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Charlotte sets housing targets as new group plots future LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission has released new housing targets that put Charlotte on the low scale for growth over the next 25 years. Overall, Chittenden County has a target range of between 15,783 and 47,407 new housing units needed by 2050, according to the regional planners. As required in the 2023 HOME Act, the commission has divided the regional housing targets into individual goals for each city and town in the county. Charlotte landed in the rural category, along with towns like Bolton, Underhill and Westford, which, combined, account for 3.8 percent of the county’s potential new growth. In Charlotte, the regional planning commission suggests growth of 11-32 percent over the next 25 years, with the annual growth somewhere between 7 and 21 percent. Housing targets are meant as a planning tool, and there are currently no penalties for not reaching these goals, but cities and towns are expected to include the housing See HOUSING on page 11
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Christina Daudelin and Bageshree Blasius, Champlain Valley Union student and community engagement facilitators, often meet with students and faculty in their office.
CVU seniors face threat of deportation Students still plan to leave the country despite federal stay BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER
Two Champlain Valley Union High School students who were ordered to leave the country by the end of the month or face deportation will still leave, despite a judge recently blocking the order, according to school officials.
Judge Indira Talwani, a federal judge in Boston, on Monday blocked an order from the Trump Administration that sought to end special humanitarian parole protections for immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti. The program grants temporary legal status to individuals for two years, allowing participants to work and apply for more permanent visa
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status while in the United States. “This is only a temporary reprieve and does not change the fact that the program could still be terminated upon appeal. In light of this, the CVSD students are still leaving as planned,” the school’s student See STUDENTS on page 12 258 Market Street & Shelburne Road, S. Burlington Maple Tree Place, Williston
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