August 22, 2012
The Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) will be hosting three Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) application workshops. The workshops are to assist organizations, communities, individuals, and businesses affected by last year’s floods with applying for the CDBG-DR funding. Below are the dates, location, and times: CDBG-DR Application Workshops Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Brandon […]
July 31, 2012
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)- 3rd Round The state of Vermont recently received a federal disaster declaration for damages resulting from the high wind and flooding events (DR-4066) which occurred in May, 2012. The state also received additional mitigation funding in connection with the disaster declared last year due to tropical storm Irene (DR-4022). In […]
July 26, 2012
CVRPC, with support from the Vermont Department of Health, is interested in knowing whether or not your work currently addresses the local food system. At any time, does your work engage farmers, business people, government agency staff, or local residents to address agriculture and other kinds of food production, processing, distributing, marketing, and retailing, food […]
July 24, 2012
Our latest newsletter is ready and can can be downloaded from https://centralvtplanning.org/news/newsletters/. Let us know if you have questions or comments.
July 20, 2012
Sovernet Fiber Corp and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority (VTA) announced today that the Vermont FiberConnect (VFC) project has recently completed constructing the first 100 miles of fiber optic network. This important milestone comes as the project heads into its final year, with completion of the 821 mile network scheduled for June 30, 2013. About Vermont […]
June 29, 2012
For more information click here. All lectures are free, open to the public, and held at Yestermorrow’s Waitsfield campus. Talks start at 7:00 pm. Can’t make it to Waitsfield? You can live stream the lecture by clicking http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yestermorrow-design-build-school . Tropical Storm Irene caused tremendous damage to property and lands throughout Vermont. The immediate response was heartfelt […]
June 27, 2012
Social Media Surgery is described as a gathering at which volunteer “surgeons” with expertise in using new/social media tools tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogging offer free or low-cost advice to representatives (“patients”) of non-profits, small businesses and community groups. Partnering with Chamber member HigherMind Mediaworks, the Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce is offering […]
VNRC has recently released “Groundwater Protection in Your Town: A Guide.” It provides an overview of Act 199 and provides model town plan and zoning bylaw language for groundwater protection. You can download the guide here: http://www.vnrc.org/water/hot-issues/vnrc-revises-groundwater-manual/. More information is below. I hope you’ll find it a useful resource as you work on planning and […]
June 13, 2012
Nobus Engineering invite you to attend a Brownfields Forum on Thursday, June 21 at the Capital Plaza in Montpelier. EPA and VTDEC will provide the latest information on Brownfields and share information on how to successfully obtain funding for non profits and municipalities. It is a great opportunity for you to interface with other municipalities, planning […]
Dear Municipal Officials, Many of you continue to recover from the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene and from the prolonged economic recession while adapting to on-going changes facing your community. More than ever, we see the need for effective and participatory land use planning in Vermont, so it is with great pleasure that we announce […]