Save the Date for VCRD’s 6th Community Leadership Summit

August 11, 2025 | 9am-4pm | Vermont State University Randolph

On August 11th, join hundreds of community builders from across the state to gain skills and cultivate connections for a vibrant future. This event is a chance to explore how we can work together to get things done, even when times are tough and resources are limited. Through workshops, panels, group discussions, and networking, participants will gain useful ideas, make connections, and hear inspiring success stories and tips.

The Summit will offer a diverse range of topics tailored to support and connect community builders, such as: supporting our neighbors, improving rural services, keeping volunteers and staff, getting involved in community, strengthening leadership skills, growing the local economy, and more. Attendees can participate in any sessions of interest to them or follow optional Participation Pathways:

  • Building Community Leadership and Capacity
  • Using Arts and Culture to Create Community and Solve Problems
  • From Idea to Action
  • Approaches to Navigating During Times of Change and Uncertainty

All who care about their community and the future of our state are welcome and encouraged to attend! Stay tuned for more details.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Denise at [email protected].

VCRD’s annual Summits convene Vermonters for cooperative goal-setting around key rural priorities and help leaders build skills, share opportunities, and network. We have been hosting a wide variety of Summits since 1999, relating to climate change, Vermont’s working lands, the future of Vermont, the digital economy, and more. Most recently, we’ve hosted a yearly Vermont Community Leadership Summit where hundreds of people come together to engage with each other, make new connections, build skills, talk through challenges, celebrate successes, and think proactively about the future. Find out more about each of our Summits by clicking through the menu on the left. Our most recent Summit – the 5th Vermont Community Leadership Summit – was held in August 2024. See below for a video highlighting that event.