Dear Municipal Planners, Zoning Administrators, Planning Commissioners, Development Review Board Members, Zoning Boards, Economic Development Committee Members, and Energy Committee Members:
We will be hosting a number of trainings/events this winter and spring that may be of interest to planners, and a variety of commission, board and committee members. We understand that your volunteer time is extremely valuable, so we thought we’d send this out in one invite so you can divide and conquer!
Town Plan Training: February 15, 2017
This webinar will be relevant to Planning Commissioners and other Committees involved in the Municipal Plan update process. This will include a short presentation with an overview of the town plan process as presented in the new Planning Manual and discuss how to work through some of the major challenges towns face in preparing a useful plan. While the webinar can be watched anywhere, we invite municipalities who are preparing for a plan update to join us at CCRPC for a discussion, and peer-to-peer exchange of information, inspiration, and problem-solving. This will be held on Wednesday, February 15th from 12:15pm to 2:00pm (webinar from 12:15pm to 1:00pm and discussion following) at the CCRPC Offices. Please RSVP here.
Economic Development Strategies for Small Towns & Chittenden County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Feedback: March 29, 2017
This presentation will be particularly relevant to Planning Commissioners and Economic Development Committee members. We will provide some tools and examples relevant to Vermont communities, as well as have a discussion on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that will be updated along with the ECOS Plan this upcoming year. This will be held on Wednesday, March 29th (fifth Wednesday) from 6pm to 8pm at the CCRPC Offices. Please RSVP here.
Energy Building Codes: May 10, 2017
This presentation will be relevant to Planners and Zoning Administrators (and any Board/Committee members who are interested). Efficiency Vermont will provide an update on residential and commercial building codes (RBES and CBES). The State of Vermont recently updated RBES and CBES and adopted a stretch code that enables municipalities to adopt enhanced energy standards above code. We will hold this presentation following the CCRPC Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting on May 10th at either 4pm or 4:30pm (start time will be finalized when the PAC agenda is finalized, and the meeting will run for one hour) at the CCRPC Offices. Please RSVP here.
Energy Planning Training: May 11, 2017
This presentation will be relevant to Planning Commissioners and Energy Committee members. The presentation will cover regional and municipal roles in complying with Act 174, the energy planning bill. CCRPC will present a first draft of the Chittenden County Energy Plan as well as municipal level baseline and future demand energy use by fuel source and sector. For additional information on the Chittenden County Regional Energy Plan, click here. This will be held on Tuesday, May 11th from 6pm to 8pm at the CCRPC Offices. Please RSVP here.
Essentials of Land Use Regulations & DRB Summit: May 31, 2017
This presentation will be relevant to members of local development review boards, zoning and planning commissions that do development review. This is being held after Town Meeting Day to provide an introduction for any new board members; but this will also be relevant to veteran members as we will combine this with the DRB Summit – a peer to peer exchange and discussion (similar to what we did two years ago). This will be held on Wednesday, May 31st (fifth Wednesday) from 6pm to 8pm at the CCRPC Offices. Please RSVP here.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Regina Mahony at rmahony@ccrpcvt.org or 802-861-0116.
