STAFF From the David Snedeker, Tina Gonyaw, Frank Maloney, Executive Director Administrative Assistant Planner Executive Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Judy Butson, Lorna Higgs, Tracy McIntyre, The Northeastern Vermont Development Association Business Manager Project Manager GIS Specialist 201 Annual Report (NVDA) is a joint regional planning and development [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 9 organization serving the 3-county Northeast Karen Geraghty, Economic Alison Low AICP CFM, Irene Nagle AICP, Development Specialist Senior Planner Senior Planner Kingdom region of Vermont. One of our greatest [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] strengths remains our agility in forming strategic Bruce Melendy, Emergency Management partnerships – public and private - with local, state, Specialist and federal entities to bring about lasting impacts. [email protected] This year, these collaborative efforts continued in Doug Morton, Senior Transportation Planner several community and economic development [email protected] initiatives around the region. Back row, left to right: Tracy McIntyre, Alison Low, Dave Snedeker, Irene Nagle, Doug NVDA staff continued our work with local, state, and federal partners in many Morton. Front row: Karen Geraghty, important community and economic development projects in Northeast Kingdom Lorna Higgs, Frank Maloney, Tina Gonyaw, Bruce Melendy, Judy communities. These included: redevelopment projects in St. Johnsbury – Butson. recreation path, distillery, and New Depot; recreation projects, downtown Photo: Tina Mitchell-Stowell / Captured Moments Photography organization assistance, and planning work in Newport; the Yellow Barn Business Accelerator project in Hardwick; transportation and wastewater TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF CALEDONIA COUNTY projects in Burke; economic development planning in Coventry; and numerous Danville: Kenneth Linsley Ryegate: Claudette Sortino municipal plan developments and village center designations in other Groton: Brent Smith Sheffield: Keith Ba llek, Al Robertson Hardwick: Shari Cornish communities in the region. We are only able to undertake this vital work with St. Johnsbury: Jim Brown, Larry Donna Kirby: Martin Etter, Marla Waring Sutton: Paul Brouha key funding support from our municipalities and multiple state and federal Lyndon: Martha Feltus Walden: Jonathan Augeri agencies, so thanks to our supporters. Newark: Kim Fried, Mark Whitworth Waterford: Fred Saar Peacham: Jennifer Surat , Gretchen Kaija NVDA continued participating in the statewide effort to minimize the impacts of TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF ESSEX COUNTY our transportation infrastructure on water quality. Staff worked with nearly every Northeast Kingdom community to remediate potential impacts on road Brighton: Joel Cope Guildhall: Gary Brown segments connected to water bodies. As water quality remains a key concern Brunswick: Sharon Graham, Paulette Routhier Lunenburg: Amos Colby Canaan: Gregory Noyes statewide, NVDA collaborates with state agencies, municipalities, and local and Maidstone: Bruce Hobaugh Concord: Cynthia Stuart Norton: Patricia Whitney regional non-profit organizations to meet the requirements under the Water East Haven: Kirwin Flanders Unified Towns & Gores: Peter Rodin Quality Act. Granby: Reginald Bunnell

