New housing to continue Brattleboro’s Irene recovery

The Wheeler House on the former Austine School for the Deaf campus in Brattleboro is expected to be razed to make way for an apartment complex predominantly serving low-income elderly residents. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO – It’s been nearly six years since Tropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters swept through Vermont.
But Brattleboro housing officials are still working on the recovery, with the latest evidence being a new apartment complex proposal at the former Austine