State council weighs Bennington TIF

A rendering from a redevelopment brochure for the Putnam Block project in downtown Bennington.BENNINGTON — Bennington’s application for a downtown tax increment financing district is moving toward approval by the Vermont Economic Progress Council.
Members of the council, which approves TIF districts and monitors the economic development program, were in town Wednesday for a hearing on the proposal. Afterward, Chairman Stephan Morse said the town’s application for TIF designatio