Vision for Vermont 2036
A 10-year plan for affordability, accountability, and opportunity — built by Vermonters, for Vermonters.
Vermont stands at a crossroads. Young families are struggling to buy homes. Seniors are struggling to remain in their homes. Working Vermonters face rising taxes, rising energy costs, and increasing government complexity. At the same time, Vermont remains one of the most beautiful, safest, and community-oriented places in America. The question is simple: Can Vermont still work for the people who live here? I believe the answer is yes — but only if we begin planning long-term again.
Five priorities to build a Vermont worth inheriting.
1. Make Vermont Affordable Again
- Stabilize property taxes and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens.
- Lower long-term energy costs and expand workforce housing.
- Preserve legacy family homes and rehabilitate existing housing stock.
- Support voluntary senior transition options into smaller, efficient housing near services.
- Put Vermont contractors and suppliers to work delivering housing faster and at lower cost.
2. Build a World-Class Education System
- Expand career and technical education.
- Strengthen educational accountability and outcomes.
- Connect students to skilled trades, health care, agriculture, technology, manufacturing, and public-service careers.
- Support rural schools and communities while reducing duplication where possible.
3. Renew Vermont Communities
- Strengthen village centers, downtowns, walkable communities, and existing neighborhoods.
- Focus growth where infrastructure already exists.
- Revitalize entire neighborhoods through rehabilitation and modernization rather than scattered, slow-moving projects.
4. Modernize Infrastructure and Create Good Jobs
- Invest in reliable utilities, roads, bridges, broadband, water, and wastewater systems.
- Support Vermont workers: electricians, carpenters, equipment operators, HVAC technicians, plumbers, and other trades.
- Make infrastructure policy a workforce policy.
5. Restore Government Accountability and Transparency
- Operate transparently and respect legislative intent.
- Reduce duplication and inefficiency.
- Encourage greater public participation.
- Slow the process down enough for Vermonters to understand what government is doing and why.
The C.A.T.C.H. Framework
How we hold government to the plan.
Control the Legislative Agenda
Align Agencies with Legislative Intent
Transparency for We the People
Cut Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Honor the Voice of the People
A 10-Year Vision
Lay the Foundation
Housing-deployment reforms, transparency reforms, pilot rehabilitation programs, and workforce-registry development.
Build Capacity
Expand rehabilitation-first housing, modernize education governance, and build infrastructure and workforce capacity.
Deliver Results
Stabilize population, improve affordability, modernize systems, and strengthen economic opportunity for Vermont families.
This is not about quick fixes. It is about building affordable communities, strong schools, sustainable housing, modern infrastructure, a stronger workforce, and transparent government.