Manchester Journal

All members of the Manchester Community are invited to participate in the second phase of the Vermont Council on Rural Development's (VCRD) Community Visit to the Town of Manchester. The meeting, to be held on Thursday, April 11th 6:30 - 9:15pm at the Burr & Burton Cafeteria (in the Rowland Building), will follow up on the initial session held in March, which drew over 220 community members. Click HERE for a flyer about the session.

MANCHESTER - More than 300 people from Manchester and the surrounding area participated in nine different discussions on Monday, part of a "Community Visit" organized by the Vermont Council on Rural Development.

The nine topics of discussion around the future of Manchester were Tourism and Transportation, Housing, Downtown, Poverty, Expanding Economic Opportunity, Working Landscape, Food and Sustainability, Defining Authentic Manchester, Opportunities in Education, and Arts, Recreation and Nightlife.

MANCHESTER -- On March 11th all members of the Manchester community are invited to participate in a series of forums to gather to promote priorities for action for the future of the community. This community gathering is the first of a three-month "Community Visit" process that will allow residents to actively participate in examining issues, deciding their top priorities and developing concrete action plans. Everyone is invited to join.

After 65 years of decline, Vermont's working landscape - farm and forest - is poised to reverse that trend with the help of two critical applications - and I don't mean manure and lime.

The first application is at the ready, an enthusiastic vanguard of young men and women who want to make a good living on the fields and in the woods.