A way for towns to engage and bring together their residents, set common goals and directions in a neutral and facilitated structure, and access resources that will help them take action on those goals.
Through the Community Visit Process, Pownal established a Housing Task Force that built a mobile home tenants association and planned for an affordable housing project. It also developed community gardens and activities and built a tourism map and a communications campaign to tell the good story of the town’s success. Read the Report and Action…
Through the Community Visit process, Woodstock set community priorities for a town/village merger, built an east-end development corporation, expanded conservation, expanded walking trails, developed a town trails map, and worked on building a Woodstock Vision. Read the Report and Action Plan
Through the Community Visit process, Chelsea gained a Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development Planning Grant to staff Community Visit Task Forces, building community facilities, and an infrastructure plan. Read the Report and Action Plan
Through the Community Visit Process, Bristol inventoried potential space for a small industrial park, set key attributes of businesses to attract, worked on redeveloping Bartlett Falls area, and improved the stormwater system. Read the Report and Action Plan
Through the Community Visit process, Johnson leveraged significant federal funds to replace three bridges, build a water system, and implement a redesign of its downtown. It also built a community calendar and instituted a Winter Carnival and a summer concert series to unite and market the community. Read the Report and Action Plan.
Through the Community Visit process, Enosburg instituted a community‐wide literacy campaign and mentorship program, set up a Restorative Justice Board, created a new recreation park, built a town web page, and unified the town/village public works, financing, planning/zoning, and offices. Read the Report and Action Plan.
Through the Community Visit process, Poultney built new youth activities and mentorships, expanded collaborations with Green Mountain College, designed new town banners and a town marketing strategy, beautified Main Street and filled storefronts, developed a Community Video, started an Artist and Writers Guilds, opened the slate museum, and built a consensus Vision for the community.…
Through the Community Visit process, the towns of Troy, Westfield, and Jay built walking trails and events celebrating downtown Troy, and took steps in the development of “Tranquil Gardens.” Read the Report and Action Plan
Through the Community Visit process, Northfield redeveloped the old town school into a community center and set agreements for water/wastewater development. Read the Report and Action Plan
Through the Community Visit process, Wilmington built a Vision for the town’s future economic development and also built a senior housing project. Read the Report and Action Plan