VCRD Stories & News

The Village of Enosburg Falls wanted to go green and show care for their local environment, and after learning about ...

Just one year later and Milton community members are ready to celebrate the work behind them and plan further action ...

A few weeks ago, the Working Lands Coalition hosted a celebration to honor the ten-year anniversary of the Working Lands ...

Sometimes, it’s not about fixing the problem. It’s about changing the conditions that created the problem in the first place ...

It’s around this time of year when people start counting the things they are thankful for: family, friends, and health, ...

At the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), we are passionate about the importance of local leadership and supporting individuals ...

Identifying a community need and leveraging local partners and resources to address it was an exciting piece of the puzzle ...

The Town of Highgate was ready to start taking action for the future. Participating in a facilitated discussion to talk ...

As an organization dedicated to supporting locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities, the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) felt ...

Leaders across Vermont play an instrumental role every day in shaping the future of our State and our communities. Here ...

Whether it is affordable housing, community development, conservation and recreation, or food resilience, the 4-Town Coalition consists of movers and ...

Home heating is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont, with the average Vermonter spending nearly $2,000 ...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that roughly 30% of global emissions leading to climate change can be attributed to agricultural activities, ...

Lighting accounts for nearly 5% of global CO2 emissions. With LED lighting achieving savings of 50-70%+ compared to older technologies, ...

Vermod is a Wilder-based company that designs and builds affordable net-zero energy ready modular homes to meet the highest standards ...

When VCRD brought a Community Visit process to Guilford in 2013, it quickly became apparent that there was an abundance ...

Danielle Laberge has always dreamed of staying and working in Vermont, but after completing her studies in botany and ecology ...

New Frameworks is a natural design and construction firm with a central mission to help lead the transformation of our ...

Same Sun employee Jonathon Klos came to Vermont from Michigan to attend Green Mountain College. Instead of returning to Michigan, ...

Wheeled Hand Tool Systems, Inc. was founded in 1978 to create solutions that reduce human impact on the environment. Recognizing ...

Danielle Bombardier, has found an opportunity for employment and growth in the expansion of renewable energy projects in Vermont. Originally ...

Nearly 18,000 Vermonters work in fields related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, which is over 4% of Vermont’s workforce ...

The Right House is a Stowe Vermont-based architectural firm that designs modern low carbon homes that stay true to the ...

All Earth Renewables has developed an award-winning solar tracking system right here in the Green Mountains which produces up to ...

(FPF) is a free community-building platform that now serves every town in Vermont.* This service helps residents communicate with their ...

Many mobile home residents in Vermont are faced with a significant challenge; while their incomes are often low, their energy ...

Green Writers Press (GWP) is a Vermont-based global publisher with a mission to help foster a sustainable environment through the ...

VSECU is a not for profit, cooperative credit union that is committed to finding opportunities within both its operations and ...

is a 15-year-old full service fuel dealer serving 2,500 members and customers in northwestern and central Vermont. The Co-op delivers ...

Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, Vermont is known for the many gallons of milk that its cows produce each year ...

Burlington-based Encore Renewable Energy is a leading integrated clean energy company specializing in commercial, industrial, and community-scale solar PV systems ...

Wind power nationally is growing at a rate of roughly 30% a year, but it remains a major capital expense ...

A key factor in harnessing renewable energy is how efficiently the DC power can be converted to AC power for ...

Vermont's Inc. (NRI) builds custom energy storage solutions to fit any application. As a result, the Waitsfield based company is ...

Few of us think about how a better nozzle could reduce the entire spray can industry’s environmental impact. Yet at ...

Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) make up one of the most sustainable, energy-efficient construction methods in the residential and light commercial ...

Nathaniel Vandal is the co-founder of Green Peak Solar, a Waitsfield, Vermont-based company focusing on developing large-scale solar energy systems ...

Enosburg Falls, VT - Most people know about composting—the natural recycling process that converts food scraps, leaves, and manures into ...

Stevens & Associates, P.C., an architectural and engineering firm, has a passion for walkable environments and mixed use buildings. Their ...

VBike is a nonprofit organization dedicated to shifting the bike culture in Vermont towards a more inclusive, fun, and transportation-oriented ...

Tucked behind a secluded lake in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the Craftsbury Outdoor Center is an outdoor-lovers’ dream that offers year ...

ShackletonThomas is a Bridgewater, Vermont based company that specializes in making fine handmade furniture, pottery and accessories. For the past ...

As a former medic, police officer, non-profit manager, legislative director and values-led business executive - Duane Peterson has always been ...

For ten years now, Washington Electric Co-op has been generating power from the stuff that Vermonters throw away. Their system ...

The following article was submitted by Martha Reid, Vermont State Librarian. Marty will be moderating the morning panel on “Digital ...

One of the many ways that the Vermont Digital Economy Project has worked to foster resilience and create community engagement ...

