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Annual Meeting
Grow Grants, ranging in size from $1,000 to $3,500, from the New England Grassroot Environment Fund are designed to help established grassroots groups increase capacity, collaborate, and leverage impact. A perfect match for many energy committees. Learn more and apply for funding.
VTC hosts an Introduction to GIS and GPS class taught by VCGI staff each year. This fall, we are offering it as a two-day course completed over two Saturdays.
NOTE: This training is approved for VT Land Surveyors Continuing Education Credit & Wastewaster Treatment Facility Operator Certification
Intro to GIS/GPS ($100, approved for VT Land Surveyors Continuing Education Credit # CE416-0216) :
Participants will gain an understanding of fundamental geospatial concepts which they will then apply in learning how to use online mapping applications, consumer grade GPS receivers, and QGIS open source GIS software. QGIS will be used to explore and display geospatial data, to create new geospatial data, to perform simple geospatial analysis, and to compose basic maps appropriate for printing or publishing. Participants will develop a mapping question or project that they will explore and build on throughout the course. Training manual chapters are posted below so you can check out what is covered or use them for self-training.
September 10 and 17(Randolph Campus) – Two Saturdays, 9-5 each. Click here to register: https://greentrainings.vtc.edu/gis-trainings.html
You can check out the manual we use at the VCGI Trainings Web Page:
https://vcgi.vermont.gov/education/training
September 24, 10 am – 2 pm | Mobile Home Replacement Fair and VerMOD Factory Open House in Hartford
At 2677 Route 5 in Wilder, VT. Learn about Efficiency Vermont’s Mobile Home Replacement process, tour a net-zero manufactured home, and enjoy refreshments, music, and activities for kids. Hosted by Hartford Energy Commission, Efficiency Vermont, and the VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development. Contact Phoebe at Efficiency Vermont for more info: 802.540.7855. Learn More.
The CRJC Mt Ascutney Subcommittee is once again organizing a free Septic System Workshop for homeowners. The feedback from past years was super positive. This year’s workshop will be held on September 17 from 10 to 12 in Springfield Vt.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation has evaluated alternatives to improve, expand, and/or replace the existing Exit 2 park and ride facility.
They are sponsoring a public meeting to obtain public input on the alternatives. Please attend and provide your input.
A draft scoping report with a description and evaluation of the alternatives is available on the following link: Sharon_Park_and_Ride_Scoping-Report.pdf
If you are unable to attend and have comments/questions, please contact Gregory Edwards, Project Manager, Stantec Consulting, 802-864-0223 or [email protected].
September 21, 9 – 11 am | Weatherize Upper Valley Info Session for Vermont Home Performance Contractors
At the Kilton Library (80 Main Street, West Lebanon, NH). Contact Sarah to RSVP and request a copy of the Request for Proposals.
Greetings Developers, Housing Authorities, Non-Profit Community Development Organizations and Consultants:
The Department of Housing and Community Development (in conjunction with the Division for Historic Preservation) is holding its Annual VCDP Approved Historic Preservation Consultant Training on Friday, September 23rd 9am to 4pm. The training will be held at our offices in the National Life Building, Basement Level, Montpelier Conference Room. Attendance is required by our approved historic preservation consultants who will be on our list to conduct Section 106 reviews for projects awarded Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for the October 2016-September 2017 program year.
We want to encourage you to attend the training along with the approved consultants to hear how the Division for Historic Preservation is interpreting the Secretary of Interior Standards, what guidance and instructions are being given to the approved consultants from a process and procedural standpoint to be on the same page when the consultant is providing you with a Section 106 report for your project. This training is a great opportunity to be informed of what is required to satisfy the Section 106 review requirements, receive newly developed guidance materials, be briefed on best practice approaches for timing and completing a Section 106 Review, meet the historic preservation consultants that will be on the approved list for the upcoming program year, and ask clarifying questions of the staff.
The training is an excellent overview of the program and how to approach the Section 106 review as one component of the larger Environmental Review required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The morning session of the training will include a program overview and general Section 106 guidance and the afternoon will include more detailed, technical architectural and archaeological information for the historic preservation consultants. You all are welcome to stay for the entirety of the training, or leave after the morning session. The formal agenda for training is still being developed at this time and will be forwarded as soon it is finalized.
If you have received this invitation as an Executive Director, CEO or President; we ask that you please pass this invitation on to any and all staff that may be interested in attending. There is no limit to the number of staff an organization can send. Please do respond to this e-mail with the names of those who plan on attending the training, as we need to provide a full list to our front desk security.
Please follow-up with me if you have any questions.
Best,
Quin Mann, Environmental Officer
Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
One National Life Drive, Davis Bldg, 6th floor
Montpelier, VT 05620-0501
Tel: 802-828-1357
How Can You Help?
Volunteer Your Time:
- Help remove invasives – Join the knotweed crew or tackle wild parsnip
- Join us on September 24 for a river clean up day
- Ongoing landscape clean up – Help with a clean up day in late Fall or next Spring
- Lend us your expertise – Gardening, irrigation systems, plantings, your specialty
- Send us your ideas
Make a Donation:
- Sustainable Woodstock has committed to raising the 10% match for this grant. If you would like to support this effort you can donate here.
- Support ongoing improvements at the Park
Executive Director, Sustainable Woodstock
The Way to Go! transportation challenge is moving from May to September 26-October 7 this year. We hope this timing will make it easier for more people to join in and find alternative ways to commute. Schools should stay tuned for an early signup before the end of the school year—one lucky school will win an AllEarth Solar Tracker, valued at over $30,000! Learn more.
Orange and Windsor Counties Road Foreman Regional Meeting
Meeting agenda for Tuesday September 27, 2016 Chelsea Town Garage
9:30am – 11:00am
1) Introductions (9:30am)
2) Emergency Protective Measures outreach – Todd Menees or Scott Jensen, ANR (10 mins)
3) Better Back Roads Completed Projects – (50 mins) A presentation of completed Better Back Road construction projects by various Towns in the last 2 years. This will showcase the examples of culvert replacements and stone line ditching and hopefully bring ideas for this next coming grant season.
4) Other Business
What TRORC is looking for when we do your road erosion inventories with MGRP – Pete Fellows – (15 mins)
Hydroseeder sharing?
5) Meeting Adjourn
Please RSVP to Rita ([email protected] or call 457-3188)
Location:
Chelsea Town Garage – 25 East Randolph Road, Chelsea, VT. Phone: (802) 685-4302
Directions:
From Exit 2 of I-89 (Sharon) or Exit 3 (Royalton), go north on VT110 to Chelsea (11.5 miles). Take left on East Randolph Road. Garage on left.