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Utilizing Montpelier Rec Center Building for Shelter
Barre Gems
By G. E. Shuman
So, after the past several issues containing
the ruminating, codgertating
and philosophizing about everything
from Kermit the Frog, potato salad, and
even the Grand Canyon, I have decided it is time to chat a
moment about some possibly underappreciated
‘gems’ in and surrounding the Barre City
area. I have discovered these gems one at a
time, over the past several years of babysitting
and then child sitting my now five-yearold
granddaughter, Nahla.
You see, five-year-olds really need places
to go and play and exhaust their energy (and
their grandfathers.) Nahla and I have successfully
located just such places; they are the
wonderful neighborhood playgrounds Barre
City and Barre Town have to offer ‘us’ kids.
I may be easily stupefied, (I wonder if I
resemble that word too much.) but I am
amazed at the thoughtfulness, caring, and
hard work that went into the wonderful playgrounds
in and around our small city. Those places show that
local adults and town leaders really do care about our children,
and I and Nahla are grateful for that.
If you are unaware of these great, colorful, safe, and clean
places for your kids and grandkids to burn off a little energy,
I think that you might not have been paying attention. For a
quick tour of the local ‘kid spots’, you might take a short drive
up Trow Hill in Barre to see one with exceptional climbing
gyms, an old-fashioned merry-go-round, a picnic area, a basketball
court, and even chickens that hop over their fence to
visit you, especially if you have something to eat. (Nahla calls
this playground the ‘up’ playground, as it is up a hill.)
Then head up to Websterville for that town’s great playground,
with a super rope climbing rig, basketball, a picnic
• • •
If I recall correctly, years ago there was some sort of effort
by the City of Montpelier to look into other potential uses as
well as request proposals from those who might be interested
in doing something along those lines (other potential uses)
and make proposals to the city concerning it. That did not pan
out.
Given the earnest and passionate discussion concerning
homelessness and related matters during the recent City
Council meeting, I would urge that the City Council strongly
consider offering the Rec Center Building and property
located on Barre Street for the total cost of $1.00 (one dollar)
to those organizations working on housing and homelessness
and their partners with which to create a combination of temporary
shelter, transitional housing that would include a community
room and so on as well as also having some units
available for permanent housing.
Doing something meaningful along these lines could
potentially help address some of the dire unmet needs of those
living unhoused within our community, because it is obvious
that the Good Samaritan Haven Hub project based in Berlin
as well as the Barre Town property will not be enough to meet
the needs that already exists as well as what is coming down
the road, particularly with evictions of those currently housed
in the area.
Morgan W. Brown
Montpelier
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VSECU Closes Berlin Branch Lobby Services
On August 23rd the Berlin branch of the Vermont State Employees
Credit Union, located at 365 Paine Turnpike North,
shut its doors indefinitely. The difficult decision was made
due to staff shortages. At this time only the lobby of the
branch will be closed – the video teller services and drivethrough
ATM will remain open to members. For members
seeking lobby services, VSECU suggests visiting their Montpelier
branch at 1 Bailey Avenue or one of their many other
branches throughout Vermont.
• • •
area, and a huge climber with slides, among other things! (To
Nahla this is the ‘kitty’ playground, because twice a cat has
visited her from a house across the street while we were
there.)
After that go up the hill and down to the Lower Graniteville
playground which features tons of fun things to
play on and even a climber shaped like a rocket
ship! (This one is the ‘rocket playground’ to
Nahla, as you might have guessed.)
To be fair, Northfield also has an unusual and
very interesting playground that Nahla just
loves. This one is the ‘house’ playground because
it features many unusual things to play on and a
Disney-esque playhouse right in the middle.
Now we come to Playground 2000, at the bottom
of the hill which leads to Barre City
Elementary School. This one is the mother of all
neighborhood playgrounds. (Nahla calls it the
‘down’ playground, in that it is down a hill, the
opposite of the ‘up’ playground mentioned
above.) Playground 2000 is huge, with every
type of climber, swing, slide, and twirly-whirly, make-Grandpa-sick-just-watching
things for kids to do. And this place is
much more than a playground, with a skateboard park, a huge
public picnic area, two basketball courts, tennis courts, and
the crème de la crème, (Is there any chance that I spelled that
right?) Barre City’s new, huge, and beautiful, family oriented,
state of the art swimming pool! That place is amazing!
So, I know, summer is going to be over soon. The kids will
be back in school, and moms will eventually stop pulling their
hair out. To everything there is a season. Still, there are weekends,
and there is plenty of good weather left for you and the
kids to visit one of Barre’s gems. Get out there this fall with
your kids, grandkids, basketball, and/or tennis racket and
enjoy those playgrounds!