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No. R-339. House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative and
Moretown and Brandon Selectboard member Stephen Andrew Carr.
                                        (H.C.R.281)
   Offered by All Members of the House
   Whereas, Rutland native Steve Carr was raised in Brandon, a member of the first class
to attend the new Otter Valley Union High School, and earned a bachelor’s degree from
the former Castleton State College, and
   Whereas, after his college graduation, Steve Carr joined the staff of the former
Chittenden Bank, proved adept at his duties, and earned positions as a senior vice
president at the bank’s Montpelier and Waitsfield branches, and
   Whereas, in 1981, he became senior vice president and senior loan officer at the
former First Brandon National Bank, and, in 1997, he opened an independent financial
consulting business, and
   Whereas, during his Washington County residency, Steve Carr served on the
selectboard in Moretown and, later, in Brandon, and
   Whereas, his western Vermont community involvement included serving on the
boards of Porter Hospital and BROC Community Action, and as president of the local
Visiting Nurses Association and the Brandon Industrial Corporation, and his 1982
commencement of writing the Brandon Workbook launched a nearly 40-year economic
development odyssey, which evolved into the Segment 6 Project that received federal
funding in 2005, came to fruition following the devastating impact in Brandon of
Tropical Storm Irene, and was ultimately completed in 2020, and
   Whereas, as a passionate golfer, Steve Carr was a pivotal leader and volunteer
developer of the Neshobe Golf Club, and, culturally, he was associated with the Stephen
A. Douglas Birthplace and the Friends of Otter Valley Music, and
    Whereas, in 2012, the voters of the Rutland-6 House District elected Steve Carr to the
first of three consecutive terms to the House of Representatives, where he served on the
Committee on Commerce and Economic Development (2013–2016) and ably chaired the
Committee on Energy and Technology (2017–2018); and the Carr family’s presence
returned to the State House in 2024, when his granddaughter, James Ashley Carr, was
honored to serve as a legislative page, and
   Whereas, Steve Carr was a well-liked and respected member of the peoples’ house
who served his community with distinction and honor, and his death on April 12, 2026, at
76 years of age, saddened his many friends, and especially his wife of 47 years, Jane
Ellen; their children; and grandchildren, now therefore be it
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   Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
  That the General Assembly extends its sincere sympathies to the family of former
Representative and Moretown and Brandon Selectboard member Stephen Andrew Carr,
and be it further
   Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the family of Steve Carr.
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