Peter Johnke News Today

BENNINGTON — Tall concrete steps up to shops on the Main Street side of the former Hotel Putnam could make the businesses seem inaccessible to anyone in a wheelchair.

“Housing for people with disabilities is a huge crisis,” said Peter Johnke, deputy director of the nonprofit Vermont Center for Independent Living.

BENNINGTON — Officials toured five town buildings last week as part of an audit and update of Bennington’s Americans with Disabilities Act Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan, which was first adopted