Several organizations have come together to create a community response coordinating team to help the community-based response teams and mutual aid networks that have risen in response to Vermont’s effort to “flatten the curve” of the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19.
As the enormity of the impact of COVID-19 has become clear, Vermonters across the state are stepping forward to connect neighbors in need with those that can help. Over the past few weeks, VCRD has been part of a coalition of regional organizers working to facilitate communication between mutual aid groups across the state, compile…
It seems everyone has a story to tell about Paul Bruhn and his work with the Preservation Trust of Vermont.
Aired 2/4/20, as seen on WCAX Across the Fence: Fran Stoddard interviews Paul Costello about VCRD’s Community Visit program and other community-based work.
The Alchemist co-founder Jen Kimmich is on the VCRD board of directors. —————- By Kenny Gould, as seen in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kennygould/2020/01/09/how-the-alchemist-goes-above-and-beyond-to-give-you-sustainable-beer/?fbclid=IwAR3Bh1zPmBslcUSVVGDNfEDMi5kswgB2MMcNTbDAbLIIgXI42Oc7_bjB8Ls#2ca09fcce703 By any metric, The Alchemist Brewery is a successful business. Currently, the brewery has two locations: a production facility in Waterbury, where they make their flagship Heady Topper IPA, and a visitor’s center in Stowe where…
Enhancing quality of life is a goal that’s at the heart of most policymaking regardless of whether you are working from a community or town, county, state or national perspective.
State Rural Development Councils collaborate both with in-state public and private-sector groups and with other states to strengthen rural development. Maine hasn’t had a formal rural development council since Maine Rural Partners shut down in 2016.
by Joseph Gresser as seen in The Chronicle: https://bartonchronicle.com/ GREENSBORO — Community leaders who attended the annual meeting of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA), held at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro on September 26, heard Paul Costello of the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) explain his organization’s work. The council…
As seen in the Rutland Herald: https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/editorials/two-vermonts/article_131453ae-20ea-576a-adc8-facc6ce56370.html Vermont seems to have a pretty good story to tell right now. But indications are that there really are “Two Vermonts.” According to the new Rural Life Survey commissioned by Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS, generally Vermonters enjoy life in their rural communities, and most say they’re…
By Peter Hirschfeld as seen on VPR: https://www.vpr.org/post/vpr-vermont-pbs-rural-life-survey-spotlights-vermonters-optimism-also-challenges#stream/0 Listen here: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/vpr/audio/2019/10/vpr-news-poll-overview-20191021.mp3 A survey of 801 Vermonters, conducted between Aug. 26 and Sept. 9, is part of a project by VPR and Vermont PBS called “This Land: The Changing Story of Rural Vermont.” The poll results suggest that story is complicated. Vermonters generally enjoy life in…