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For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 4-27-16

Who should attend? Regional & town planners, GIS planners and municipal officials
Why? Discuss drinking water topics that are relevant to your communities:
Lessons from a Vermont town that exceeded its available water and related planning issues (including a moratorium on development)
New mapping tools for future town supplies and projected water shortages including additional data on the ANR Atlas
Aquifer recharge and protection of public and private water supplies through municipal options in planning and zoning
Does your local hazard mitigation plan include water supply contamination?

Scheduled Speakers: Rodney Pingree, Water Resources Section Chief with the DEC Drinking Water Program; Marjorie Gale, State Geologist with the Vermont Geological Survey; Liz Royer, Source Protection Specialist with the VT Rural Water Association; and Kira Jacobs with the Drinking Water Program in EPA Region 1

Please RSVP to Liz by April 8th – [email protected] or 802-660-4988 x336

The Spring Business Blitz is collaborative event between the Norwich Business Council and the Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce. The Business Blitz is a great way to network with other Upper Valley businesses. Think of it as “speed dating” for businesses and bring your business cards, brochures, and one raffle prize.

Who should attend? Regional & town planners, GIS planners and municipal officials
Why? Discuss drinking water topics that are relevant to your communities:
 Lessons from a Vermont town that exceeded its available water and related planning issues (including a moratorium on development)
 New mapping tools for future town supplies and projected water shortages including additional data on the ANR Atlas
 Aquifer recharge and protection of public and private water supplies through municipal options in planning and zoning
 Does your local hazard mitigation plan include water supply contamination?

Scheduled Speakers: Rodney Pingree, Water Resources Section Chief with the DEC Drinking Water Program; Marjorie Gale, State Geologist with the Vermont Geological Survey; Liz Royer, Source Protection Specialist with the VT Rural Water Association; and Kira Jacobs with the Drinking Water Program in EPA Region 1

Please RSVP to Liz by April 8th – [email protected] or 802-660-4988 x336

Featuring Keynote Speaker, Jonathan Nez, Vice President of the Navajo Nation, and panelists Barry Lampke, Voices of the Lakes, Duan “Chili” Yazzie, Shiprock Chapter President, Tommy Rock, Rock Environmental Consulting, and Janene Yazzie, Sixth World Solutions. Black Hawk Singers will open and close with Abenaki Drumming & Singing.

Department of Public Safety – Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium  are offering a special training, Rail Car Incident Response.

The free course will be held at the Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River, VT on April 30, 2016 from 8:00AM – 5:00PM. Further information on the course can be found on the RDPC website https://www.ruraltraining.org/training/schedule/2016-04-30-awr147-wellsriver-vt-001/.

Target Audience:

Emergency responders, especially fire and law enforcement, as well as emergency managers and freight/rail industry representatives who want to gain a basic working knowledge are encouraged to attend. Hazardous materials technicians may attend but content is designed at the awareness level

Course Description:

Rail Car Incident Response is an eight-hour, awareness-level training program developed to educate rural emergency responders on freight rail car incidents involving hazardous materials.

https://www.ruraltraining.org/media/course-material/AWR_147_Insert_Card_1.pdf

To register please complete the attached registration form, email to [email protected] and cc [email protected].

9th Annual Energy Committee Roundtable May 3 Save the Date! Volunteers from our region’s 38 energy committees will gather again this year at the Montshire Museum on the evening of May 3 to swap stories and gear up for another year of local energy action. Interested in joining or forming an energy committee in your town? Learn more and register.

https://vitalcommunities.org/energy/9th-annual-roundtable-may-3/