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Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2023 - Performance by Josh Collier 08/15/2023

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Strengthening skills, capacity, and opportunity for the future! Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 4th VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Josh Collier, tenor solo & Founder/Artistic Director of Barn Opera in Brandon, VT. This performance is of “Nessun dorma” fom Puccini’s Turandot, Act III.

Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2023 - Comments from Senator Peter Welch and Under Secretary Robert Bonnie, USDA 08/15/2023

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Strengthening skills, capacity, and opporotunity for the future! Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 4th VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Senator Peter Welch, opening remarks
Under Secretary Robert Bonnie, United States Department of Agriculture 

VCRD - Demographic Change in Vermont: Excerpt from Xusana Davis 08/10/2022

From VCRD:

Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 3rd VT Community Leadership Summit.

An excerpt from Xusana Davis's presentation and breakout group on demographic change in Vermont.

Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2022 08/10/2022

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 3rd VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Parwinder Grewal, President, Vermont State University
Julie Moore, VCRD Board Chair
Brian Lowe, VCRD Executive Director
Rajnii Eddins, Poet, Emcee & Teaching Artist
Community Spark Stories
Presentation of VCRD Leadership Awards

The Future of Vermont with Paul Costello 03/05/2021

Paul Costello, Executive Director of Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), discusses the work of bringing attention to the fundamental needs that communities face and the next phase of the ongoing work of the council on the future of Vermont. With an eye on the future, VCRD brings Vermonters together to identify points of action over the next few years on climate change, racism, and rural development that will have implications for the next generation.

Making it Happen! Local Leadership for the Future of Vermont Communities: Youth Driving Change - Stories of Leadership and Success 10/01/2018

Moderator Helen Beattie (Up For Learning) is joined by panelists Milo Cress (Be Straw Free Campaign), Lili Platt (Harwood Union International Refugee Club), and Faith Ploof (TRY for the Environment).

Vermont Community Leadership Summit, produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, aims to support, encourage, inspire and train leaders with the skills they need to succeed. Summit findings will contribute to a strategic planning process that works to advance opportunities, training, and partnerships to meet the needs of all kinds of leaders; expand leadership engagement in communities; and advance public policies and programs to support the long-term future of community leadership and all it means to the strength of our democracy and the vitality of our Vermont communities. In a democracy, all citizens are called upon to lead – where leaders step up, towns achieve great things. Local Citizens Make It Happen!

Making it Happen! Local Leadership for the Future of Vermont Communities: Creating Events and Building Community Connection 10/01/2018

Moderator Gary Holloway (VT Department of Housing and Community Development) is joined by panelists Jody Fried (Catamount Arts), Robert McBride (Rockingham Arts and Museum Project), Bill Moore (Town of Brandon), and Orly Munzing (Strolling of the Heifers).

The Vermont Community Leadership Summit, produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, aims to support, encourage, inspire and train leaders with the skills they need to succeed. Summit findings will contribute to a strategic planning process that works to advance opportunities, training, and partnerships to meet the needs of all kinds of leaders; expand leadership engagement in communities; and advance public policies and programs to support the long-term future of community leadership and all it means to the strength of our democracy and the vitality of our Vermont communities. In a democracy, all citizens are called upon to lead – where leaders step up, towns achieve great things. Local Citizens Make It Happen!

Making it Happen! Local Leadership for the Future of Vermont Communities: The Future of Vermont Leadership 10/01/2018

Moderated by Paul Costello (Vermont Council on Rural Development) with Vermont leaders to discuss Vermont's leadership assets, challenges and vision. Panelists include Tiffany Bluemle (Change the Story VT), Hal Colston (Story Truths, LLC), Thomas Hark (CCC US), Mitzi Johnson (Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives), and Dan Smith (Vermont Community Foundation).
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