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Annual Meeting
Presentations and panel discussions include: Using Streets to Revitalize Communities, Increasing Downtown Housing Opportunities, Innovating Community Engagement, Restoring Historic Buildings, Attracting Visitors to Your Downtown and much more.
Tours include Walking History of Burlington’s Waterfront and Edible History of Burlington, among others!
This workshop is designed for all local officials involved in the local planning and development review process. Zoning administrators, planning commissioners, DRB/ZBA members, town administrators and managers, municipal planners, and regional planning commission staff are all encouraged to attend.
This year’s “Getting Ahead of the Future” planning conference is to take place in Saratoga Springs, NY. For further information, please visit the APA NE planning conference website.
Come join the Connecticut River Joint Commission (CRJC) for a free septic system workshop.
View the flyer here: Septic System Workshop Flyer
This seminar will offer usable perspectives on providing housing choices, transportation options, and employment opportunities for a range of people at different levels of income; and on building economically vibrant, inclusive communities in Vermont.
Thriving communities welcome a mix of people, regardless of race or ethnicity, and they embrace diversity. These communities include younger and older people, people with different abilities and people with children, families with rising incomes and families on fixed incomes. They promote a mix of land uses and building types, creating opportunities for economic growth, essential services, stable businesses, agriculture, and tourism.
The seminar is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the statewide Thriving Communities* campaign.
We hope to engage both policymakers and interested citizens in this discussion concerning the future potential of your towns and neighborhoods.
For more information, go to: www.thrivingcommunitiesvt.org
2015 PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE OCTOBER 19-21 AT JAY PEAK RESORT
The 2015 Vermont Emergency Preparedness Conference will be held on October 19-21 at the Hotel Jay Conference Center at Jay Peak Resort.
The goal of the conference is to provide participants with best practices, lessons learned, practical application of concepts, innovative technology practice, and to advance partnerships in emergency response among communities and the state. There is no cost for the conference.
Questions about the conference can be directed to Richard Cogliano at [email protected] or 802-241-5097.
For registration assistance contact JoAnne Huie at [email protected] or 336-802-1800.
Register here.
This six-parts series is designed to develop skills and effectiveness for supervisors, managers, and team leaders. Classes combine group discussions, case studies, and activities to deliver training objectives. Each unit approximately three and a half hours and meets weekly, allowing time to reflect and apply new skills in the work environment.
View the flyer here.
This six-parts series is designed to develop skills and effectiveness for supervisors, managers, and team leaders. Classes combine group discussions, case studies, and activities to deliver training objectives. Each unit approximately three and a half hours and meets weekly, allowing time to reflect and apply new skills in the work environment.
View the flyer here.
The Forest Service Northeastern Area will be hosting a webinar featuring the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Data Dashboard on Wednesday, November 4th, from 11:00 AM – noon (EST), presented by Scott Pugh (USFS Northern Research Station, FIA). Please feel free to share this announcement with others in your agency and beyond:
Using Tableau Business Analytics software, the folks at FIA have created Dashboards that allow users to more easily access, explore, and visualize FIA data and findings. The visual (a picture is worth a thousand words) and interactive nature of Dashboards provides a depth of delivery that cannot be matched by current hard copy or pdf publications. The Dashboard can deliver data similar to that in FIA’s typical annual pdf reports, but with far more depth and customizability. Join us for this webinar as we take the Data Dashboard for a test drive!
Connection Information:
Ø Connect to the Adobe Connect web meeting: https://usfs.adobeconnect.com/na/
- Keep “Enter as a Guest” selected
- Type your name into the “name” box
- Click “Enter Room”
Ø For audio: dial in to the teleconference: 888-844-9904; access code: 390 9636
Although it would be best to connect from a computer with a hard-wired connection (not wireless), you can join from certain mobile devices with the free Adobe Connect Mobile app (iPad or iPhone—download from the iTunes store: iTunes App; Android devices—download from Google Play: Android App).
Webinar Accessibility Features:
- Live captions will be provided (within the Adobe Connect meeting room). If you need captions, please make sure to connect from a computer (not a mobile device).
- Keyboard Commands provide accessibility to Adobe Connect. Some important commands include:
Ctrl + F6 Move focus from pod to pod in the meeting room (if connecting from a Mac, use the “Command” key instead of “Ctrl”)
Tab Access different options within a specific pod.
Use your screen reader “read all” command (Insert + down arrow in JAWS) to read PowerPoint files shared in the meeting room.
- If you have any additional special access needs, please contact Sherri Wormstead at [email protected] or 603-868-7737.
Need Help? If you need help connecting to the web meeting, contact Adobe Connect at 800-422-3623.
This six-parts series is designed to develop skills and effectiveness for supervisors, managers, and team leaders. Classes combine group discussions, case studies, and activities to deliver training objectives. Each unit approximately three and a half hours and meets weekly, allowing time to reflect and apply new skills in the work environment.
View the flyer here.