The non-partisan Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has named Kim Rupe of Poultney as its first development and communications associate, the organization announced Feb. 17. The role will help VCRD share programming and successes, highlight the excellent work and […]
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Mendon contemplates future town plans
By Brett Yates About 50 Mendon residents joined facilitators from the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) to talk about their town on April 21. The workshop followed a March 24 forum that initiated a program called Mendon on the […]
VCRD Community Visit reviews successes, sets priorities for 2020
By Christopher Biddle KILLINGTON—The town of Killington celebrated its achievements and looked to the future on Tuesday, Jan. 27, as town officials, business owners, members of the community and representatives from local and state organizations met for a followup Community […]
Killington’s future economic development goals to be set at VCRD’s Community Visit, Tuesday, Jan. 26
KILLINGTON—Residents of Killington will engage in the process of strategic planning for the future of their town once again. The town’s commission guiding economic development and tourism will hold a town meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, and has invited […]
Can Vermont’s economy benefit from a marketplace that rewards innovative climate solutions?
By Joe Fusco I’m not here to argue with you about climate change. I’m not here to convince you that it’s real, or that it’s not. I am here to convince you, politics aside, that there is a cascade of […]