Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission

What do loggers and bobcats have in common? Why would a Vermont black bear need a roadmap?  Join us and other residents of the Worcester Range and the Northeastern Highlands for a lively evening of discussion about the future of people and wildlife in the region. March 13th -7-9 PM at the Worcester Town Hall , Worcester.

Guest Speakers: Tom Slayton, Jens Hilke, and George Gay.

Refreshmants will be served. For more information contact:  Neahga Leonard, Linkage Coordinator, Worcesters to Northeastern Highlands  Email: Neahga.Leonard@gmail.com (802) 595-1107

The five part Mad River Valley Renewable Energy Series, exploring a broad range of issues related to the MRV's renewable energy potential. Hosted by the Mad River Valley Planning District (www.mrvpd.org/) with support from the Vermont Energy Climate Action Network (www.vecan.net/), these talks continue the dialogue of energy in the MRV by bringing together community members and energy professionals on a variety of topics.  The videos for this series have been posted for viewing at www.centralvtplanning.com/EnergyResources.html.

The following towns have Hazard Mitigation Plans available for public review and comment - Plainfield, Berlin, E. Montpelier, Warren, Duxbury, Waterbury, Barre Town, Barre City, Cabot, Middlesex, Moretown and Williamstown. If you would like to review a copy of these plans, please contact Jennifer at mojo@cvregion.com

A series of public comment meetings will be held in February and March to gather comments on the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ Draft Basin 8 Water Quality Management Plan covering the Winooski River watershed.

The public is invited to attend the meetings, hear a presentation on the plan and offer their comments and suggestions.
Meetings will take place from 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the following locations:

February 22th
Fish and Wildlife Building
ANR Regional Office
111 West Street
Essex Junction, VT

March 8th
City Council Chambers
Montpelier City Hall
39 Main St.
Montpelier, VT

Copies of the plan may be obtained on-line at www.vtwaterquality.org/ or by requesting a copy from the number below. The public comment period runs until March 23, 2012. Comments received by this date will be addressed in a responsiveness summary.

For further information or to submit comments please contact:
Karen Bates
Vermont Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Watershed Management Division
111 West Street
Essex Junction, Vt. 05452
(802) 879-2339
karen.bates@state.vt.us

Thursday, February 16th; 9am - 4:30pm
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Vermont
Visit www.evermontworkshop.org/ for links to more information and registration.

Join community leaders from around the state to share ideas and learn how online tools are being used to create jobs, reinvent schools, attract visitors, improve civic involvement, and enliven Vermont communities. The workshop is sponsored by the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project.

Anne Galloway of VtDigger.org will be the keynote speaker. Session topics include mobilizing community resources for emergencies, a hands-on lab exploring online tools for business, a showcase of how technology is expanding the classroom for 4-6th graders, a look at conducting town meetings in the digital age, and ways to increase public Internet access in your town (and why).

Registration is $20 and includes course offerings, refreshments, lunch and the chance to win a Kindle reader and other prizes in our raffle drawing.

For more information about the day go to www.evermontworkshop.org/. Pre-register online, by phone 802-859-3090, or by e-mail joanna@snellingcenter.org.

e-Vermont partner The Snelling Center for Government is the lead organizer for Vermont Communities in a Digital Age.

You can follow e-Vermont on Facebook and Twitter. Check out www.e4vt.org/ for more resources from e-Vermont.

The January 2012 newsletter is ready and posted for reading.  The articles in this issue include.

Hazard Mitigation Grants Available
Municipal Planning Grants Awarded
Town River Debris Survey
Moving Forward After Irene
Community Recovery Partnership
Front Porch Forum

Click here to download a copy of the newsletter.

Please provide us with your comments.

Hello and thank you for agreeing to share your thoughts about broadband access in Central Vermont. Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission and a group of volunteers representing a wide range of business sectors are working to develop a regional technology plan.

For the purposes of this survey, we are interested in how broadband is currently used in your profession AND how universal broadband in Vermont could enhance your professional, personal and community life. The survey responses will be used to help inform a strategic plan that identifies needs and opportunities related to new technologies, provide strategies to drive adoption of broadband, identifies key partnerships that will benefit from coordinated use of information technology (such as gov't services, education, health care, business, etc.) and encourages innovation among those key partnerships.

Broadband is the term used to describe high speed iternet Access. To learn more about broadband in your area, please go to www.broadbandvt.org.

Please click here to take the survey. Thank you!
 
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