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Twin Pines Housing Trust is offering a “Secrets of Homebuying Workshop” on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Participants will learn how to apply for a mortgage with special financing, closing costs, work with a realtor, budgeting, credit and homeowners insurance. Fee is $65 per household.
The course, Procurement Under FEMA Awards: Requirements for Recipients and Sub recipients When Procuring Services and Supplies with Funding under Stafford Act Grant Programs, is designed for State, Local, and Tribal emergency management personnel, and private non-profit entities who procure services that may be reimbursable under the FEMA program. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/96773
Wednesday, February 15 10 am – noon at 171 Bridge St, Hartford VT. Room 312
Please RSVP to [mailto:[email protected]]
by February 3rd If you plan to attend and we will get you the proper forms to fill out.
Please also feel free to distribute this to anyone who could benefit from the course.
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, February 15 at 12:15 pm and check out the Vermont Planning Manual for advice on crafting a plan that drives town decisions towards achieving goals, from safe and walkable neighborhoods to protecting forest blocks and revitalizing villages. For specific guidance on plans that can influence Section 248 permitting for energy generation facilities, see the Department of Public Service website and participate in your Regional Planning Commission trainings.
From VT Digger:
Contact:
Shelby Girard, (802) 223-7222, [email protected]
Rural Vermont will launch “Groundswell”, a statewide community conversation tour on February 22nd at the Tunbridge Town Hall, followed by stops in Putney, Rutland, Shaftsbury, Burlington, and Craftsbury Common throughout March and April. All events are from 5:30-8:30pm, free, and open to all. RSVP and apply for farmer and childcare stipends at www.ruralvermont.org.
Rural Vermont’s Community Conversation Tour will engage communities in dialogue about land use, livelihood, food, and the future of Vermont. At each of the Tour stops, Rural Vermont farmer-leaders and staff will present a vision for an agricultural economy in Vermont that delivers health and vitality to farmer, eater, soil, environment, and community alike.
Attendees will be invited to identify priorities, barriers, and pathways to systemic change at the individual, community, and statewide levels. Rural Vermont will use the results from all Tour events to shape its plan for moving Vermont towards this shared vision for a just agriculture and economy which serve all Vermonters and the land we inhabit.
Tour events will be punctuated by a light dinner provided by Rural Vermont, music and cash bar/BYOB at select locations, and ample time for socializing with friends and neighbors. Farmer and childcare stipends are available, on a limited basis, to make it easier for farmers and families to participate.
Rural Vermont recognizes the urgency of the crises we face and envisions a future where Vermont farmers thrive while nourishing their communities with nutrient-dense food grown from healthy animals and living soils, where profits stay local and support small businesses, where farmers are incentivized to adopt regenerative practices that sequester carbon and fight climate change, and where every Vermonter can determine what food is best for their family to eat.
The time has come to transition Vermont’s agricultural economy to one in which success is not measured solely in gallons, pounds, or dollars extracted from the land, but also by the health and vitality of all its stakeholders: Farmers, consumers, businesses, crops, animals, and soils. We cannot wait for Washington or Montpelier to begin this transition; we must act now to create a vibrant future for all.
Rural Vermont’s “Groundswell” is made possible with lead support from Action Circles and Chelsea Green Publishing; and additional support from Bob White Systems, the Farmhouse Group, Farm to Ballet, Grow More Waste Less, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Miss Weinerz, NOFA-VT, Rutland Area Farm & Food Link, Skinny Pancake, Vermont Compost Company, Vote Hemp, and Weston A. Price Foundation.
For more information, including the full schedule of events, and to RSVP, call (802) 223-7222 or visit www.ruralvermont.org.
Since 1985, Rural Vermont has been amplifying the voices of farmers and advocating for a fair food system through education, organizing, and advocacy.
For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 2-22-17
Thursday, March 2, 2017
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hotel Coolidge: The Vermont Room
39 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont
Please forward this invitation to anyone you think would be interested.
View the flyer here: Listening Tour Flyer
Dr. Cameron Wake
University of New Hampshire
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of
Earth, Oceans and Space
Josephine A. Lamprey Professor in Climate and
Sustainability, UNH Sustainability Institute
Thursday March 2, 3:30 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Cameron Wake leads a research program investigating regional climate change through the analysis of ice core records and historical and instrumental data. Cameron also helps lead Climate Solutions New England, a collaborative effort to secure healthy, prosperous, and sustainable communities through the pursuit of integrated solutions that include building energy self-reliance and weather resilience. His collaborative research on several regional climate assessments in the northeast United States has been shared with municipal, state, and federal agencies and representatives, has been covered widely in the media, and has been cited by several as motivation for policy action. In recognition of his engaged scholarship around the issue of climate change, Cameron was awarded the UNH Faculty Award of Excellence in Public Service in 2010.
Read more: https://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Faculty/Wake
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences, the Sierra Club Upper Valley Group, and the Dickey Center for International Understanding
Michal Kravčík , a distinguished hydrologist and climate expert from Slovakia, and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, has an urgent message for America as well as the rest of the globe: All of us, not just the “experts,” must take action by soaking up the rain in soil and plants, which release cooling cloud-forming vapor to fall again as rain, to restore critical land-based water cycles. Otherwise we will experience worsening drought, heat waves and other climate woes, including floods and severe storms. Dr. Kravčík is a seasoned world lecturer who will touring North America in March and April 2017, presenting natural, inexpensive solutions for restoring more livable landscapes and weather patterns. For anyone, lay or professional, concerned about water supplies, land use, or climate, this will be time well spent.
For more information please visit Voices of Water for Climate, a project of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate at https://bio4climate.org/vow/ or contact tour coordinator Jan Lambert at [email protected] or 603-477-9947.
March 7, 2017 8-3:30 ,at the Sheraton Hotel, 870 Williston Road, Burlington VT.
The course, Procurement Under FEMA Awards: Requirements for Recipients and Sub recipients When Procuring Services and Supplies with Funding under Stafford Act Grant Programs, is designed for State, Local, and Tribal emergency management personnel, and private non-profit entities who procure services that may be reimbursable under the FEMA program. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/96773
March 8, 10 am – noon at 171 Bridge St, Hartford VT. Room 2
Please RSVP to [mailto:[email protected]]
Please also feel free to distribute this to anyone who could benefit from the course.