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Renewal of Public Education for the 21st Century ~ three public forums in Addison County
Across Vermont, residents, parents and educators are calling for a renewal of public education for the 21st century. To help determine what this will mean for Addison Northwest Supervisory Union, residents are invited to come and share their best ideas at the public forums. All forums are from 7-9pm:
- Tuesday, November 10, Addison Central School
- Thursday, November 19, Ferrisburgh Central School
- Wednesday, December 2, Vergennes Union High School
Click here for more information.
Shoreham Community Meeting Day ~ December 1st
All Shoreham residents are encouraged to join this followup to the Community Visit Day. Click here for more information.
VCRD wraps up its 2-year Council on the Future of Vermont (CFV) project. The CFV final report: Imagining Vermont: Values and Vision for the Future is a reflection of the 18 months of listening to Vermonters and is a call to all Vermonters and decision-makers to act toward specific targets for the future of agriculture, education, infrastructure and civic life.
Final Report on the Summit on the Future of Vermont is now available! We
hope you will enjoy looking back at the priorities and notes from the
event, and learning about what happened on May 11 at UVM’s Dudley Davis
Center. Click here to read the Summit report.
VCRD's Council on the Future of Vermont presents: VERMONT IN TRANSITION - a comprehensive trend-line analysis of the past two decades in Vermont. This research, written by the Center for Social Science Research at Saint Michael's College, is a contribution to the deliberations of the CFV.
Click HERE for the Table of Contents.
The Young Writers Project, Council on the Future of Vermont and the Northfield
Savings Bank proudly announce the winners of the 2008 ‘Future of Vermont’ Writing Contest. Read the essays.
Champlain Islands Business. VCRD worked with Island residents as part of its Creative Communities Program.
Participants discuss the Future of Vermont at a community forum in St. Johnsbury.
Photos courtesy of Michael Levine.