions that need to be addressed during hearings.
If you have ever wondered how development decisions are reviewed, this is where that happens.
For more information or to express interest, please contact Kristen Leahy in the Zoning Office at (802) 472-1686 or zoning.administrator@hardwickvt.gov
Hardwick Essential Services Complex
Join the conversation
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
6:00 PM – Jeudevine Memorial Library – Will also be recorded by HCTV
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 Works * 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.