2014 Shoreland Trainings Workshop Outline: Understanding the Vegetative Management Practices; Field Techniques for Measuring Slope, Percent Cleared and Impervious Areas, and Mean Water Level; Review of Shoreland Projects – Exemptions, and Registrations and Permits Required.

Join the Vermont Environmental Consortium and Vermont Technical College for their conference discussing various components of the carbon cycle, including Big Bertha (VTC’s biodigester), the campus carbon footprint/food systems, and other renewable and sustainable practices conducted on site. The day will include site tours, and discussions for building more carbon conscious communities.

Join Vermont Housing Finance Agency and other sponsors, including TRORC, in forums on the biggest challenges and opportunities facing Vermont’s housing markets. This is an exceptional opportunity to network and hear presentations with other housing financers, advocates, developers, planners, tenants, and others. Registration is open until October 31st, and includes lunch, on-site parking, a reception, and access to all exhibits and workshops.

Associated Industries of Vermont will host a special seminar focusing on key environmental and regulatory issues, with presentations and Q&A with private and public sector experts.  For information on planned topics, an updated agenda, and access to both a printable and an online registration form, please visit the AIVT website, www.aivt.org.

The Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup and its partners invite you to a workshop to learn about business continuity. Our region’s economic resiliency will depend on how prepared each business will be for increasingly frequent natural disasters.

• Learn about the fundamentals of business continuity planning and economic resiliency
• Lean from local and national experts who will introduce practical steps to preparing for any disruptive event
• Gain information on local resources to help take the next steps toward becoming a resilient business

 Click this link to register

The Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will be hosting a series of ice jam / springtime flooding summits across the state.

At these meetings, which will be open to all and geared towards local public officials, the following partners will give presentations:

o   U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) regarding Ice Jams;

o   National Weather Service regarding seasonal conditions and ice jam and flooding prospects;

o   Vermont Agency of Transportation;

o   Vermont Agency of Natural Resources regarding a new on-line reporting system for Emergency Protective Measures and technical assistance availability;

o   Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) regarding the State Watch Officer Program, DisasterLan, Local Emergency Operations Plans, etc.

For details or to confirm in the event of inclement weather, contact DEMHS at (800) 347-0488.

In a time of tighter budgets, finding efficiencies just makes good sense, and cents.  Come hear, and share, the various options your community has for creating inter-municipal agreements.  This could be as complex as a new entity that covers several towns, to two towns just sharing a loader. For more information, contact Kevin Geiger at [email protected] or by calling (802) 457-3188.

In a time of tighter budgets, finding efficiencies just makes good sense, and cents.  Come hear, and share, the various options your community has for creating inter-municipal agreements.  This could be as complex as a new entity that covers several towns, to two towns just sharing a loader. For more information, contact Kevin Geiger at [email protected] or by calling (802) 457-3188.