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Vermont Council on Rural Development

{{short description|Vermont non-profit organization}}

The Vermont Council on Rural Development is a non-profit, federally supported, state rural development council that combines public and private resources to fund programs that improve the rural communities of Vermont, a largely rural American state.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/about|title=About VCRD {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}} The organization was created in 1992.

Recent initiatives

The organization coordinates two key initiatives around creating a green economy:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpr.org/post/brattleboro-forum-weighs-economic-impact-opportunity-climate-change|title=Brattleboro Forum Weighs Economic Impact, Opportunity Of Climate Change|last=Weiss-Tisman|first=Howard|website=www.vpr.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}} an initiative called "Vermont Climate Economy Initiative" designed around developing enterprises focused on responding to global warming;{{Cite web|url=https://www.vsjf.org/programs/vermont-climate-economy-initiative/|title=Vermont Climate Economy Initiative|website=Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}} and a "Climate Model Communities Program" coordinated with Efficiency Vermont to improve the sustainability of whole communities in Vermont.{{Cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/12/18/vermont-council-rural-development-invites-community-applications/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219113540/https://vtdigger.org/2018/12/18/vermont-council-rural-development-invites-community-applications/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2018|title=Vermont Council on Rural Development invites community applications|date=2018-12-18|website=VTDigger|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}

Other programs include a community leadership award program,{{Cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2019/08/26/vermont-council-on-rural-development-presents-community-leadership-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914081410/https://vtdigger.org/2019/08/26/vermont-council-on-rural-development-presents-community-leadership-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2019|title=Vermont Council on Rural Development presents community leadership awards|date=2019-08-26|website=VTDigger|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}} investment in working lands,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/programs/working-lands|title=Vermont Working Landscape Partnership {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}} and regularly policy meetings and summits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/programs/policy-councils|title=Policy Councils {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/programs/summits|title=Summits and Convenings {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}}

Further reading

  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/548986490/?terms=Vermont%2BCouncil%2Bon%2BRural%2BDevelopment Council encourages Wilmington residents to set priorities]" by Erin George, The Brattleboro Reformer (March 13, 2001)
  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/202856048/?terms=Vermont%2BCouncil%2Bon%2BRural%2BDevelopment Creative economy works in Vermont]", editorial, The Burlington Free Press (April 15, 2006)
  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/202925500/?terms=Vermont%2BCouncil%2Bon%2BRural%2BDevelopment Getting creative with economics]" by Lauren Ober, The Burlington Free Press (April 29, 2006)
  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/536179574 Group thinks into the future]" by Paul Costello and Sarah Waring, Rutland Daily Herald (Dec 30, 2007)
  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/534152690 Vermont's quiet crisis: Why we need an action plan for the working landscape]" by Paul Costello, Rutland Daily Herald (Dec 26, 2010)
  • "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/535352803/?terms=Vermont%2BCouncil%2Bon%2BRural%2BDevelopment Creating a climate economy]" by Jon Copans (op-ed by the director of the Climate Economy Model Communities Program at the VCRD), Rutland Daily Herald (March 3, 2017)

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Category:Non-profit organizations based in Vermont

Category:1992 establishments in Vermont

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