October 7, 2011
The Washington Local Mitigation Plan draft is available to review for public comments. If you would like to review and submit comments, please contact Jen at mojo@cvregion.com for a copy of the draft plan.
August 8, 2011
The Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) will be hosting an application workshop on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Capitol Plaza, 100 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont in the Montpelier Room. Registration and refreshments will begin at 8:30AM with the program starting at 9AM. You can now register online for the event at https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/event.php?eid=25 . The workshop […]
The Agency of Commerce and Community Development is requesting the assistance of regional planning commissions in getting this information out to employers and encouraging them to respond to the survey regarding housing issues related to doing business in Vermont. If you know of business people who would be interested in participating in the survey, please […]
July 26, 2011
Attention Local Officials: The FEMA form that needs to be completed and provided to VEM for the new declaration just announced today regarding Washington and Orange Counties for the May flood damages is available by contacting CVRPC. cvrpc@cvregion.com will get you to Laurie Emery and the form can be emailed back to you. The town clerks […]
July 25, 2011
The Vermont Dept. of Buildings and Services has just announced the availability of the 2011-12 Recreational Facilities Grants Program. Click on the link below for the criteria and application details. Application deadline is September 2, 2011. • Building Community Grants Programs Summary • Recreation Facilities Grant • Human Services and Education Competitive Grant Program These […]
July 22, 2011
CVRPC has scheduled a webinar on tips and tricks to using factfinder2.gov for gathering 2010 Census data by town and by dataset. As I discovered at a meeting last night, it is not easy. So, we encourage you to join us on Thursday, July 28 at 2 p.m. at CVRPC’s offices to view this webinar […]
July 19, 2011
FEMA will be hosting a series of one-day Substantial Damage Estimator software workshops at the Joint Field Office in Burlington. The software is a tool designed to assist communities in determining whether or not structures have been Substantially Damaged and whether structures need to be brought into compliance with local/NFIP minimum standards. Workshops are scheduled […]
July 18, 2011
Summer Agricultural Events at VLS Tues July 26 – Sustainable Agricultural Law Careers Oakes 007 4:15-5:45PM Moderator: William Eubanks II ’08, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal Panelists: Annette Higby, National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition; Kenneth Miller, Law for Food LLP; Jim Libby, VT Housing and Conservation Board Panelists will describe what they do that relates to sustainable […]
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Capital Improvement Grant FY2011 Request for Applications I. BACKGROUND A. Funding Source and Available Funds The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) received $100,000 from the Vermont Legislature to provide matching grants for capital investments that will support Vermont agricultural producers in obtaining GAP certification. There is a maximum […]
July 6, 2011
SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT FEMA, NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR BURLINGTON, VT – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recently incorporated the latest high-tech ways of getting the word out about disaster assistance, including websites, mobile applications and cell phones. However, one of the best ways to spread information is still the old-fashioned way: word-of-mouth. That’s why […]