The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has been hosting a wide variety of Summits and Conferences since 1999, relating to climate change, Vermont’s working lands, supporting local leadership, and more. Most recently, VCRD has hosted a yearly Vermont Community Leadership Summit with over 500 Vermonters in attendance.
- 2023 – Partners for Rural America Annual Conference
- 2023 – 4th VT Community Leadership Summit
- 2022 – 3rd VT Community Leadership Summit
- 2021 – Summit on the Future of Vermont
- 2019 – 2nd Annual VT Community Leadership Summit
- 2018 – Making It Happen: Vermont Community Leadership Summit
- 2017 – Catalysts of the Climate Economy Summit
- 2016 – Climate Economy Summit: Ideas to Action
- 2015 – Summit on Creating Prosperity and Opportunity Confronting Climate Change
- 2014 – Vermont Connected: Envisioning the Future of Vermont’s Digital Economy
- 2013 – Partners for Rural America Conference: State Rural Policy Leadership, An Innovative Roundtable
- 2013 – Summit on the Future of Vermont’s Working Landscape
- 2013 – NEK Today and Tomorrow: a Northeast Kingdom Summit Conference on Managing Change for the Best Future of the NEK
- 2010 – Summit on the Future of Vermont’s Working Landscape
- 2010 – Northeast Regional Rural Summit
- 2009 – Summit on the Future of Vermont Report
- 2008 – Advancing Creativity and Innovation in Rural America
- 2007 – Advancing Vermont’s Creative Economy Conference
- 2006 – LOCAL POWER: Energy & Economic Development in Rural Vermont
- 2005 – Bridging the Divide: Conflict and Paths to Community Success
- 2004 – The Structure of Planning
- 2003 – Strengthening Rural Communities
- 2002 – Rural Economic Development
- 2001 – Housing Workplan Development
- 1999 – Water/Wastewater Infrastructure, Youth Issues, Downtown Development
- 1998 – Collaborative Work Planning – 1998
- 1997 – Rural Development Resources – 1997
- 1996 – Housing, Community and Economic Development Programs – 1996