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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 [[Types of rural communities|rural communities]] of [[Vermont]], a largely rural state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/about|title=About VCRD {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> The organization was created in 1992.<ref name=":0" />

== Recent initiatives ==
The organization coordinates two key initiatives around creating a green economy:<ref>{{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}}</ref> an initiative called "Vermont Climate Economy Initiative" designed around developing enterprises focused on responding to [[global warming]];<ref>{{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}}</ref>  and a "Climate Model Communities Program" coordinated with [[Efficiency Vermont]] to improve the sustainability of whole communities in Vermont.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/12/18/vermont-council-rural-development-invites-community-applications/|title=Vermont Council on Rural Development invites community applications|last=footnotes|first=Press Release Dec 18 2018 {{!}} no reader|date=2018-12-18|website=VTDigger|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

Other programs include a community leadership award program,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2019/08/26/vermont-council-on-rural-development-presents-community-leadership-awards/|title=Vermont Council on Rural Development presents community leadership awards|last=Aug 26 2019August 26|first=Press Release|last2=Footnotes|first2=2019 {{!}} No Reader|date=2019-08-26|website=VTDigger|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> investment in working lands,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and regularly policy meetings and summits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/programs/policy-councils|title=Policy Councils {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vtrural.org/programs/summits|title=Summits and Convenings {{!}} vtrural.org|website=www.vtrural.org|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

==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)

== References ==
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[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Vermont]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Vermont]]