Join the discussion at the
Cabot Community Visit
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
You are Invited...
…to join your neighbors and discuss your vision for Cabot with Vermont State, Federal, business, and non-profit leaders. This
will be the first step in the Community Visit process of building
priorities and addressing critically important challenges before the
community. Attend the sessions most important to you and meet the
visiting team at the Community Dinner!
Willey Building
3rd floor Auditorium |
Willey Building
2nd floor meeting room | |
2:15‐3:45 pm
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Arts, Culture & Recreation
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Transportation Infrastructure
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4:00‐5:30 pm
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The Challenge of Poverty
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Economic Vitality & Tourism
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5:30‐6:45 pm
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- - Free Community Dinner - - Cabot School Cafeteria
Hearty and delicious local foods
| |
7:00-8:30 pm
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School & Community
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Agriculture, Food & Energy
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For more information about the Cabot Community Visit contact Margaret at VCRD, 802-223-6091 or info@vtrural.org.
Produced
by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), a non-profit
organization supporting the locally-defined progress of Vermont's rural
communities. For more information about the Community Visit process
visit vtrural.org/programs/community-programs or call us at 802-223-6091.
Here’s the background in case you haven’t had a chance to read it:
On
the invitation of the Cabot Selectboard, the Vermont Council on Rural
Development (VCRD) has selected the town of Cabot for its Community
Visit Program in the fall of 2012 over several other towns requesting
services this year. VCRD is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
dedicated to the advancement of Vermont communities. In the past 13
years, they have worked in over 60 communities across Vermont to bring
residents together to share ideas around issues of concern and to move
toward common solutions.
The program kicks off in Cabot on September 25th with a series of focus forum discussions and a free community dinner. Attached (and pasted below) is a flyer with discussion topics, times and locations. We
hope you will come join the conversation at any or all of the sessions
that interest you and join us at the free community dinner.
A
Community Visit is a chance for a town to come together to discuss the
challenges, opportunities, and issues they have on the table and learn
from the Visiting Resource Team about best practices and opportunities
around the state. This
first event gives all from Cabot the opportunity to add their ideas and
concerns to the table, and to meet with federal, state and non-profit
experts from around Vermont. After September 25th,
there will be two more community meetings to narrow down goals and
priorities and set action plans to help advance them. VCRD will serve as
a neutral facilitator throughout the process.
This process is open to everyone and everyone is invited! The
program is most successful when people are excited about and interested
in the topics and the events, so we encourage you to spread the word
widely. Here are some ways you can help to spread the word:
- print a handful of flyers and take them with you to your next club meeting or gathering or tack on bulletin boards
- post this in your place of business or church/school newsletter
- post on a local website
- post on facebook
- forward on to your list serve of community volunteers or business people in town
- word of mouth - let people know about the event and about the process!
For more information about the Cabot Community Visit feel free to contact me at 802-223-6091 or info@vtrural.org.
We are looking forward to seeing you on September 25th!
Margaret
Margaret Gibson McCoy
Office and Communications Manager
Vermont Council on Rural Development
802-223-6091
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