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'Community visit' for community vision possible

MANCHESTER - A request has been submitted to the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) for a "Community Visit," which would help the town create a vision for the future.

Executive Director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development, Paul Costello, said the organization is consistently looking for towns who have not performed a "major community visioning" over the past five years.

Publication Date: 
04/18/2012

Digital Wish receives two Empowerment Grants from Motorola Mobility Foundation

Manchester Center, VT – Digital Wish has been awarded two Empowerment Grants from the Motorola Mobility Foundation to create a Mobile Apps Center and a Classroom Collaboration Finder. The Mobile Apps Center will allow teachers to search a large library of educational mobile apps, post reviews and ratings, get downloads, and share best practices for teaching. Read the full press release.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2011

Mouseclicks 101 at Mark Skinner Library

...Across the state, as high speed Internet access becomes more widespread and is steadily integrated into daily life, classes for seniors or those the computer revolution passed by are becoming more prevalent and popular, said Helen Labun Jordan, the project director for the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project, a program of the Vermont Council on Rural Development...

Publication Date: 
11/24/2010

Farmers' Market approved for Adams Park

MANCHESTER - The Select Board unanimously approved the relocation of the Farmer's Market from
the parks and recreation department to Adam's Park - the triangular park along Route 7A - on Tuesday.

"I was pleasantly surprised," said manager of the Farmer's Market Nicole Henry following the board's decision. "It was not a sure thing [going] into it."

The approval marks the culmination of approximately year long discussions between Manchester Town Manager John O'Keefe, planning director and zoning administrator Lee Krohn and Henry.

Publication Date: 
05/24/2010