This article was written by Tess Gauthier, Project Coordinator at the Snelling Center The Snelling Center for Government is happy to announce the launch of a community-focused approach to engaging citizens in the redevelopment of Town websites. On Thursday, August 29th, we hosted the first forum in Wilmington, where residents attended a facilitated discussion about…
On a Tuesday night, in the upstairs rooms of the Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock, Vermont, 17 members of nonprofit organizations from Woodstock, Killington, Plymouth, Chester, and other nearby towns gathered to meet with five “social media surgeons” who would help them learn more about social media. The “Surgery” was a collaboration between Burlington…
Vermont’s 2011 floods demonstrated the potential for digital tools to support community resilience and recovery, as well as the vulnerability of nonprofits and communities who were not making full use of digital tools. Thankfully, Vermont is gifted with a growing, community-oriented tech sector. In the hours before and after Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont, the…
Over the last few months VCRD has been working with the Northeast Vermont Development Corporation to convene a dialogue in the Northeast Kingdom on “Managing Change for the Best Future of the NEK.” We facilitated the “NEK Today and Tomorrow Summit” at Lake Region High School on June 15th and have followed up with a…
