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Vermont Council on Rural Development
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    • 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

Archives: Montpelier

How a Community Garden Went From Online to On-the-Ground

UncategorizedBy Grigori YoukovJune 5, 2014

Small organizations are at the heart of most communities, and they are often born directly in response to a community’s need. This relationship only deepens once these organizations are established. They depend on their community to help raise funds, to advertise their services and events, and to find volunteers. Across the state, organizations new and…

Council on the Future of Vermont Commentary and Written Submissions

By Grigori YoukovOctober 28, 2010

The Council on the Future of Vermont received written submission from Vermonters via this website. Online Survey For over a year we collected the opinions, ideas, and challenges of Vermonters through an online survey of five questions. Close to 200 Vermonters shared their opinions. See their responses by clicking the links below: What does Vermont…

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