Benefits from development programs impossible to quantify: State auditor

Gov. Phil Scott discusses downtown and village center tax credits across the street from the French Block in Montpelier. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerIt’s impossible to independently measure whether Vermont’s economic development programs are working, according to a new report from the state auditor.The state pours about $14 million each year into programs that offer businesses financial incentives to expand, tax incentives to boost downtown development and marketing to out-of-sta