Read VCRD’s 2022 Annual Report for an overview of our work in Community, Policy, Climate, and Leadership. Our work in 2022 also included the launch of the Youth Opportunity Initiative – a major statewide engagement effort that focuses on youth aspirations, community connections, and potential new ideas for strengthening the tie between youth aspiration and the opportunities in community that grow out of the Vermont Proposition.
Vermont Council on Rural Development
Helping Vermonters and Vermont communities develop.
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- ABOUT US
- About VCRDLearn more about VCRD, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities.
- Meet Our TeamLearn more about the team and how to connect.
- Reports & ResourcesReports and resources from current and past programs and events.
- Video LibraryFrom VCRD’s YouTube feed.
- OUR WORK
- Climate Economy InitativeDesigned to help communities and leaders build and implement priority actions that increase economic vitality and affordability in a time of climate change.
- Community VisitsA way for towns to engage community members in common goal-setting and access resources to help them take action on those goals.
- PolicyWe convene Policy Councils around issues important to rural Vermont to identify concrete statewide recommendations for action.
- SummitsAnnual summits convene Vermonters for cooperative goal-setting around key rural priorities and help leaders build skills, share opportunities, network, and learn.
- Past InitiativesAn archive of some past VCRD projects and initiatives including the Vermont Digital Economy Project, e-Vermont, and more. Resources remain available for communities throughout Vermont.
- Vermont Working Lands InitiativeSupporting the farm, forest, and value-adding businesses that are at the foundation of the working landscape that benefits all Vermonters.
- Vermont PropositionA set of transformational goals designed to optimize the best of Vermont at mid-century — for our economy, environment, communities, and people.
- Vermont Community Leadership NetworkConnecting and supporting local leaders – with or without an official position – as they build local projects, organizations, and systems that serve their communities and Vermont’s urgent and long-term needs.
- Working Communities ChallengeAdvancing local collaborative efforts that build strong, healthy economies and communities in Vermont’s rural towns and regions, by supporting teams of leaders as they tackle complex challenges.
- AwardsCelebrating Vermonters who exemplify dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont, and who have had a transformational effect on their communities.
- SUPPORT US
- CONTACT
- HOME
- ABOUT US
- About VCRDLearn more about VCRD, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities.
- Meet Our TeamLearn more about the team and how to connect.
- Reports & ResourcesReports and resources from current and past programs and events.
- Video LibraryFrom VCRD’s YouTube feed.
- OUR WORK
- Climate Economy InitativeDesigned to help communities and leaders build and implement priority actions that increase economic vitality and affordability in a time of climate change.
- Community VisitsA way for towns to engage community members in common goal-setting and access resources to help them take action on those goals.
- PolicyWe convene Policy Councils around issues important to rural Vermont to identify concrete statewide recommendations for action.
- SummitsAnnual summits convene Vermonters for cooperative goal-setting around key rural priorities and help leaders build skills, share opportunities, network, and learn.
- Past InitiativesAn archive of some past VCRD projects and initiatives including the Vermont Digital Economy Project, e-Vermont, and more. Resources remain available for communities throughout Vermont.
- Vermont Working Lands InitiativeSupporting the farm, forest, and value-adding businesses that are at the foundation of the working landscape that benefits all Vermonters.
- Vermont PropositionA set of transformational goals designed to optimize the best of Vermont at mid-century — for our economy, environment, communities, and people.
- Vermont Community Leadership NetworkConnecting and supporting local leaders – with or without an official position – as they build local projects, organizations, and systems that serve their communities and Vermont’s urgent and long-term needs.
- Working Communities ChallengeAdvancing local collaborative efforts that build strong, healthy economies and communities in Vermont’s rural towns and regions, by supporting teams of leaders as they tackle complex challenges.
- AwardsCelebrating Vermonters who exemplify dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont, and who have had a transformational effect on their communities.
- SUPPORT US
- CONTACT