2021 Annual Report
Read VCRD’s 2021 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2021, and what we’re looking forward to in 2022.
2020 Annual Report
Read VCRD’s 2020 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2020, and what we’re looking forward to in 2021.
Paul Costello to leave VCRD in September
After 21 years, the head of a group that’s helped organize hundreds of communities across the state is stepping down. Paul Costello, executive director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is moving on come September.
VCRD Executive Director Paul Costello leaving post
As seen in Vermont Business Magazine: https://vermontbiz.com/news/2021/june/02/vcrd-executive-director-paul-costello-leaving-post After 21 years at the helm of the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), Paul Costello is stepping down from his role as Executive Director. Over these years Costello has engaged communities throughout the state to help them set priorities and connect to resources, led a dozen policy…
Emerson Lynn: How we maximize value of billions coming our way
The City of St. Albans can expect its share of the American Rescue Plan stimulus money to be a shade over $2 million. St. Albans Town will receive about $1.9 million.
Video ~ The Future of Vermont with Paul Costello
Executive Director of Vermont Council on Rural Development, discusses the work of bringing attention to the fundamental needs that communities face and the next phase of the ongoing work of the Council on the Future of Vermont.
Vermont Council on Rural Development presents Roger Allbee with lifetime achievement award
Former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee’s extensive work on behalf of rural Vermont was recognized on Wednesday by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD).
Understanding Quarantine and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 for a Healthy Holiday Season
VCRD and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont collaborated to put together an online seminar featuring Dr. Kate Mcintosh. Dr. Mcintosh’s presentation covered the latest trends in virus spread, different types of tests available, quarantine guidelines, and the coming vaccines. See the presentation below or on YouTube here. The slideshow Dr. Mcintosh used for the…
Working the landscape: Roger Allbee
There aren’t many people in Vermont who have accomplished as much and been publicly recognized so little as Roger Allbee.
Vermont Council on Rural Development launches VT proposition initiative to engage Vermonters in envisioning the future
Over the last couple months, The Vermont Council on Rural Development has been working on an initiative they’re calling the Vermont Proposition: an effort to engage thousands of Vermonters in articulating priorities designed to optimize the best of Vermont.