Maybe you’ve noticed, but our website just got an overhaul. The old VCRD home page vs the new VCRD home page Throughout the Vermont Digital Economy Project, we have been working with nonprofits and small Vermont businesses to help them to take advantage of online tools, and to present themselves professionally and effectively online. One…
Donate NowAt VCRD, we believe that the best solutions come from the ground up, from neighbors gathering in town halls to local leaders stepping up with bold ideas. Local democracy is alive in Vermont, and it needs your support. For over 30 years, VCRD has helped Vermonters take charge of their future by building community-driven…
Last week, VCRD hosted a “State Rural Policy Innovation Roundtable” reviewing key rural development action led by states and how this work can contribute to national rural policy. We had folks from California, Wyoming, Oregon, Vermont, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Idaho, Arizona, Maine, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Washington…
One of 40 Councils nationwide, the VCRD is an independent non-profit with a 24 member Board of Directors representing federal, state, local, private, and non-profit partners working together to promote the progress of rural Vermont. Federal John Roberts, USDA Farm Services Agency John Sinclair, Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forest Sarah Waring, USDA Rural…
Staff | Board of Directors Staff Laura Cavin Bailey Climate Economy Program Director [email protected] 802-234-1646 Laura strives to continually engage with systems thinking and community-based initiatives to advance collaborative, healthy, energy efficient, and adaptable places. Laura’s diverse work experience includes solar electric system design and installation, biodiesel production, a research fellow at the Energy Studies…
Unleashing the power of Vermonters to create a better future! The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities. VCRD is a dynamic partnership of federal, state, local, nonprofit and private partners. Actively non-partisan with an established reputation for community-based facilitation,…
Read the 2011 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2011, and what we’re looking forward to in 2012.
VCRD 2010 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2010, and what we’re looking forward to in 2011.
Read the 2008 Annual Report for an overview of our programming, updates from 2008, and what we’re looking forward to in 2009.
This compendium of findings highlights priority topic areas that have emerged through VCRD’s body of work, and considers challenges identified by communities, some of the accomplishments of VCRD at the community and policy level, and unmet community development needs in Vermont. Read the “Rural Development in Vermont: Community & Policy Findings” Report.