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Annual Meeting
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
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.
The Town Officers Education Conferences (TOEC), now in their 70th year, are organized by University of Vermont Extension in partnership with several participating organizations. The conferences are designed to help town clerks, planners, listers, select board members and other municipal officials to do their jobs more effectively by providing updates on tax laws and regulations, municipal record keeping and effective strategies for handling planning, zoning, and other town issues.
The 2015 sessions will be held on the following dates:
- April 1 – Doubletree, Burlington VT
- April 22 – Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee VT
- April 29 – Killington Grand Resort Hotel, Killington VT
The conference brochure and online registration are now available online . For more information please contact Pam Lowell at 802-777-3349 or 1-800-281-6977, x272 (toll free in Vermont).
The Sustainable Energy Resource Group (SERG) and partners will be hosting an Upper Valley Energy Committee Roundtable event on April 28th. This annual Roundtable promotes networking and information sharing to assist energy committees in carrying out their work. This year’s focus panel will discuss COMMUNITY SOLAR GROUP NET METERING: the opportunities, resources and models to promote community solar group net metering in Vermont and New Hampshire. The event agenda is set as follows:
5:30 – 5:40pm – Welcome and Brief Introductions
- 5 second introduction by all attendees: name, town, and energy affiliation
5:40 – 5:55pm – Sponsor Introductions
5:55 – 6:00pm – Review or Interesting EC Survey Results – Sarah, poll on interest for mini-roundtables, will have slides and pie charts
6:00 – 6:45pm – Energy Committee Updates
- Brief 2 minute update from each energy committee represented. Focus on the most recent and exciting project or challenge.
- Present in alphabetical order
- Have handout of what towns have been up to take notes on
6:45 – 7pm – Organizing Partner Presentations and Other Resources
7 – 8:00pm – Community Group Net Metering – materials and resources with handouts or links for more information
- Joey Miller, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Kate Epsen, New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association
- Lynn Benander, Coop Power
8:00 – 8:30pm – Clean up and leave
To register for this event before April 17th, please click here.
Will your board have new members after Town Meeting Day? Do you have questions about how municipal planning law works? Do you need a refresher on the roles and responsibilities of your community’s many boards?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you and your members should consider joining us for an evening presentation, where TRORC staff will provide participants with an overview of land use planning in Vermont. We are offering this presentation in two locations. At each location we will tailor the presentation to the needs of the audience to ensure that your pressing questions or concerns are addressed.
This presentation is free of charge. Refreshments will be provided. To register, contact Chris Sargent at [email protected] or by calling 802-457-3188, ext. 12.