Take Charge

Sustainable Development for Vermont Communities

This educational program is designed to enable leaders, decision makers and residents in Vermont communities face the future. It will assist leaders to analyze the community, think about alternatives and plan action strategy for community development. It will help rural residents take charge of their community's destiny.

Take Charge Manual

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• Complete Take Charge Manual (PDF)
• Take Charge Intro and Overview (PDF)
• Take Charge Part 1: Where are we now? (PDF)
• Take Charge Part 2: Where do we want to be? (PDF)
• Take Charge Part 3: How do we get there? (PDF)

Re-Charge

Community Development in Small Communities

The Re-Charge Program is designed for use where a Take Charge process has already been delivered. With the regional approach, where groups of towns want to address regional issues, it is important that the region has gone through a Take Charge as a region prior to Re-Charge. The Take Charge includes a session on demographics, and all parties of the regional Re-Charge should be familiar with the differences between towns in their region if they are to adequately address issues common to the region.

Re-Charge Manual

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• Complete Re-Charge Manual (PDF)
• Re-Charge Intro and Overview (PDF)
• Re-Charge Units (PDF)

Appendices

A compilation of the Take Charge / Re-Charge Appendices

• Appendices