February 16, 2010
Central Vermont Energy Program Background The Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission has received economic stimulus funding to assist municipalities and the Washington County Court House with implementing energy efficiency measures. CVRPC has funds available to perform energy and lighting audits on municipally-owned buildings and potentially will have funds available to undertake subsequent weatherization measures identified […]
Request for Proposals—Energy Audits Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission is seeking consulting services to conduct detailed energy and lighting audits of municipal buildings within the 20 Washington County towns and the Towns of Washington, Williamstown and Orange in Orange County, and including the Washington County Courthouse in Montpelier. Proposals are due March 5, 2010. For […]
February 9, 2010
Please check the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) website for the Infrastructure Grant announcement and take a look at the Safe Routes to School application. There is a notice of intent that is required for this year’s process. Please contact Aimee Pope at VTrans, 828-5799, with questions. Here is the link to the VTrans web […]
February 5, 2010
The Environmental Court recently issued a new ruling in the JAM Golf case on whether certain regulatory provisions in South Burlington’s 2003 regulations are sufficiently specific to guide a development review board’s decision-making. The decision is available at:http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/GTC/Environmental/ENVCRT%20Opinions/03-194z.HighlandsMasterPlan.sjo.pdf This and similar cases will be among the topics of discussion at the Vermont Planners Association’s spring […]
February 2, 2010
Department of Energy ARRA grant: CVRPC today signed the agreement with the Department of Energy for the ARRA stimulus funding for municipal building audits. CVRPC will now prepare a RFP for energy audit firms and will keep the municipalities informed of the status. We anticipate that the selected firm(s) will contact municipal officials directly to […]
January 22, 2010
Applications for the FY10 Municipal Education Grants (MEGs) will be accepted any time until May 15, 2010 or until available funding runs out, whichever occurs first. MEGs offer up to $800 reimbursement for on-site training of local volunteer officials dealing with land use planning and regulation, including all-boards training. The MEG Program Description and the […]
January 21, 2010
The City of Montpelier has just been awarded an $8 million grant for a District Energy plant. It’s a great day for Montpelier. They’re well on their way to implementing the dream of enVision Montpelier and becoming this country’s first sustainable state capital. Secretary Chu Announces More Than $20.5 million for Community Renewable Energy Deployment […]
January 11, 2010
The VT Center for Geographic Information is partnering with UNH Extension to bring the following hands-on workshops to VT Technical College on March 30. Brochure: http://extension.unh.edu/GISGPS/documents/GISVTMar10.pdf Making Maps the Google Way:Learn how to make interactive and 3D maps using free Google mapping tools!This course explores the basics of Google Earth and Google Maps with a […]
January 7, 2010
Please save the date, the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) will be hosting an application workshop on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 here at our offices at National Life (6th Floor Calvin Coolidge Room), 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier, Vermont. Registration and refreshments will begin at 8:30AM with the program starting at 9AM. Please find the […]
January 4, 2010
There is a small chance that additional ARRA funds may be available to municipalities seeking Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for eligible projects that can proceed by June 17, 2010. This email is being sent to municipalities with projects on the State FY 2010 priority list that may have projects that could meet the […]