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Topic: Healthy Town Community/Culture

Statewide inventory of health-related Town Plan Language

Last updated: 4/14/2023 The resource aggregates sample health-related policy language from adopted town plans across the state, organized by topic area. If you know of…

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Template: Smoke-Free Town-Owned Parks, Beaches, and Recreational Areas, VT

Policy Template for Smoke-free Municipal-Owned Parks, Beaches and Recreational Areas, from the VT Department of Health Tobacco Control Program

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Municipal Introduction to Recovery-Friendly Communities

Recovery-friendly communities make it easier for people to stay sober if they are in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. An RFC would consider the…

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Creating Healthy Environments for Youth – Town Checklist, VT

This is an assessment tool for towns to see where the town currently stands with in-place youth protective factors, including zoning, town ordinances, health chapters…

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Link: Vermont Healthy Community Design Resource

LINK “This guide is for health professionals, planners and anyone seeking to make their community a place that supports active living and healthy eating. People…

Vermont Agency of Transportation and Vermont Department of Health – Best and Innovative Practices, VT

LINK Health in All Policies recognizes that health is determined not only by genetics, health care, and individual behaviors but by a complex set of…

Supporting Healthy Communities: What Can Towns Do?, VT

By providing a subset of tools and actionable strategies, this guide attempts to encourage both planning and health promotion efforts to address the environmental factors…

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Link: Vermont Municipal Regulation of Alcohol and Tobacco and Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising, VT

Link: https://www.ccrpcvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VLCT-CCRPC-Study-11-21-FINAL.pdf This report provides an analysis of available authority under Vermont law to regulate alcohol and tobacco at the municipal level and provide specific…

Example goals, policies, and recommendations for Town Plans by health topic – from TRORC Vermont town plans

This document contains a list of example goals, policies, and recommendations to use in town plans. The examples are sorted by the following topics: active…

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Template: Town Plan Health Chapter, VT

Guide for Municipal Planning Commissions wishing to incorporate health-related language into their town plans Tags: health care, healthy food, healthy homes, environmental quality, substance misuse…

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Preventing Youth Substance Misuse, VT

A community planning toolkit created by Healthy Lamoille Valley – a coalition of community organizations and individuals working collaboratively to reduce youth substance misuse and…

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Template: Town Smokefree Policy, VT

A template for towns to restrict public use of tobacco, tobacco substitutes, and marijuana/cannabis

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Zoning signage regulations, Windsor, VT

Zoning for signage regulations Tags: Signs, advertising and marketing, sign standards, cannabis retail

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Zoning Drug and Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments, Weathersfield, VT

Cannabis and tobacco zoning Tags: buffer zone, retail

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A primer on planning for prevention, VT

Any community member interested in prevention planning and addressing substance misuse may find creative ways to utilize the ideas presented in this primer.

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Link: The Planner’s Playbook: A community-centered approach to improving health & equity

LINK The playbook guides the planning process by: Discussing how to avoid pitfalls in the conventional planning process that may create or perpetuate disparities; Explaining…

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Health Policy Clearinghouse

  • Vermont Health and Prevention Areas Map
  • TRORC Health
  • Health & Wellness Planning Toolkit
  • Mt. Ascutney Prevention Partnership (MAPP)
  • Vermont Prevention Model
  • Risk and Protective Factors in Drug Abuse Prevention
  • Advocating for Public Health in the Upper Valley
  • Vermont After School Interactive Program Map
  • Health Policy Clearinghouse

Brownfields

The overall goal of the TRORC Brownfields Program is to promote redevelopment and create vitality within downtowns and village centers by returning Brownfield properties to active commercial, industrial or municipal use.

ECV Economic Development District

The ECVEDD's mission is to access and provide resources and to facilitate support for quality decision making for the benefit of entrepreneurs, businesses, and communities in East Central Vermont.

Flood Ready Vermont

We can become flood ready together – developing in safer places, protecting the functions of the watersheds that protect us, adapting our critical infrastructure and preparing for emergencies.

GIS Mapping

TRORC serves as the regional GIS service center and includes creating, maintaining and updating data layers for parcel mapping, zoning, land use, transportation, natural resources, and utilities planning.

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