Feds to reimburse Vermont $22M for cleanup costs following July floods

Movie theater seats destroyed in last summer’s flooding sit on the sidewalk outside the Capitol Theater in Montpelier on July 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending Vermont $22 million to cover its costs of cleaning up debris and stabilizing state buildings in Montpelier following last summer’s historic flooding.The bulk of the federal reimbursement to the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services — $21 million &