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Gov. Shumlin announces 20 grantees of Working Lands Enterprise

Karen Alexander sharing her switchelMONTPELIER, 5/2/13 – Gov.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2013

Vermont Digital Economy Project Begins Assisting Flood-Impacted Communities

Sharon Combes-Farr with Rose HemondApril 8, 2013 (MONTPELIER, VT) – The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) announced today the first round of communities to receive intensive services from its Digital Economy Project this year. The Vermont Digital Economy Project is designed to increase resilience and foster economic development in flood-impacted Vermont communities.

Publication Date: 
April 9, 2013

Vermont Council on Rural Development Announces Staff for Vermont Digital Economy Project

March 6, 2013 (MONTPELIER, VT) – The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is excited to announce the hiring of three new staff members who will oversee the launch the Vermont Digital Economy Project (VDEP). The project, which was announced earlier this year by Governor Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s congressional delegation, is funded in large part by a disaster recovery grant from the Economic Development Administration. 

Publication Date: 
03/06/2013

Vermont Lawmakers Support Working Lands Investment: Five million per year for three years will build a strong working lands economy

MONTPELIER, VT – A coalition of lawmakers today delivered a “Dear Colleague” letter to the Vermont House and Senate Appropriations Committees, in support of the “five-by-three” investment for the Working Lands Enterprise Fund. The 66 legislators wrote, “We are confident of the return of this investment in maintaining the character of Vermont while building jobs for the future and encourage you to make investing in ‘5 by 3’ a key priority of this Legislative session.”

Publication Date: 
03/01/2013

Internet Tools are Key in New Resilience Project

MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is launching the Vermont Digital Economy Project (VDEP) to help build resilience in many of the towns that were affected by 2011’s floods.

Publication Date: 
02/27/2013

Working Lands Coalition Calls for “5-by-3” Investment: Five million per year for three years will build a strong working lands economy

Working Lands supportersMembers of the Working Lands Coalition launched their “5-by-3” campaign on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at the Vermont State House. The day included an early morning presentation to the Rural Economic Development Working Group (REDWG), testimony in front of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, and a press conference in the Cedar Creek Room.

Publication Date: 
02/15/2013

Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Receives $9 million in Request for Funds

Media Advisory, January 18, 2013 ~ The Working Lands Enterprise Board solicited Letters of Intent (LOI) for two of three investment areas (Capital & Infrastructure, and Service Providers) and received 184 applications, for a total request of over $9 million, nine times the amount of funds available ($986,500). Due to this overwhelming response, the Working Lands Enterprise Board is unable to invite all LOI applicants to submit a full proposal and adjustments have been made to the LOI response timeline.

Publication Date: 
01/18/2013

Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Economic Development Administration Awards $1.8 M. To Help Businesses, Farms, Towns And Nonprofits Harness Online Tools To Bolster Disaster Resiliency

Sen. Leahy and Paul CostelloMONTPELIER, Vt. (Friday, Jan. 11, 2013) – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Peter Welch announced Friday that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded Vermont a $1.8 million grant to help businesses, farms, towns and nonprofits use online resources to bolster disaster resiliency in the wake of Irene and other disasters that struck Vermont in 2011.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2013

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.8 Million to Expand Internet Capacity for Vermont Businesses in the Wake of Tropical Storm Irene

WASHINGTON — Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today announced a $1.8 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the Vermont Council on Rural Development of Montpelier, Vermont. The investment will help the state rebound economically from Tropical Storm Irene by supporting the Vermont Digital Economy Project, an initiative focused on integrating online tools into rural business strategies, community development, and economic development efforts.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013

Press Release: New Working Landscape Coalition Pushing for Farm and Forest Funding

December 19, 2012 ~ The Vermont Council on Rural Development announced today that a new leadership team has formed to advance Vermont’s working landscape by supporting state investments through the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) established by the Legislature in 2012.

Publication Date: 
12/19/2012