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Vermont Council on Rural Development
Helping Vermonters and Vermont communities develop.
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ABOUT US
About VCRD
Learn more about VCRD, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities.
Meet Our Team
Learn more about the team and how to connect.
Reports & Resources
Reports and resources from current and past programs and events.
Video Library
From VCRD’s YouTube feed.
Awards
Celebrating Vermonters who exemplify dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont, and who have had a transformational effect on their communities.
Past Initiatives
An 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.
OUR WORK
Community Visits
A way for towns to engage community members in common goal-setting and access resources to help them take action on those goals.
Climate Economy Initative
Designed to help communities and leaders build and implement priority actions that increase economic vitality and affordability in a time of climate change.
Policy
We convene Policy Councils around issues important to rural Vermont to identify concrete statewide recommendations for action.
Vermont Proposition
A set of transformational goals designed to optimize the best of Vermont at mid-century — for our economy, environment, communities, and people.
Vermont Community Leadership Network
Connecting 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.
Village Trust Initiative
Expertise and funding to help 20 small towns create or bolster a local community trust organization and take on a transformational revitalization project in the village.
MTAP Services
Free facilitation and technical support services to help towns prioritize projects and connect to support for grant-writing, permit applications, regulatory compliance, and more.
Working Communities Challenge
Advancing 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.
Vermont Working Lands Initiative
Supporting the farm, forest, and value-adding businesses that are at the foundation of the working landscape that benefits all Vermonters.
Summits
Annual summits convene Vermonters for cooperative goal-setting around key rural priorities and help leaders build skills, share opportunities, network, and learn.
SUPPORT US
CONTACT
HOME
ABOUT US
About VCRD
Learn more about VCRD, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities.
Meet Our Team
Learn more about the team and how to connect.
Reports & Resources
Reports and resources from current and past programs and events.
Video Library
From VCRD’s YouTube feed.
Awards
Celebrating Vermonters who exemplify dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont, and who have had a transformational effect on their communities.
Past Initiatives
An 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.
OUR WORK
Community Visits
A way for towns to engage community members in common goal-setting and access resources to help them take action on those goals.
Climate Economy Initative
Designed to help communities and leaders build and implement priority actions that increase economic vitality and affordability in a time of climate change.
Policy
We convene Policy Councils around issues important to rural Vermont to identify concrete statewide recommendations for action.
Vermont Proposition
A set of transformational goals designed to optimize the best of Vermont at mid-century — for our economy, environment, communities, and people.
Vermont Community Leadership Network
Connecting 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.
Village Trust Initiative
Expertise and funding to help 20 small towns create or bolster a local community trust organization and take on a transformational revitalization project in the village.
MTAP Services
Free facilitation and technical support services to help towns prioritize projects and connect to support for grant-writing, permit applications, regulatory compliance, and more.
Working Communities Challenge
Advancing 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.
Vermont Working Lands Initiative
Supporting the farm, forest, and value-adding businesses that are at the foundation of the working landscape that benefits all Vermonters.
Summits
Annual summits convene Vermonters for cooperative goal-setting around key rural priorities and help leaders build skills, share opportunities, network, and learn.
SUPPORT US
CONTACT
Media Library
Community Leadership Network
Community Visits
2019 Summit on the Future of VT
2017 cc:econ
e-Vermont
Working Lands
Creative Economy
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Vermont Community Leadership Network
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VCLN: Reimagining Community Technical Assistance
VCLN 2025 Legislative Roundup
VCLN Federal Transition for Rural Communities
VCLN Civic Health Index Overview and Discussion
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Community Visits
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One Londonderry community forums: econ devel, jobs & village centers and housing & transportation
One Londonderry community forum on Recreation, Health & Wellness
One Londonderry community forum on Youth, Families, and Childcare
One Londonderry community meeting to vote priorities
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Summit on the Future of Vermont
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Moth-style Storytelling Event, May 27 2021
I1. Expanding Affordable Broadband & Optimizing its Community & Economic Benefits
I2. Combating Racism and Building Safe and Welcoming Communities for People of Color
I3. Advancing Creative Economic Solutions to Climate Change
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cc: econ – 2017 Climate Economy Summit
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Incubating and Accelerating New Business
Climate Economy #FutureFormula Pitch Contest
Launch of Accel -VT
Expanding Clean Energy Finance
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e-Vermont
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PoultneyWiFi.com Launch
e-Vermont Public Service Announcement
Lauren Olewnik.mp4
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The Working Landscape
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The Working Lands Enterprise Fund
Vermont's Working Landscape--Keeping it vital
Chris Graff Reflections from the Council on the Future of Vermont
Vermont Working Lands Summit 2013: Enid Wonnacott, Executive Director of NOFA sings!
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Creative Economy
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