Regional Plan

CVRPC’s Regional Plan is used to guide growth and development in the Region and is renewed every 8 years. The Plan is useful to local communities as a resource in the preparation of local plans, and is also used in the Act 250 and Section 248/248a review processes to evaluate major land use developments and subdivisions. The Regional Plan revision process is currently underway, and draft documents are linked below.

2026 Regional Plan Adoption Process

CVRPC has presented a draft Regional Plan for review, linked below. This builds upon the 2024-approved Plan, with revisions and additional content to meet new statutory requirements, and is being referred to as an Interim Plan. This Plan includes a Future Land Use Map using the Land Use Categories as defined by Act 181. As part of that process, staff have met with all 23 of our member municipalities to discuss these mapping efforts. The 2026 Regional Plan provides an updated framework that reflects current conditions, statutory changes, and regional priorities.  It will also include regional and municipal housing targets.

As the adoption and approval process of this interim Plan moves forward, CVRPC staff and the Regional Plan Committee will continue their work on a comprehensive rewrite to guide growth, infrastructure investment, housing development, and resource protection across Central Vermont. This hybrid approach will allow CVRPC to ensure continuity in regional planning efforts while providing staff with the necessary flexibility to develop a new Regional Plan.

Draft 2026 Interim Regional Plan Documents

2026 Regional Plan Resources

2024 Regional Plan

On July 9, 2024, the CVRPC Board of Commissioners moved to readopt the 2016 Regional Plan.
2024 Regional Plan as Adopted and 2024 Regional Future Land Use Map

The adopted amendments included revisiting and revising goals for each element, creating an implementation plan for the next 5 years for each element, adding an enhanced energy element, and adding housing targets. The adoption report below explores the revisions in further depth.
2016 CVRPC Regional Plan Readoption and Readoption Assessment Report and Appendices

2016 Regional Plan

On June 12, 2018, CVRPC’s Board of Commissioners adopted amendments to the Regional Plan. This adopted Regional Plan became effective on July 17, 2018.  The adopted amendments included:  Updated language to address Act 171 – Forest Integrity; Updated Energy Element to include reference to the Regional Energy Plan; and Inclusion of the Regional Energy Plan as Appendix A-7.

On October 13, 2020 the CVRPC Board of Commissioners again adopted amendments to the 2016 Central Vermont Regional Plan.  The amendments include a revision is to the Regional Center boundary around the City of Montpelier as it appears on the Future Land Use Map and removal of the housing distribution plan.

Regional Plan Committee

The Regional Plan Committee develops and recommends updates to the Regional Plan.  They meet the first Tuesday of every month at 4:00 pm.  Committee Members include the following:

  • Alice Peal, Waitsfield
  • Rich Turner, Williamstown
  • John Brabant, Calais
  • Doug Greason, Waterbury
  • Brittany Butler, Cabot

Regional Plan Committee Minutes & Agendas

Committee Rules of Procedure and other committee documents are available upon request at cvrpc@cvregion.com

Programs