Projects
Lights ON in Lyndon! Don’t miss it!
Activities include:
Live music in Bandstand Park by Shebangs!
Lantern and Light display in Bandstand Park
Vermont Foodie Wagon serving up tacos
Kingdom Kreperie with delish crepes.
Guess how many fish? at Lead & Tackle
Kids Winter Crafts at Cobleigh Library
Free small soda with your purchase at House of Pizza
Beauty product basket raffle at Pure Envy Salon
Gift Basket Raffle at Downtown Revivalist
Lights ON in Lyndon!
Thursday February 23, 2023, from 5-7:30pm
Come downtown for a mid-winter celebration of ice, lights, food & festivities. Downtown businesses will be open late, offering activities, specials, and discounts! A lantern parade, live music, and free hot cocoa will be in Bandstand Park. Vermont Foodie Wagon and Kingdom Kreperie will be dishing up delicious local food. Bring the whole family to this fun winter evening event!
This event is made possible by Vermont Natural Resources Council Small Grants for Smart Growth Fund with support from Community National Bank, Passumpsic Bank, BurkeLyn Arts, Satellite Gallery, and Revamp the Ville.
Lyndon’s Covered Bridges
Lyndon is the “Covered Bridge Capital of the NEK” and the home to five historic covered bridges. With renewed Town commitment to these assets, planning for their continued presence is underway.
A small grant from Kingdom Trails Association helped paint Schoolhouse Bridge in June 2022 and installed interpretive signs at Sanborn and Schoolhouse. An Animating Infrastructure Grant through the Vermont Arts Council was awarded for a sculptural installation at Sanborn Bridge by October 2023.
The biggest news is the acquisition of Sanborn Bridge by the Town of Lyndon and the seeking of funds for its revitalization. The restoration of this Paddleford Truss bridge is a $1.5M project. Preservation Trust of Vermont has seeded the project by awarding Sanborn CB a 2022 Bruhn Revitalization Grant of $100,000. Additional grant funding has been awarded by Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, USDA Rural Development, Northern Borders Regional Commission, and The Freeman Foundation. The Town will continue to seek grant funding for the project.
We are always seeking volunteer support for covered bridge related projects. Have your name added to the project list! We will send out an email of upcoming opportunities to help with hands-on projects, planning for fundraising, and events at the bridge sites.
THANK YOU!
Many thanks to our donors of the capital campaign!
Supporters of the Bridge: giving of $1000-$4,999
Century 21
Passumpsic Bank
Vermont Covered Bridges Society
Carmen’s Ice Cream, Inc.
Steve & Marty Feltus
Lyndon Woodworking
BJB Properties, LLC
Jason Smith of Sheffield, VT
Benefactors of the Bridge: giving of $5,000-$9,999
Saving space for your name here!
Sustainers of the Bridge: giving of $10,000+
Vanguard Charitable in honor of Sarah Lafferty
The White Market
Community National Bank
Anonymous
Legacy Giving toward the Sanborn Covered Bridge
A huge thank you to Barbara Norris Allen, former owner of Bag Balm, for the donation of $50,000 toward the project. The funds will be used to support the predevelopment and engineering work required before construction can begin. This donation ensures a prompt start to the project.
Sanborn Covered Bridge
Engineering and Predevelopment
Request for Proposal
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Capital Campaign $100k
The Capital Campaign
Catamount Film and Arts
*Please write Sanborn on the memo line
Revamp the Ville!
We’ve received a lot of great ideas from the public about how to make downtown better. We want to move those ideas forward – with your assistance. By taking our brief survey, you’ll help our planning team turn ideas into actions. Access the survey here: https://bit.ly/3UysFMi.
Learn more about this project and how to contribute your ideas here.