During the Community Visit process in Cabot, community members identified 3 priority areas for future action: Develop a Cabot Agricultural Network Develop a Community Arts Center Improve Community Communications Read the Report and Action Plan. To learn more about Cabot, read the 2012 Cabot Community Profile.
In 2009, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project, announced their Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SBA) grants program. The e-Vermont partners came together to apply for these funds to increase rural broadband adoption rates using an approach built around community. This community focus meant two principal things: E-Vermont listened to a community’s needs,…
Digital Wish’s School Modernization Initiative (through VCRD’s e-Vermont Community Broadband Program) put one-computer-per-child programs into 24 e-Vermont schools. Through the program they conducted surveys of the participating teachers and students who report a wide range of gains including increased engagement in learning, technological proficiency, and dramatic improvements in the understanding of internet safety issues. The…
During the Community Visit process in Bennington, community members identified 4 priority areas for future action: Advance a Bennington Community Center and Improve the Recreation Center Develop a Bennington Vision Statement and Advance Community Communications and Positive Town Image Collaborate to Address Poverty and Build a Poverty Working Group Make Downtown Bennington a Destination, and…
