<![CDATA[Projects at the Center for Rural Studies]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 23:56:49 -0400 <![CDATA[CRS survey work included in new Vermont Community Foundation report on Vermont's Nonprofit Sector]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=11299&category=crsprojects Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=11299&category=crsprojects The Center for Rural Studies was part of the team that contributed to the Vermont Community Foundation's new report Vermont's Nonprofit Sector.  The report provides an in-depth look at the nonprofit sector - its scope, its challenges, and its opportunities - as seen by Vermonters and the state's nonprofit leaders.

The majority of the data in the report was collected via two statewide surveys conducted by CRS in the summer of 2010. The first survey of over 800 individuals throughout Vermont sampled Vermonters’ perceptions of the nonprofit sector. The second survey of nearly 500 nonprofit leaders around the state, investigated the collective outlook of Vermont’s nonprofit sector in the face of new, economic challenges.

CRS is proud to have been part of this effort to continue the conversation on the role, significance and trajectory of nonprofits in Vermont.

]]> <![CDATA[CRS part of HUD grant totalling nearly $1 million]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=11293&category=crsprojects Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=11293&category=crsprojects The Center for Rural Studies will be a project partner in the U.S. HUD/DOT grant recently awarded to the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to identify and implement strategies that improve Chittenden County’s long-term sustainability by addressing public and private costs in transportation, housing, energy and land use and social equity.  CRS will part of the consortium of organizations that partner to carry out the tasks of the grant and will take the lead in facilitating the development of local and regional sustainability indicators.

More information is included in the linked press release below.

]]> <![CDATA[Evaluation of the Local Agricultural Community Exchange]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=10205&category=crsprojects Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=10205&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Evaluation Coordinator Michele Cranwell Schmidt and Director Jane Kolodinsky

Partner Organization:

The Local Agricultural Community Exchange (LACE) and Central Vermont Community Action Council (CVCAC)

Description:

CRS is the evaluator of the Local Agricultural Community Exchange (LACE) project. LACE is a non-profit organization located in Barre, Vermont and a community revitalization initiative centralized around the renovation of a vacant storefront in an economically distressed community. LACE is carried out through the public-private partnership of LACE, CVCAC, and the storefront venue, which includes an artisan gallery, a commercially licensed community kitchen, and the Farm Fresh Market and Caf

]]> <![CDATA[Mad River Valley Planning District Data & Reporting]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9721&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9721&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Outreach Professional Chip Sawyer and CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche

Partner Organization:

Mad River Valley Planning District

Description:

Review data collected in accordance with Sugarbush MOU, revise reports, recommend data collection and storage strategy and tactics.

Time Frame:

April - August 2009

]]> <![CDATA[Fit & Healthy Swanton]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9723&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9723&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche

Partner Organization:

Northwest Medical Center

Description:

Evaluation of various "fit & healthy" programs in Swanton.

Time Frame:

May - October 2009

]]> <![CDATA[Tobacco Natural History Online Recruitment]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9725&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9725&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Project Specialist Thomas DeSisto and CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche

Partner Organization:

Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory at the University of Vermont

Description:

Assistance with online recruitment for a tobacco use study.

Time Frame:

July - December 2009

]]> <![CDATA[Assessment of VT Farm-to-School]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9681&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9681&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Director Jane Kolodinsky, CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche, and CDAE Graduate Student Benjamin King

Description:

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of farm-to-school efforts in VT. Includes identification of players, challenges, obstacles and keys to success.

Project Time Frame

2008-2009

]]> <![CDATA[Voices for the Lake Telephone/Web Survey]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9718&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9718&category=crsprojects CRS Team

CRS Research Specialist Jessica Hyman

Partner Organization

Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

Description

Online and telephone survey for the Voices for the Lake project, an initiative to inspire Champlain Basin stewardship through conversations and connections enabled by social technologies.

Project Time Frame

Fall 2009

]]> <![CDATA[Vermont Grantmakers Data Collection]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9720&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9720&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Michael Moser and CRS Outreach Professional Chip Sawyer

Partner Organization:

Vermont Community Foundation

Description:

Survey and report findings of grantmaking data of Vermont foundations.

Time Frame:

2008-2009

]]> <![CDATA[Button Up Evaluation]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9722&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9722&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche

Partner Organization:

Central Vermont Community Action Council

Description:

Analyze evaluation data from series of energy workshops.

Time Frame:

November 2008 - May 2009

]]> <![CDATA[Campus Climate Survey]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9724&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9724&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Erin Roche

Partner Organization:

University of Vermont

Description:

Campus wide survey of faculty and staff.

Time Frame:

June 2009- June 2010

]]> <![CDATA[VAAFM Farmer Survey]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9726&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9726&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Director Jane Kolodinsky and CDAE graduate Student Benjamin King

Partner Organization:

VAAFM and Vermont FEED

Description:

Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED), the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM), and the University of Vermont (UVM) are surveying farms in Vermont to assess the viability of direct farm sales to schools. The results of this survey will be used to better serve farmers who sell to schools.

Time Frame:

September- November 2009

]]> <![CDATA[News Delivery & Civic Engagement]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9717&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9717&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Jessica Hyman

Partner Organization:

Vermont Community Foundation

Description:

CRS, in partnership with the Hardwick Gazette, and community members, will do an assessment of civic engagement and information sourcing in the Hardwick area. Then we will look at the existing and new media tools available to the Hardwick Gazette and others that would make critical information more accessible and get people more active in their community and informed about the value of "real" news. This project is the first step of a state-wide rural news initiative to inventory the resources and new media potential for rural newspapers and determine their training needs, especially with respect to new media.

Time Frame:

May 2009- March 2010

]]> <![CDATA[Voices for Vermont's Children]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9719&category=crsprojects Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9719&category=crsprojects CRS Team

CRS Research Specialist Michael Moser

Partner Organization

Voices for Vermont's Children

Description

Telephone surveys of employees and employers in VT about their knowledge/preferences regarding Child Care.

Project Time Frame

2009

]]> <![CDATA[Internet Workshops for Women Agriculturalists]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9683&category=crsprojects Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9683&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Outreach Coordinator William "Chip" Sawyer and CRS Research Specialist Jessica Hyman

Partner Organization:

Women's Agricultural Network

Description:

Workshops held on web site development for women farm-business owners.

Workshop Dates:

  • Workshop 11/2006
  • Workshop 2/2007
  • Workshop 10/2007
  • Workshop 3/2009
]]> <![CDATA[Development of Local Growers Guide]]> http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9682&category=crsprojects Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.uvm.edu/crs?Page=news&storyID=9682&category=crsprojects CRS Team:

CRS Research Specialist Jessica Hyman

Description:

Online and print resources to showcase farms and to direct consumers to local agricultural products. Starting with Chittenden and Washington Counties, the growers guides are a first step to a Champlain Valley local food web portal.

Website Launched September 2009:

http://www.vermontgrowersguide.com/

Read More in September 2, 2009 News Release:

http://www.uvm.edu/crs/?Page=News&storyID=14933

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