Business and community development

Vital Vermont communities start with you. Declining levels of voter participation along with decreasing interest in volunteer activities and community groups challenge the state of Vermont. As a result, University of Vermont Extension has made the following a focus:

Mobilizing community more effectively; creating an understanding of and solutions to community problems; engaging community members to become more involved in implementing or enhancing decision-making skills that will improve quality of life.

 

Tax School

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Tax School education programs offer the latest in-depth and up-to-date training on new tax law and regulations.

Registration is open for the two-day Tax Schools on Nov. 1-2 (South Burlington) and Nov. 8-9 (Killington). 

Vermont Public Libraries Educational Program

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The UVM Extension Vermont public libraries educational program provides Vermont public library directors, librarians, and trustees with financial, budgeting, and human resource tools, information, and consultation. 

Learn more about the Vermont Public Libraries Educational Program

Vermont Agritourism Collaborative

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Agritourism is the business of establishing farms as destinations for education, recreation, and the purchase of farm products; giving visitors the opportunity to connect with the working landscape and 'farm experience', and creating an additional source of revenue for the host farm.Visit the Vermont Agritourism Collaborative site to learn more!

Town Officer Education Conference (TOEC)

The UVM Extension Town Officers’ Education Conference is designed to help town clerks, listers and assessors, select board members, town administrators, public library directors and trustees, planners, and other municipal officials do their jobs more effectively by providing educational sessions on a wide array of municipal management issues.
Learn more about TOEC.