Growing Rural Economies in the Champlain Valley 

A WATERSHED BASED APPROACH

FOR

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE PLANNING 

You are invited to a workshop series

especially for town officials and interested landowners

in

Shelburne, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Monkton, Ferrisburgh, Starksboro, Huntington, Bristol 

Please join us for a series of informational workshops for town officials and interested landowners.

These workshops will:

Inform towns about new planning, zoning and management measures available for land use planning

Present new data and mapping tools that identify local natural resource conditions

Introduce new resources to assist towns with natural resource based planning, zoning and management 

Through effective partnerships between private and public sectors, we will discuss how to coordinate natural resource protection and management plans while enhancing rural community development opportunities.

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Workshop #1

River Corridor Management Planning for VT Towns

With Special Guest

Barry Cahoon, State Rivers Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation
 

Thursday May 4, 2006, 7 to 9 pm, NRG Cafeteria - Hinesburg, VT 

RSVP 425 2002, Marty Illick 

Mr. Cahoon will speak about coordination efforts between state, town and private sectors for sustainable river corridor management. This is the first of a series of workshops that will share actual watershed based data collection results and to hear how Vermont is addressing water quality management and conservation today. 

There will be ample time for discussion about what the towns are doing now, noting issues, how to become more efficient, cost effective and successful in long term water quality planning. 

Topics of interest for subsequent workshops  

Floodplains, Floodways and Flood Mitigation

Fluvial Erosion Hazard Mapping and Town Planning for River Corridors

Wetland Planning and Zoning - Coordinating between Town, State, and Federal Government

Lakes and Ponds - Recreation and Aquatic Habitat Conservation

Stormwater Planning and Mitigation

Water Quality- Coordinating between Town, State, and Federal Government

Low Impact Development and Renewable Energy Opportunities