Betsy Calhoun, a business applications teacher at Lake Region Union High School in Orleans, Vermont, will take part in our ...

One of the things that makes our summit unique is that by organizing our sessions into four tracks (Educating for a ...

Although we have been crossing the state to launch numerous Wi-Fi zones over the past few weeks, each town we’re ...

By connecting compelling visuals to a story, a good video can inspire, inform, agitate, or promote an organization or cause. Just a ...

Earlier this month, the Vermont Digital Economy Project organized a training for the Adult Outreach team at the Vermont Student Assistance ...

This post was written by Tracy Staples, the program's Internet Intern at the Brown Public Library in Northfield, VT. I began ...

Small organizations are at the heart of most communities, and they are often born directly in response to a community’s ...

After twelve years of support and plenty of advanced notice, on April 8th of this year, Microsoft officially ended its ...

Vermont fruit and vegetable farmers produce hundreds of tons of edible, farm-fresh food, but often, not all of their production ...

Games have always been a great tool for teachers to engage students and make learning fun. For example, they have ...

Part of the matching funds for our grant was graciously donated by IBM, which, through its Impact Grants program, allows ...

The graphic above is used in the UK’s small business digital skills survey Vermont’s Digital Skills Roundtable was formed last ...

This past Saturday at the ACORN Sustainable Living Expo, I presented with Michael Wood-Lewis, co-founder of Front Porch Forum, on ...

by Nancy Shuttleworth, VtSBDC E-commerce Business Advisor Online tools may not be at the start of every new business, but ...

There is a term that developers refer to when building websites called usability. The basic premise involves creating websites that ...

This article was written by Christine Friese, Assistant State Librarian The Computers at Rutland Free Library get a lot of ...

This article was written by Patrick Ripley, Director of e-Commerce at the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) After many ...

One of the reasons I love Vermont is because of its agricultural background. Between the push for a Working Landscape, ...

The Woodstock Community Food Shelf board of directors: back row, left to right: Sally Gottlieb, Joan Williamson, Norm Youknot and ...

Every community in Vermont now has access to its own online calendar, thanks to Front Porch Forum and the Vermont ...

Stepping up the use of digital tools can be a game-changer for small agricultural and forest products businesses. The integration ...

This article was written by Domenic Laurenzi, an Internet Intern who works at  the Dailey Memorial Library in Derby and the ...

This article was written by Nancy Shuttleworth, E-Commerce Advisor at VtSBDC The Battenkill River is known as one of the ...

On a chilly Thursday evening in late November, members of the new downtown development group called Wilmington Works, town officials, ...

Juli Reiderer, Park House Exectutive Director, looks at her organization's new website An empowered organization is a successful organization. For ...

This article was written by Patrick Ripley, Director of e-Commerce at the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) Rochester was one of ...

This article was written by Patrick Ripley, Director of e-Commerce at VtSBDC Unlike many Vermont business owners, when Bethel logger Carl ...

This year, we were excited to be a part of Tech Jam, a technology-focused job fair that also serves to ...

On November 1st, the Vermont Digital Economy Project will be facilitating a discussion at the Woodstock Digital Media Festival on ...

It was humbling to be part of the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s visiting team for the Guilford Community Visit ...

This article was written by Christine Friese, Assistant State Librarian, Vermont Department of Libraries Recently, Library directors, trustees and staff ...

A goal of our grant is to assist towns, business and nonprofits in using technology to be more prepared in ...

This article is written by Patrick Ripley, VtSBDC Director of e-Commerce Wilmington was one of many southern Vermont communities hit ...

Vermont’s 2011 floods demonstrated the potential for digital tools to support community resilience and recovery, as well as the vulnerability ...

Paul Haskell, Chair of the Sharon Selectboard was a part of a group discussion on how to use digital mapping ...

Our visits to Vermont’s flood-impacted communities reveal several compelling stories of how towns used social media to help recover from ...

By Mary McClements, Coordinator of Academic Services-Career Training Programs at CCV Blake dropped out of school when he was sixteen ...

Vermont’s strength is a direct result of the strength of the community organizations that step up in time of need, ...

In a bright renovated Town Hall in Bethel Vermont, with sunlight flowing into the room from large windows lining two ...

The Ottauquechee Community Partnership (OCPVT) is a locally funded non-profit organization with a focus on connecting young people to the ...

June 14, 2013 (Montpelier, Vermont.) -- On a rainy Thursday afternoon, vendors gathered on the South Royalton green for the ...

At the Vermont Digital Economy Project, we know that a connected community is a resilient community. While we’ve been focusing ...

This past weekend was the National Day of Civic Hacking. While for many of us, hacking brings up ominous images ...

Heidi M. Nikolaidis, of the Bethel Historical Society, received help from Rob Fish on the society's Facebook Page. Here's what ...

