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Annual Meeting
9th Annual Energy Committee Roundtable May 3 Save the Date! Volunteers from our region’s 38 energy committees will gather again this year at the Montshire Museum on the evening of May 3 to swap stories and gear up for another year of local energy action. Interested in joining or forming an energy committee in your town? Learn more and register.
https://vitalcommunities.org/energy/9th-annual-roundtable-may-3/
THINK SPRING – Trees, Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Berries Saturday
May 7, 2016
9am-11am
VT Technical College- Red Schoolhouse Randolph Center, VT Order your plants by April 8
https://onrcd.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff907eec1b7ede0ea0e7e1987&id=4474c3ed5b&e=778914bb7b
Dear Local Officials,
The TRORC region is short thousands of homes that are affordable. Many of TRORC’s towns could benefit from more homes, as this would lead to more community members – employees, employers, customers, students, volunteers – as well as allowing current community members to move in to more appropriate housing for them. Zoning regulations can inadvertently get in the way of producing such homes. Come discuss ways in which regulations can be changed to encourage more housing in your town with TRORC Senior Planner Kevin Geiger. Some of the topics that will be discussed are reduced lot sizes, mixed uses, waivers as incentives, and more. There will be two meetings over the next few weeks with one in Norwich and the other in Bethel a week later with more details to come. Please let me know if you plan on attending either one of the meetings.
See details below for Meeting:
Norwich Area Meeting
Date: June 1, 2016
Where: Tracy Hall: Norwich, VT
When: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Bethel Area Meeting
Date: June 8, 2016
Where: Bethel Town Hall 318 Main St.
When: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The Barnard Town Energy Committee is hosting an information session on heat pumps and solar energy on Tue., May 10 at 6:30 PM at the Danforth Library in Barnard
NOTE: Time change. New meeting time is 4:00 – 5:30 pm
For a copy of the agenda, please click here: Executive Committee Agenda 5.11.16
The next TAC meeting is Thursday May 12, 2016 9:30AM at the Brookfield First Congregational Church (Exit 4 Randolph, take VT66 E past VTC, take left onto Ridge Rd until you hit VT65 and see the white church on the corner). Attached are meeting agenda and minutes from last meeting. We’ll be electing Chair and Vice Chair and a quick check on Bylaws in case anyone has something to bring up.
Join garden expert Charlie Nardozzi and garden leaders from your region for this Vermont Community Garden Network workshop exploring strategies for recruiting and engaging gardeners and volunteers. Learn strategies to boost your garden programs, share stories and ideas, and celebrate this growing movement. This workshop is designed for community and school garden leaders and is open to anyone working with a community-based garden. A hearty snack will be provided.
Save the date!
Vermont Community Development Association
2016 Spring Conference
Tuesday May 17, 2016 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
New State Office Complex, Waterbury, VT
The entrepreneurial pipeline:
The role of makerspaces, co-working spaces, and incubators
Sustained Growth, Connectivity and Collaboration in a Community
- How conditions for organic growth and evolution are created
- What drives the demand
- Is the need being met?
Come hear how flexible workplaces are supporting Vermont’s startup economy.
Complete registration packets will follow soon. This will be a limited ticket event so don’t delay in registering. Contact Theresa Bachand at VLCT for more information at (802) 229-9111 or at [email protected]
UPDATE MAY 6TH:
Dear Colleagues:
The VCDA Spring Meeting on Tuesday, May 17th – The Entrepreneurial Pipeline: The Role of Maker Spaces, Co-Working Spaces and Incubators – has created a great deal of interest, which has necessitated a move to larger space. Fortunately, it is in the same community, Waterbury, at St. Leo’s Hall, which is adjacent to the state complex.
We had requested more chairs in the reserved space at the state complex to accommodate a larger crowd but the fire marshal’s orders prohibit this. Rather than turn people away, the Board decided a move to larger space was the best solution. It will be very convenient for any of you who want to visit the state complex following the meeting.
Directions: Exit 10, Waterbury, turn down towards the town, take the round-about to Main Street, which is also Rt. 100. St. Leo’s Hall is located behind St. Andrew’s Church, 109 South Main Street. There is a parking lot plus parking on the street is allowed.
Having a large crowd is a nice problem to have, and with the line-up of speakers on the program, we are looking forward to an interesting, productive day. Reminder: registration deadline is Thursday, May 12. For your convenience, the Agenda and registration form are attached.
Mary Miller, Meeting Coordinator
Please register for What’s New in the Natural Resources Atlas on May 18, 2016 10:00 AM EDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6769137113567758338
Erik Engstrom of the VT Agency of Natural Resources will give a tutorial on the Natural Resources Atlas HTML5 viewer (an online mapping application) and show some tips and tricks, as well as what’s new in the latest viewer release. This webinar will be most useful for those who use the Silverlight version and have not yet migrated to the new HTML5 viewer yet. Questions and feedback are welcome!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Update 5/13/2016
Redefining “Vermont Strong”
Vermonters continue to face climate-related challenges like powerful storms and warming temperatures, all while navigating shifting economies and new policies. We must act now to protect our treasured people and places. Join us for the first Resilient Vermont Network conference and gear up for the challenge.
This interactive event will bring together community leaders, municipal officials, organizations and agencies working to strengthen Vermont’s resilience to climate change and other challenges. Gain the skills, ideas, inspiration, connections and resources for on-the-ground action to make us all stronger, more vibrant, and better prepared.
Let’s make Vermont stronger, together.
Join us in May.
We want to hear from you! Send us:
Conference sessions: We want to feature your work, stories, challenges and your solutions. This is an action-focused conference, so as much as possible we’re crowdsourcing breakout sessions, trainings, field trips and workshops that will help people take action and improve resilience.
Case studies: We’re seeking great ideas and innovations in resilience! We’re looking for a few stories of projects that make our communities and environment safer and better prepared for climate-related challenges. These replicable, innovative, and impactful projects will help shape the conference!
We’re eager to involve as many Network members as possible, and welcome your ideas and participation. Please get in touch if you’d like to help plan the conference, offer a session, sponsor the event, or get involved in other ways. Contact us at:[email protected]
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