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Annual Meeting
Northeast Transportation Safety Conference
Date: September 3 – 4, 2014
Time: All Day
Location: Omni Hotel, Providence, RI
Cost: $60 Public or Non-Profit/ $100 Private Sector
The Conference will cover pressing issues, legislation, technology, data, and engineering addressing safety issues across all generations. Sponsored by RI DOT, American Automobile Association (AAA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). Register here for A Generation Look at Transportation Safety
For more information, contact Peter Gregory at 802-457-3188
To download the agenda, click here: Agenda September 2014
For more information, contact Rita Seto at 457-3188
Meeting Agenda: TAC September 11, 2014 Agenda
| Northeast Broadband & Economic Development Conference | |
| Date: September 16-18, 2014
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Monarch Sheraton Hotel, Springfield, MA Cost: $95 Early Bird Registration
“Helping Communities Take Control of Their Broadband Future” National experts and regional broadband initiatives will share their knowledge, experiences, and plans.
Hotel Information: Special rate of $129 / night. Cut-off date for hotel reservations at the discounted rate is August 25, 2014. |
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For more information or questions please contact: [email protected]
To download the meeting agenda click here: September 2014 TRORC Board meeting agenda
To download the meeting information packet click here: September 2014 Board information
Woodstock Community Forum
Billings Farm and Museum Theater – RSVP with Pete Fellows, [email protected], (802) 457-3188
How will Woodstock businesses bounce back from the next storm?
We need your help identifying the risk to Woodstock’s business and infrastructure (road, water and sewer) related to flooding and severe weather.
- Why: We want to minimize rebuilding and recovery cost — and ensure our businesses stay open.
- Who should attend? Anyone who lives or works or owns a business in Woodstock
Moderator: Noelle MacKay, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development
What you’ll hear from us:
- Project Overview
- Observations from River Scientists
What we need from you:
- Changes made since Irene to reduce risks
- Project ideas to reduce flood risks and speed recovery
What is VERI?
The Vermont Economic Recovery Initiative (VERI) is designed to help community leaders and stakeholders reduce threats to life, property, and employers that can result from flooding and severe weather. River scientists are currently walking the Ottauquechee collecting data. The information they collect will inform a local action plan with strategies to minimize losses and help businesses and communities recover quickly in the event of a flood and provide checklists to reduce risks to businesses farming, municipal operations, or tourism. The project is modeled on the success of a similar project in Bennington that reduced the flood impacts of Tropical Storm Irene and saved the town and businesses millions of dollars in avoided economic damages.
VERI is funded by the US Economic Development Administration (EDA), led by the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, in partnership with the Regional Planning Commissions, Agencies of Natural Resources and Transportation.
DHCD – Chris Cochran, Montpelier, VT, [email protected], (802) 828-5212
TRORC – Pete Fellows, Woodstock, VT, [email protected], (802) 457-3188
To download a copy of the agenda, click here: TRORC Exec Com Agenda October 2014
The Donnella Meadows Institute is hosting a talk on how a public bank can strengthen our communities and economies. Come to ask questions and hear from public banking experts Dr. Thomas Keidel, CEO of the German Public Banking Association and Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Executive Director of the Public Banking Institute. This talk is free to the public, and is being offered as part of the Institute’s New Economy Week. The event will be held at the Norman Williams Public Library’s Mezzanine in Woodstock. For more information, click here.
The Wisdom to Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community by local filmmaker Anne Macksoud accepts the consensus of scientists that climate change has already arrived, and asks—what is keeping us from action? In discussions with thought leaders and activists, the film explores how unlimited growth and greed are destroying the life support system of the planet, the social fabric of the society, and the lives of billions of people. Come see a public viewing of this documentary film in Barnard as part of the Donnella Meadows Institute New Economy Week. For more information, click here.
Solarize Upper Valley is a program of Vital Communities aimed at making residential and small business solar photovoltaic (PV) energy more accessible across our region. Randolph-Brookfield-Braintree has been chosen as one of their targets for Fall 2014, so come celebrate the possibilities of solar and its positive impacts on our economies and communities! You’ll have the chance to meet Vital Communities’ partner installer, learn about solar, talk with other interested residents, and sign up for a free site visit. For more information, click here.