More than 20 years ago, Vermonters Jeffrey and Maryanne Larkin opened Arvad’s Grill & Pub in Waterbury. From the very ...

Digital tools can create an important advantage in running a business these days, and we're working in Bethel on a ...

Members of the Bethel Historical Society I remember as a young boy growing up and being fascinated by the local ...

By Mary McClements, Coordinator of Academic Services-Career Training Programs at CCV ‘Balance’ is a great buzz word these days, in ...

Our search for relevant workshop content for Vermont’s farm and forest sector led us straight to someone who may, at ...

At the Vermont Digital Economy Project, we're passionate about using new technologies to improve disaster resilience and spur economic growth ...

After a week and a half of meetings with over twenty nonprofits ranging from historical societies to downtown revitalization organizations, ...

An important service offered by our project is the Vermont Small Business Development Center’s digital workshops. They’re designed to teach ...

I was interviewed by a local TV program recently on the work of VCRD. The host thought it was interesting ...

(Hardwick, VT) Sixth grade students at Hardwick Elementary classrooms are getting more connected with their teachers when it comes to ...

(Fairfield, VT) Educators, students, and their parents have all played a key role in the growing presence of computer and ...

Jay and Westfield, located in the state’s “Northeast Kingdom” near the Canadian border, share common north/south town borders, and depend ...

(Dover, VT) Fourth, fifth and sixth-grade students at Dover Elementary got more than just a taste of technology this year ...

(Bridgewater Village, VT) With the Digital Wish training wrapping up, teachers at Bridgewater Village Elementary School reminisced on their experiences ...

(Calais, VT) When a school receives new technology, it can be an exciting opportunity to expand learning and help guide ...

(Morristown, VT) The growing prevalence of broadband Internet access and cloud computing has made itself well known across classrooms at ...

(Jay, VT) Recently, students at Jay/Westfield Elementary have been able to flex their creative muscles with new technology in both ...

(Addison, VT) Teachers at Addison Elementary School are using the tools Digital Wish provided them this past year to further ...

(Middletown Springs, VT) While e-Vermont and Digital Wish classroom training are winding down, the Kodu Game Lab after-school program is ...

(Moretown, VT) For most elementary schools, a school newsletter can be a fun way to give students experience in journalism, ...

(Castleton, VT) At Castleton Elementary School, computers are being integrated into the daily routine of 5th grade students thanks to ...

(Richford, VT) One of the greatest challenges teachers face with their classrooms is making sure their students are staying on ...

Although the digital age may seem in its infancy, many Vermont small business owners are learning that they have already ...

From late fall of 2011 to spring of 2012, the Vermont State Colleges placed student interns in public libraries to ...

What if nearly every household in a small rural town were in daily communication with each other? What would change? ...

A lot of Internet learning begins at the local library, where there are computers and Internet connections to get patrons ...

Noah Carpenter, 5th grader at Fairfield Center School, is making the most out of the new Netbooks he and his ...

For many Vermont communities, the terrible flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene brought home both the importance of ...

e-Vermont partner Front Porch Forum provides towns and neighborhoods with a virtual town green and bulletin board. Once FPF is ...

Through e-Vermont, students at Dover elementary are getting more than just a taste of technology – they’re becoming tech experts ...

The Russell Vermontiana Collection includes rare books, works by Vermont authors, historic documents, photographs and genealogies focused on Arlington and ...

Fairfield, Vermont is synonymous with maple sugaring and dairy farming, and was the birth place of the 21st president of ...

The Vermont State Colleges is an e-Vermont partner providing introductory Internet trainings across the state as well as online webinars ...

In one busy month, Fairfield opened a beautiful new library, launched a community newsletter, and unveiled an online farmers market ...

(12/8/11) - e-Vermont partner Front Porch Forum provides towns and neighborhoods with a virtual town green and bulletin board. Residents ...

(12/8/11) - The village center of Moretown sits along the usually friendly Mad River. But Tropical Storm Irene swelled it ...

(12-2-2011) - e-Vermont and partner Digital Wish are helping to expand the world of learning for every 4th, 5th, and ...

(12/1/2011) - A group of local artists and entrepreneurs have banded together to showcase their community - the town of ...

(10/10/11) - When longtime Poultney print shop owner Chuck Colvin decided to retire, he knew he didn’t want to call ...

(10/10/11) - When the recession hit in 2008, Jennifer Partch Whitehurst of Poultney was among the tens of thousands of ...

(10/10/11) - When Vermont Small Business Development Center’s (VtSBDC) Broadband Business Advisor Patrick Ripley began his e-Vermont community visits, Troy ...

(9/21/11) - The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project congratulates the West Rutland team for its completion of a successful year. Since ...

(5/4/11) - The Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) employs an e-Vermont business advisor to work one on one with ...