10/30/2025
Several months ago we posted that we had started providing Security Services at Green Mountain Shopping Plaza in Rutland Town. We wanted to update you on how that is going. We have had some calls that while the panhandler situation has gotten better people still see some panhandlers out near the exit to the property. Most have moved along but a few stubborn ones still stand out there. The reason is that the property they are standing on is located on Agency of Transportation controlled property. Neither Security or the police can move them off that island, as AOT has no laws on the books for panhandling on state controlled property. We have told them not to step one foot on the property unless doing business and they are a complying. We will tell you that the professional panhandlers there now park their newer vehicle down the street in a different lot and their only job is panhandling. This has created issues with folks stopping on a green light to give money causing several close calls. Please be careful when exiting the property to avoid a sudden braking on a green light.