May 8, 2014
Below is a letter from Michael Wood-Lewis, co-founder of Front Porch Forum: Hi. Front Porch Forum offers an easy way for neighbors to connect…and now it’s available in every Vermont town. It’s free. It’s local. And it’s friendly. Check it out at http://frontporchforum.com/. More than 75,000 households across Vermont already use their local FPFs to […]
May 2, 2014
The Vermont Open Studio Weekend, hosted by the Vermont Crafts Council, will be held May 24-25 from 10 AM – 5 PM. The weekend is a statewide celebration of art and creativity that gives visitors the opportunity to meet a diverse group of artists, view a variety of different studios, and catch a glimpse […]
April 30, 2014
May 12-16 is Way to Go! Week, an annual event where Vermont businesses and organizations compete to see who can reduce their carbon emissions the most! The goal is to save 300,000 pounds of carbon pollution as a state. After you sign up as part of an organization or as an individual, you can track […]
April 15, 2014
Click here to veiw the USGS river gauges in your area or paste http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=btv into your web browser.
April 7, 2014
Two reports highlighting the Great Brook in Plainfield, VT have been recently completed. The first is a River Corridor Plan and the second is a Landslide Hazards Report. Both documents are part of a project funded by the VT ANR Ecosystems Restoration Grant program. The consultants involved in the writing of these reports will be […]
April 3, 2014
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR (A*VISTA) Position Description: This SerVermont A*VISTA member will assist Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission staff in developing, promoting and implementing various stakeholder and community engagement activities related to CVRPC’s Regional Plan development (Plan Central Vermont: Shaping Our Region from the Ground Up). Engagement activities will focus on helping create the future vision, […]
April 1, 2014
On March 31, 2014, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a draft Phase One Plan describing a proposal for addressing pollution into Lake Champlain. This submission meets the deadline set by EPA and will provide an opportunity for Vermont to get comments on its proposal before […]
March 28, 2014
In the aftermath of the spring floods and Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, the State of Vermont Downtown Program assembled a team of architects, planners, landscape architects, branding professionals and recovery funding and organizational experts. The Vermont Downtown Action Team (V-DAT) will be coming to Northfield, April 7-9, 2014 to help with long-term recovery, future […]
March 21, 2014
Vermont Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security has been informed by FEMA that HMGP applications may now be submitted for emergency generators in the regular project category. Previously, FEMA would only fund these under the 5% initiative. Vermont communities may now apply for an emergency generator grant in the upcoming HMGP round of applications due on […]
March 18, 2014
Please join us in welcoming temporary Assistant Planner, Amelia Norris, who will be assisting with community engagement and the housing and natural resource elements of the Plan Central Vermont project. A Starksboro, VT native, Amelia joins our office by way of the University of Vermont where she recently completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies. In […]