Calendar

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: Executive Committee Agenda 4-11-18

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

1. OPTIONAL – Tour of fire science training facilities – meet at 5:30 in the conference room
2. Call to order – Mark Warner, Chair
3. Introductions
4. Approval of minutes for 2/15/2018 (attached)
5. Approval of LEPC12 member list for SERC approval at May 16^th meeting (attached)
6. Action on TRORC Invoice for $2,000.
7. Treasurer’s report – John Durkee, Treasurer
8. Findings of nominating committee for June elections– Scott Cooney, Mariah Whitcomb & Gary Moore (10 minutes)
9. Emergency Preparedness of VTC and Tour of Fire Science School Facilities – Jay Peterson, Ed.D., Dean of Student Affairs
10. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings – members

Carbon Work-Study Discussion

Kevin Geiger – Senior Planner with TRORC and Monica Przyperhart, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

This is part of an 8 month long series focused on managing forests for carbon storage and sequestration sponsored by Sustainable Woodstock and the National Park Service. Everyone is welcome and the workshop is free. RSVP with Zach Ralph (info in panel) to receive the suggested reading materials or to learn about the other upcoming discussion topics on carbon in 2018. 

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 27^th 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].

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 4-25-19

The Vermont Walk/Bike Summit is an excellent opportunity to connect with community members, employers, planners and researchers from throughout the state for in-depth sharing on current efforts, new ideas, and networking to advance more livable communities.

This year’s Summit will include interactive demo workshops, peer exchanges, a highly-acclaimed keynote, and a variety of dynamic presentations and topics including advocacy and education, safe and healthy communities, economic development, and the built environment.

More information is here: https://vtwalkbikesummit.com/

For a copy of the agenda, please click here:Executive Committee Agenda 5-9-18

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].