Calendar
Annual Meeting
THE 4th OF BALE’S 6-PART SERIES ON BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THAT RACDC IS PLEASED TO CO-SPONSOR!!! Program Sponsors: Cornerstone Creative Community of Vermont, Alliance for Vermont Communities, Vermont Council on Rural Development
What Does a Local and Sustainable Economy Look Like? (April 11)
Even in rural Vermont, pressures to grow in unsustainable ways keep appearing despite the growing
understanding that those models can no longer be sustained in today’s world. What are some of the emerging
(or, perhaps, “old”) ways of building thriving and resilient communities that provide counterpoint to an old
paradigm of large scale or industrial growth?
• Cornerstone Creative Community (3CVT) — Anni MacKay
• Alliance for Vermont Communities — Alex Buskey
• Vermont Council on Rural Development — Paul Costello . Come, be inspired!!! For more information contact 802-498-8438 or [email protected].
April 19, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Vermont Technical College
Randolph, Vermont
Allen House Conference Room #23
Park in lot E (campus map attached)
Agenda
- OPTIONAL – Tour of fire science training facilities – meet at 5:30 in the conference room
- Call to order – Mark Warner, Chair
- Introductions
- Approval of minutes for 2/15/2018 (attached)
- Approval of LEPC12 member list for SERC approval at May 16th meeting (attached)
- Action on TRORC Invoice for $2,000.
- Treasurer’s report – John Durkee, Treasurer
- Findings of nominating committee for June elections– Scott Cooney, Mariah Whitcomb & Gary Moore (10 minutes)
- Emergency Preparedness of VTC and Tour of Fire Science School Facilities – Jay Peterson, Ed.D., Dean of Student Affairs
- Other Business/Upcoming Trainings – members
Thank you for attending last year’s ANR listening session. I really appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from you about the challenges surrounding the management of our natural resources and possible solutions. This year, I’m taking these conversations a step further by hosting a series of open forums focusing on specific topics that are top-of-mind for many of us right now, including clean water, the long-range management of state lands, and the health of Vermont’s moose herd.
I’d like to invite you to attend one, two or all three of these upcoming community meetings to discuss current challenges and talk about crafting a better Vermont together. And although each session will center around a specific issue, we’ll open the floor at the end of the hour for questions or comments on any topic that you wish to bring forward. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.
The first meeting will be held February 27th from 4:00-5:00pm in Montpelier and we will be discussing a very hot topic right now, clean water. The full spring schedule is listed below. I look forward to seeing and hearing from you!
All meetings at Dewey Building, 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.
- # 1 – Discussing Vermont’s Clean Water
Feb 27, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- # 2 – Talking about Long-Range Management of Agency Lands
April 24, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- # 3 – Update on the Health of Vermont’s Moose Herd
June 26, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
If you’d like more information on any of these meetings, please reach out to Elle O’Casey at [email protected].
THE 5th OF BALE’S 6-PART SERIES ON BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THAT RACDC IS PLEASED TO CO-SPONSOR!!!
Slow Growth, No Growth, De-Growth: What’s in Our Future?
Economic growth brings growing resource use, growing waste generation, growing material wealth for the already-rich, and growing busy-ness and stress for most people. How do we free ourselves from growth in a society that seems addicted to it… in an economy that can only grow or collapse? And what might a simpler,
slower Vermont be like? Let’s talk about it. The degrowth hypothesis is that we can live well together with less if we share more and shift from valuing efficiency to valuing sufficiency. The degrowth movement aims to transform human relationships with each other and the rest of nature toward justice and sustainability. Those are
lofty goals and nobody knows for certain how to go about achieving them. Surely, degrowth will look different in different places. Discussing what kinds of futures we want and imagining how to make them happen in our communities is a radical exercise. Come join the exploration with presenter Sam Bliss, a PhD student in ecological economics at the University of Vermont and a member of the academic association Research & Degrowth. Come, be inspired!!!
Suggested donation $5. Light food fare provided by Black Krim Tavern. No on will be turned away due to cost. Supported by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation & the Sustainable Future Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation. For more information contact 802-498-8438 or [email protected].
Designing Whole Systems . In an era of rapid climate change, never before has permaculture design been more important in thinking about our public lands, backyards, and working
andscapes… Come hear from Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design, an expert in permaculture and regenerative land design. This talk will include design possibilities for an orchard and nuttery to be located at a 22-acre permaculture site near the Exit 4 Interchange. It will also include a discussion on climate resiliency for the site and for Vermont at large. • Ben Falk, Whole Systems Design
Program sponsor:
Cost: Suggested donation $5. Program will have light food fare provided by Black Krim Tavern. No one will be turned away due to cost. Supported by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the Sustainable Future Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
For more information contact 802-498-8438 or [email protected].
