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Annual Meeting
University of Vermont (UVM) Extension will conduct the workshop on Nov. 28 at the Newsbank, Inc. Conference Center, 352 Main St., Chester, and on Nov. 29 at the UVM Extension office, 374 Emerson Falls Rd, Suite 1, St. Johnsbury. Lunch and all class materials will be provided.
The workshop will cover a range of financial topics including recordkeeping, pricing jobs for profit, business plans, accessing capital for investment and operations, transitioning the business and retirement planning. Participants also will hear about current industry economics and the PATH (Planning and Analysis in Timber Harvest) spreadsheet tool, among other topics.
Presenters include Steve Bick, Northeast Forest, LLC in Thendara, New York; Paul Frederick, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation; Chris Lindgren, UVM Extension; and Steve Paddock, Vermont Small Business Development Center.
Participants will earn eight Vermont LEAP (Logger Education to Advance Professionalism) credits. To register, contact Christi Sherlock at (866) 860-1382 or [email protected] by Nov. 23. To request a disability-related accommodation, please call by Nov. 1.
Funding for this program was provided by UVM Extension, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative.
Questions? Contact Chris Lindgren at (802) 773-3349, ext. 274, or (800) 281-6977 (toll-free in Vermont only).
A conference to learn more about advanced wood boiler operation
When: Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Where: Sally Fox Conference Center at the Waterbury State Office Complex
This workshop is organized and hosted by the Vermont Statewide WOod Energy Team and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation.
Do you or someone you know struggle to meet basic needs?
Do you know where you can go for help?
Do you see needs in your community that aren’t being met?
Join us for Community Conversations!
FREE Spaghetti Dinner & Informational Meeting
Saturday, December 3, 2016
4:30-7:00 pm
United Church of Randolph
18 North Main Street, Randolph VT
$25 Gift Card Door Prize!! (must be present to win)
Residents of Randolph and surrounding communities are invited to join Capstone Community Action, Stagecoach, Safeline, and the Orange County Parent Child Center
- Hear from local ccommunity service programs about the help available in your community
- Ask providers questions over dinner
- Provide feedback on the results of Capstone Community Action’s latest Community Needs Assessment
- Find out how you can get involved to help make a difference in your community
So we can plan enough food, please RSVP at our website www.capstonevt.org – Scroll down to News & Events
For a copy of the agenda, please click here:executive-committee-agenda-12-5-16
Date: Tuesday December 6, 2016
Time: 6-7:30pm
Location: Forest Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Woodstock, VT. Parking available at the Billings Farm & Museum parking lot.
Fee: No cost
Contact: To learn more about the park visit https://www.nps.gov/mabi/index or call 802-457-3368 x222
Come and join us for a discussion about Vermont’s forests and those who dwell in them. Kim Royer, Special Assistant to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Commissioner and Bobcat Expert will discuss significant changes to Vermont’s forests over the last two to three centuries and the effect those alterations have had on our native wildlife populations. She will focus on species such as beaver, otter, bobcat, fisher, wolf, and coyote and will bring skins and skulls to demonstrate various differences between the species. Discussion will be indoors, with light refreshments.
Act 174, An Act Relating to Improving the Siting of Energy Projects. TRORC will review the voluntary enhanced energy planning standards and recommendations for regional and municipal plans. Act 174 standards can be found here: https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/act-174-recommendations-and-determination-standards
For a copy of the agenda, please click here: trorc-board-meeting-agenda-12-14-16
December 15, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Royalton Police Barracks
Agenda
1. Call to order – Mark Warner
2. Introductions
3. Approval of minutes for 10/20/2016 (attached)
4. Action on TRORC Invoice for $2,000.
5. Treasurer’s report – John Durkee
6. School Safety Training Presentation – Emily Harris (DEMHS)
7. Tier II Hazardous Response Presentation – Tory
8. LEPC12 CERT Update – Brad Salzmann
9. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings
LEPC12 next meeting – February 16, 2016 at the Royalton Police Barracks
Happy Holidays!!!
1/10/17 6-8 pm at the Bradford Academy
What and where are our Large Forest Blocks?
Why are they critical to the Region?
What can be done to protect them?
Come join staff from TRORC and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for a discussion of the latest mapping of large forest blocks and wildlife habitat connectors and how we can use this new data in planning for their preservation.