VCRD Press/News
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184 agriculture entrepreneurs vie for slices of “working lands” pie Pent up demand for investment capital among agriculture entrepreneurs has sparked a massive response to the inaugural “Working Lands Enterprise Initiative.” As part of an... read more... |
01/18/2013 Vermont Business Magazine |
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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 (... read more... |
01/18/2013 Press Release |
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Leonard Bull: Hope springs for Vermont agriculture Last year, the Vermont Legislature created the Working Lands Enterprise Fund and seeded it with a small investment of $1 million. We are now seeing our seeds growing, as agricultural and forest... read more... |
01/17/2013 Misc |
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Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Economic Development Administration Awards $1.8 M. To Help Businesses, Farms, Towns And Nonprofits Harness Online Tools To Bolster Disaster Resiliency
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01/11/2013 Press Release |
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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... read more... |
01/09/2013 Press Release |
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Donath Commentary ~ Working lands, our Vermont home Editor’s note: This op-ed is by David A. Donath, president of the Woodstock Foundation, which operates the Billings Farm & Museum, an operating dairy farm dedicated to telling the... read more... |
01/02/2013 VtDigger.org |
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'Community Visit' in the works MANCHESTER - Sometime in early 2013, the Town of Manchester will participate in the Vermont Council on Rural Development's "Community Visit Program," an initiative geared towards... read more... |
12/28/2012 Manchester Journal |
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Mount Abe opens computer labs to community BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School has launched an impressive array of educational programs in the past few weeks. With support from an e-Vermont grant, which supports computer... read more... |
12/27/2012 Addison Independent |
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eVermont Leaves Legacy of Help, Tools December 26, 2012 By Wayne Hanson All good things must end, the saying goes, and eVermont, a stimulus-funded program of the Vermont Council on Rural Development -- designed to... read more... |
12/26/2012 e-Digital Communities |
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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... read more... |
12/19/2012 Press Release |
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Farm and Forestry Interests to Seek Greater State Investment By Pat Bradley ~... read more... |
12/19/2012 WAMC |
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Stevens commentary: Working Lands initiative needs nurturing Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Will Stevens, an organic market gardener and independent state representative from Shoreham. Last month, Gov. Shumlin announced his priorities... read more... |
12/14/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Website Design Contest Winner Announced: Innovative Contest Provides New Tools for Digital Literacy MONTPELIER, VT - A winner has been chosen in the Beginner Friendly Website Design contest organized by the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project. Lars Hasselblad Torres, a freelance web designer... read more... |
12/12/2012 Press Release |
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Jordan: Closing the digital divide in Vermont The good news is that a little more than a year from now, Vermont will have broadband infrastructure that reaches every house in our state. In fact, according to the Vermont Telecommunications... read more... |
12/03/12 VtDigger.org |
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Video ~ Vermont Countryside interview about the Working Landscape Initiative A Vermont Countryside show featuring Representative Will Stevens and Paul Costello from the Working Landscape Partnership will be broadcast on public access TV in Vermont at the end of November... read more... |
11/21/2012 Self Published |
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Update on Bennington's "Downtown as a Destination" project Members of the "Downtown as a Destination” task force have been meeting since it's formation through the VCRD Community Visit process in 2012. John Shannahan, chair of the committee... read more... |
10/10/2012 Self Published |
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Rutland Creek Path gets $295K In 2006, VCRD brought its Creative Communities program to Rutland. Rutland community members embraced the concepts and remain committed and energized as they continue to advance projects designed... read more... |
11/13/2012 Rutland Herald |
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Press Release: New Resources Available for Community Broadband Use (MONTPELIER, VT) – The Vermont Council on Rural Development is sharing toolkits and lessons learned from the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project. These... read more... |
11/15/2012 Press Release |
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VPR Commentary Series ~ Labun Jordan: Printing Food
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11/09/2012 Vermont Public Radio |
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e-Vermont broadband effort benefited towns BENNINGTON -- Putting broadband to work for Vermont was the directive of e-Vermont, an initiative seeking to expand access to and make better use of high speed Internet throughout all parts of the... read more... |
11/03/2012 Bennington Banner |
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