Colchester
Colchester, Vermont was voted #100 top pick town with the best mix of business advantages and lifestyle appeal by Fortune Small Business Magazine 2008. The community is graced by its location along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain boasting 27 miles of shoreline called Malletts Bay, the most picturesque formation of the Lake Champlain Basin. It provides outdoor enthusiasts with year-round recreation opportunities including swimming, boating, sailing, fishing, ice fishing, cycling, and bird watching.Chartered in 1763, Colchester was a rural farming community that has transitioned into a unique combination of rural and suburban living with prime agricultural settings with flourishing islands of commerce and services. Colchester has a population of over 17,000 people with a stable, diversified economy home to 500 businesses employing over 8,500 people in manufacturing, agriculture, services, retail, technology businesses, and educational institutions like Saint Michael’s College and the Albany College of Pharmacy. Colchester’s proximity to Burlington, its nearest neighbor to the south, is only minutes away and provides access to the key metropolitan center of Vermont.
Colchester Town Offices
P.O. Box 55
835 Blakely Road , Colchester, VT 05546
Phone: 802-264-5525
Phone: 802-264-5525
Tax Rates (2010-2011): Homestead $2.3904; Nonresidential $2.6750
Colchester High School
131 Laker Lane, Colchester, VT 05546
Phone: 802-264-5700
Phone: 802-264-5700
Colchester Middle School
425 Blakely Road, Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: 802-264-5800
Malletts Bay School
P.O. Box 28
609 Blakely Road, Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: 802-264-5900
Porters Point School
490 Porters Point Road, Colchester, VT05446
Phone: 802-264-5920
Union Memorial School
PO Box 48
253 Main Street Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: 802-264-5959
Photo by Matt Wills