- Call to order – Mark Warner, Chair
- Introductions
- Election of Officers
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Approval of minutes for 4/19/2018 (attached)
- Action on TRORC contract.
- Treasurer’s report – John Durkee, Treasurer
- The Role of the Public Information Officer (PIO) Requirements – Mark Bosma, VEM PIO
- Other Business/Upcoming Trainings – members
- SERC Update – Todd Cosgrove, VT Hazmat Chief
- HMEP Update – Tory
- Emergency Preparedness Conference 2018 – Sept. 7-8
LEPC12 Next meeting – August 16, 2018 at Bethel Town Hall
Thank you for attending last year’s ANR listening session. I really appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from you about the challenges surrounding the management of our natural resources and possible solutions. This year, I’m taking these conversations a step further by hosting a series of open forums focusing on specific topics that are top-of-mind for many of us right now, including clean water, the long-range management of state lands, and the health of Vermont’s moose herd.
I’d like to invite you to attend one, two or all three of these upcoming community meetings to discuss current challenges and talk about crafting a better Vermont together. And although each session will center around a specific issue, we’ll open the floor at the end of the hour for questions or comments on any topic that you wish to bring forward. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.
The first meeting will be held February 27th from 4:00-5:00pm in Montpelier and we will be discussing a very hot topic right now, clean water. The full spring schedule is listed below. I look forward to seeing and hearing from you!
All meetings at Dewey Building, 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.
- # 1 – Discussing Vermont’s Clean Water
Feb 27, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- # 2 – Talking about Long-Range Management of Agency Lands
April 24, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- # 3 – Update on the Health of Vermont’s Moose Herd
June 26, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM
If you’d like more information on any of these meetings, please reach out to Elle O’Casey at [email protected].
PRESS RELEASE: Public Forums on a Cost and Benefit Analysis of Policies to
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Vermont.
The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) has finalized a contract for independent professional assistance to
complete a study of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont, per Act 11 of 2018.
That contract is with Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent, nonprofit research institution
whose mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decision making through
impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF has decades of experience delivering
solutions to cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance a reliable and clean
energy system.
Two public forums are scheduled to gain an understanding of Vermonters’ interests and concerns
regarding policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont. RFF will use the information
from these public forums to help inform their study. The general public is invited to participate in
these two public forums. The Forums are scheduled from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. and details are as
follows:
Wednesday September 26, Room 11,Vermont State House, 115 State Street, Montpelier, VT.
Thursday, September 27, Theater room, Billings Farm, 69 Old River Road, Woodstock, VT.
TRORC’s Clean Water Advisory Committee (CWAC) will be holding a meeting to discuss the recently released draft of the White River (Basin 9) Tactical Basin Plan. This meeting will follow a presentation by Danielle Owczarski, DEC Basin 9 Watershed Coordinator, who will be presenting on the draft Plan. Topics for the CWAC meeting include comments on the draft Plan, Basin 9 priority projects and the DEC Watershed Projects Database.
6:30 – 8:00 PM: Basin 9 DRAFT Tactical Basin Plan Public Meeting – Presentation by Danielle Owczarski, DEC Basin 9 Watershed Coordinator
(Public Meeting will be closed off at approximately 8PM so that CWAC meeting may convene.)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: CWAC Meeting Agenda Items
• Basin 9 DRAFT Tactical Basin Plan: White River
• Basin 9 Project List
o Prioritization
o Watershed Projects Database
• Recommendation of Basin 9 TBP to be reviewed by TRORC Board
• Other business
October 3rd Randolph, Randolph Town Hall, 7 Summer Street, 6:30-8PM
October 11th Royalton, Royalton Academy Building, 4266 Route 14, 6:30-8PM
The VT Agency of Natural Resources is hosting two public meetings in the Two Rivers – Ottauquechee (TRO) Region to present on the recently released 2018 Draft White River Tactical Basin Plan. The Plan assesses the overall health of the White River basin and outlines actions and strategies being used to address the high-priority stressors of the White River watershed. These meetings will be held in partnership with TRORC, White River Natural Resource Conservation District, White River Partnership, Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, and the Rutland Regional Planning Commission. All are encouraged to attend to view the presentation and offer comments and suggestions.
