2012 VAST Equipment Grant-In-Aid Update

The VAST membership approved the budget for FY2012 and that means that the six pending equipment grants have been approved!  Congratulations to the following clubs:

• Hazen’s Notch: Trail Bully
• Northfield Snowmobilers: Prinoth Husky
• Windsor County Club: Tucker 2000
• Caledonia County Trails Club: Maxey Drag
• White River Valley Sno-Goers: Trail Bully
• Green Mountain Trailblazers: Arctic Cat Bearcat & drag

After an incredible 2010-2011 snowmobile season, many clubs and grooming contractors decided it is time to upgrade their grooming equipment for the upcoming season.  The equipment grant-in-aid program assists grooming clubs and contractors with the purchase of grooming power units and drags and funding is based on contract trail mileage and the five year average of grooming weeks. 

The deadline for this program was June 1st, 2011 and there were a total of 36 equipment applications submitted for the 2011-2012 season.   The overall cost for the equipment to be acquired is over $2.8M!!  Of the 36 applications, 21 are for the purchase of power units, 12 are for the purchase of grooming drags, and 3 are for assistance with equipment capital repairs.

The following VAST Clubs and Grooming Contractors have been approved for the FY2012 Equipment funding:

• D&D Grooming: Prinoth Husky & Mogul Master Drag
• Woodford Sno-Busters: Mtn Grooming Drag
• Connecticut Valley Snow Riders: PB400
• Weathersfield Pathfinders: Tucker Sno-Cat
• Chittenden Dammers: Mogul Master Drag
• Mountain Tamers: Mtn Snow Drag
• Highledge Snowstormers: Arctic Cat HPX
• White River Valley Ramblers: Tucker Sno-Cat
• Wardsboro Pathfinders: Arctic Cat Bearcat
• Gene Armstrong Excavating: Tucker Sno-Cat
• Upper Valley Snow Packers: Mogul Master
• Corinth Sno-Scramblers: Tucker Sno-Cat
• Derby Drift Dusters: Mogul Master Drag
• Barre Sno-Bee’s: Capital Repairs
• Deerfield Valley Stump Jumpers: Mtn Snow Drag