Algiers Village Living Communities Challenge Vision Plan

fitted out a space for Top Tier Bakery, a wholesale business founded by a Guilford resident.
Most recently (in the fall 2017) the Friends renovated the remaining second floor space office which is currently being
leased to CC4G. The Broad Brook House is now 100% leased,
containing one retail and one wholesale business, 2 apartments The “gateway to Algiers” is a open hay field, conserved in
and an office space for a local non-profit partner. Plans for the perpetuity through the efforts of GPI.
exterior include master site planning for parking and landscaping.
FOAVI has a vision of utilizing their 2-acre field, adjacent to the
Broad Brook House, for a Farmer’s Market and/or community
garden.
Guilford Preservation, Inc. (GPI)
The purpose of Guilford Preservation, Inc. (GPI) is to support the
preservation, conservation, and enjoyment of the natural and
human resources of the town of Guilford, Vermont. In 2002, a
22-acre piece of land at the entrance to Guilford on Route 5 went
up for sale and was in danger of being commercially developed
as a factory site, a used car business, or other commercial/
industrial use. A group of concerned citizens formed GPI and
with the Vermont Land Trust as an active partner, raised funds
from individual community donors and won grants from the
Preservation Trust of Vermont and the Freeman Foundation in
order to purchase the parcel, so that the land would be conserved
and never be commercially developed. It remains to this day
as a buffer from the expanding Canal St/Exit 1 commercial/industrial district of neighboring Brattleboro, and has been
informally dubbed the “gateway to Algiers.”
The acreage is held under an easement with the Vermont Land Trust with a 5.5 acre exception for future development
of senior housing or other public-use facility. The land has been used for cattle grazing over the years and as a winter
recreational site for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
An additional goal of GPI is to install a community-accessible picnic area and develop a nature trail that would follow
the natural contours and enhance the uses of the property. This trail has the potential to connect to, integrate with, and
provide safe and easy access to the neighboring properties owned by FOAVI, the Guilford Community Church, the future
CC4G facility, and other Village entities.
Community Collaborative for Guilford (CC4G)
CC4G is a recently formed organization whose mission is to support the creation of a community center and to nurture
programs that help meet the needs of families and children in Guilford. Its goal is to create an Early Learning and Family
Resource Center that would house a) high quality early care and education programs for children from birth to 8 years
old, and b) space for collaborators and social services support, connecting folks in need to resources and community
Image courtesy the
Community Collaborative
for Guilford.