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The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected a citizen group's appeal of an earlier trial court ruling that upheld city and state permits for the project. The decision could finally clear the way for Higher Ground to make the move, more than five years after the project was first proposed.
The high court's ruling quashes opponents' main line of attack against the 1,500-person concert venue on Queen City Park Road, near Red Rocks Park. But Citizens for Responsible Zoning — which raised nearly $15,000 through crowdfunding to fight the permits — will keep looking for ways to combat the project.
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"We still have grave concerns about noise and traffic from a 1500-seat venue serving alcohol," he wrote, "whose patrons will pour out into our residential neighborhoods and get into their cars, trucks and motorcycles after midnight and sometimes after 2 am."
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Citizens for Responsible Zoning, in its appeal, objected to Teachout's conclusions with respect to alcohol consumption, noise and traffic impacts. In a 23-page decision, Supreme Court justices found that Teachout's analysis was not unreasonable.
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Higher Ground cofounder Alex Crothers did not immediately return a call for comment.
VTDigger.org first reported the news of the court's decision.
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