

2021 Update #18
Steady Progress on All Fronts The Highlights Main Street sidewalk project to finish up next week South cap wall demo done Before we set out on our weekly roundup, let me bring you up to date on Middlebury’s most visible construction project, the Town’s replacement of sections of sidewalk and curbing on Main Street. As planned, Granite State Asphalt Paving, in a one-day blitz during Monday’s high summer heat, installed all-new granite curbing from Merchants Row south to Bakery


2021 Update #17
From Lambsquarters to Scorsese The Highlights More of Triangle Park opens up South cap wall demo nearly done Thursday night at the movies Mid-June’s near-perfect weather made for a busy workweek on our downtown construction project so let’s get right to the details. We’ll begin our weekly walk-through in Triangle Park, where more of the chain-link fencing has now come down, giving you more of an opportunity to get to know your new park. One small triangular section of exposed


2021 Update #16
Sidewalks, Trees, Walls The Highlights Town to replace sidewalk and curbing on Main Street starting next week Caring for our newly planted trees Progress on the south cap wall project Summer came early to Middlebury this week. But, as at the P.O., neither snow, nor rain, nor temperatures in the 90s—nor gloom of night, for that matter—can halt the steady progress downtown toward the mid-August completion of our project. Before we begin our weekly tour, I wanted to let you know


2021 Update #15
10 Weeks to the Finish Line The Highlights Concrete—Stripping it, pouring it, removing it The return of The Friends of Ilsley Library June’s arrival leaves us just about 10 weeks from the completion of our multi-year downtown construction project. As you’ve likely noticed if you’ve been downtown, there’s a lot of activity underway across the construction sites so let’s get right to our weekly review of the action. This week we’ll start up on the north end of the project, wher