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About Brattleboro, Vermont (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Brattleboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 12,005 at the 2000 census. Brattleboro was chartered on December 26, 1753, and is located in the southeast corner of Vermont. The town is situated along the Connecticut River, at the mouth of the West River.[1] It is the headquarters of the Holstein Association.

The town's most densely populated location is in the downtown area that can be found at the very bottom of the valley. Because of the area's very mountainous terrain, with steep grades, and relatively little flat land, residents have had to build houses practically on top of each other and on mountain sides. It's this topography that has helped to create the chic and urban atmosphere of the downtown area that its residents love and tourists admire.

In the post-War era, "suburban" development has led to a push beyond the traditional downtown areas and into the West, South, and North. The southern section of the town is predominately one or two family houses with a mix of "triple deckers". Commercial and industrial operations play a relatively minor role in this section of town, with heavy concentration on the U.S. Route 5/Canal Street artery that cuts through the area. The town's high school and the Regional Career Center are also located in this section.

The western section of town, which formally became a village in 2005, is also predominately residential with the states largest mobile home park and a few large "Planned Developments". Once fraught with commercial development along it's VT Route 9/Western Avenue artery, a number of smaller businesses have closed or moved downtown, due to an increasing social awareness of "local, down town shopping", while larger "chain" stores have left because of competition from larger "chain" businesses in the northern section of town.

The northern section of Brattleboro came into its current state during the strip development boom of the 1960's and 1970's. The area has almost no residential development and is dominated by both large commercial and industrial establishments along its Putney Road artery. Some consider this area to be the "hotel district" since there are roughly seven major hotels within a very short distance of each other, comprising such national names as Hampton Inn, Quality Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, Motel 6, America's Best Inn (formerly Days Inn) as well as a number of local hotel/motel establishments. C&S Wholesale Grociers made its headquarters in this section until recently moving to Keene, New Hampshire. However, because Interstate 91 runs right through the middle of town, C&S has kept a major portion of its shipping operations in Brattleboro.

Beyond the major sections of the town listed above are what is known to locals as the "outskirts of Brattleboro". These areas have a decidedly untouched rural feel with very little housing development and boast the last few farms still left in Brattleboro after the collapse of the dairy industry in the 1970's. At its peak Brattleboro had over 170 farms. There are now only nine left.

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