April 4, 2019
Congratulations to Northfield on their receipt of a Better Connections Transportation & Community Development Grant. along with towns of Fairlee and Middlebury. CVRPC staff worked in collaboration with the Town of Northfield to write the grant application and we are excited to announce their award. The Town of Northfield will create a […]
Vermont Fish & Wildlife has a newly-released publication, Mapping Vermont’s Natural Heritage. The guide was written with community planners and conservation groups in mind, and it is intended to provide guidance on using state-available maps and data in local level planning and conservation work. The guide has been mailed to every Vermont Town, along with […]
March 21, 2019
Join us for a day of education and networking. The day will encompass Public Assistance Training by Vermont’s Public Assistance Officer; and a Roundtable on EMD/Foreman Communication. There will also be a separate EMD meeting encompassing municipal incident planning and local emergency management plans; and a Road Foreman’s meriting including safety for supervisors training as […]
March 19, 2019
Beginning in April, the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission’s Board of Commissioners meetings will change from the 7:00 pm start time to a 6:30 pm start time. Meetings will continue to be held at the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce on Paine Turnpike in Berlin, VT. The public is always welcome at our meetings. […]
March 14, 2019
Decreasing flooding, caring for woodlands and free pancakes! Montpelier, VT – On March 7, 2019 the National Weather Service issued its fifth Vermont flood outlook for the 2019 winter/spring season, in short the threat for flooding due to runoff from snowmelt and rainfall is above normal in our region. Vermont is no stranger to […]
February 21, 2019
Each community has unique needs and challenges when it comes to health and wellbeing. So how do we find out what is needed for the residents of Central Vermont? We ask. CVRPC is working with Central Vermont Medical Center and over 50 other local organizations to conduct the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). This […]
February 14, 2019
What is an Emergency Management Director and what are they responsible for? Identification of the resources and organizations that would be used to support incident command Creation and maintenance of the Local Emergency Management Plan (Annually) Maintenance of the Local Emergency Operations Center Facilitates Emergency Management meetings with municipal stakeholders Coordinates citizen preparedness […]
February 11, 2019
Love clean water? Learn more about the state’s efforts to restore it this Valentine’s Day through a public presentation and online webinar on the Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2018 Investment Report and Interagency Clean Water Projects Dashboard. Join the Department of Environmental Conservation Clean Water Initiative Program’s Assistant Manager, Emily Bird, and Operations Manager, Helen […]
February 7, 2019
After developing and refining the NextGen Service plan over the last year, GMT is getting ready to implement our new service structure. We will be holding Public Meetings to discuss the new service design, releasing commuter surveys to make sure we are getting you to where to need to be – when you need to […]
January 17, 2019
The River Corridor and Floodplain Protection Program is pleased to announce the availability of draft enhancements to the Statewide River Corridor Map. Over the last three years, the program integrated over 2200 miles of field-based stream geomorphic assessment data into the existing statewide map. Updates to the map were informed by field determined valley wall […]