Developing a skilled and ready workforce is a critical issue locally and statewide. TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF ORLEANS COUNTY In FY2019, NVDA continued to partner in the statewide VT Talent Pipeline Albany: S. Christopher Jacobs, Edward O’Leary Holland: Andrew Bouchard Barton: Robert Croteau, William Davies Management (VTPM) initiative. This important effort convenes businesses from Irasburg:l Ron Ho land, Michael Sanville Brownington: Bill Davis, Laurence Thompson Lowell: Calvin Allen different industry sectors statewide to identify their industry-specific issues and Charleston: Michael Gonyaw, Teri Gray Morgan: Larry Labor develop employer-led workforce solutions. In FY2019, there was significant Coventry: J eanne Desrochers, Michael Marcotte Newport City: Paul Monette, Laura Dolgin progress in the construction and advanced manufacturing sectors and we Craftsbury: Farley Brown Newport Town: Real Lanoue continued working to connect more employers with the VTPM initiative. Derby: Beula-Jean Sh attuck, Grant Spates Troy: Robert Langlands, Mark Sanville Glover: Hope Colburn Westfield: S cott Dunn Changes at all levels of government continue to place new demands on the Greensboro: Michael Metcalf Westmore: Louisa Dotoli limited resources of our municipalities. They rely on our professional services and technical support more than ever. The map on the following page change AT LARGE MEMBERS Amanda Carlson, Conrad Doyon, John Morley, represents the diversity and extent of our services, all of which support our Tom Robinson underlying mission to the Northeast Kingdom. I continue to be amazed by how Northeastern Vermont much our relatively smalls, but very skilled staff can accomplish in Vermont’s LEGISLATORS Development Association largest geographic region. SENATORS BY DISTRICT: Caledonia: Joe Benning Esq., Jane Kitchel; Essex-Orleans: John Rodgers, Robert Starr Jr. 36 Eastern Avenue, Suite 1 As always, NVDA looks forward to exploring new partnerships and opportunities REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICT: PO Box 630 for collaboration and betterment of the Northeast Kingdom in the coming year. Caledonia-1: Marcia Martel; Caledonia-2: Joseph “Chip” Troiano; St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819 Caledonia-3: Scott Beck, ; Caledonia-4: Martha Feltus, Richard Lawrence; Caledonia- Northeastern Vermont Please call 802 748-5181 David Snedeker Washington: Catherine “Kitty” Beattie Toll; Essex-Caledonia: Constance Quimby; Essex- Development Association or email [email protected] Caledonia-Orleans: Paul Lefebvre; Orange-Caledonia: Charles “Chip” Conquest; Orleans-1: Lynn Batchelor, Brian Smith; Orleans-2: Michael Marcotte, ; NVDA is an equal opportunity employer, lender, and provider. www.nvda.net Orleans-Caledonia: Vicki Strong, Samu Yo ng; Orleans-Lamoille: Mark Higley Northeastern Vermont Development Our broad array of services supports our mission to the 55 municipalities and scores of businesses in Association (NVDA) is a unique entity in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties: “Improving the Vermont where regional economic development quality of life in the Northeast Kingdom through planning, promoting economic development, and preserving the and planning are combined for great effect. region’s natural environment.”

ORLEANS NEWPORT CITY WARNERS GRANT WARREN GORE AVERY’S GORE FY2018 Highlights Unaudited Financials for COUNTY Downtowns and Village Centers: Our work to Fiscal Year 2018* CANAAN revitalize the region’s downtowns and villages NVDA’s revenues came from numerous sources, including a share of the state’s property NORTON continues. Our staff provides ongoing technical JAY NEWPORT DERBY HOLLAND transfer funds; private, state, and federal grants; and annual appropriations from each TROY support to downtown efforts in Newport and TOWN of our 50+ member communities. We also received rental income from the Charles E. AVERILL St. Johnsbury. This year, we helped Wheelock, Carter Business Resource Center, the Gallery Building, and other income from contracted East Hardwick, and Albany earn Village Center services, such as grant administration and municipal plan and bylaw development. MORGAN Designation; and assisted with a boundary LEMINGTON COVENTRY WESTFIELD adjustment in Lyndonville’s village center and No revolving loans were made in FY2018. LEWIS redesignation of Newport City’s downtown, making CHARLESTON tax credits available for important reinvestment

BROWNINGTON projects in these municipalities. Seventeen villages IRASBURG PROGRAMS BRIGHTON BLOOMFIELD and two downtowns in the Northeast Kingdom are LOWELL now participating in the designation programs! REGIONAL ECONOMIC TRANSPORTATION TOTALS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT BARTON BRUNSWICK WESTMORE Local Energy Plans: In FY2018, we assisted

ALBANY the municipalities of Brighton, Morgan, and FERDINAND REVENUES $659,758 $ 320,648 $ 485,528 $ 1,465,934 ESSEX Westmore to develop their own enhanced energy NEWARK plans, bringing the total number of communities COUNTY EXPENDITURES $ 636,661 $ 320,648 $ 428,561 $ 1,385,870 GLOVER assisted to nine. When adopted (and certified SUTTON by NVDA), these plans will give each community CRAFTSBURY EAST HAVEN BALANCE $ 23,097 $ — $ 56,967 $ 80,064 SHEFFIELD a stronger voice in the sometimes-challenging MAIDSTONE review process for renewable energy projects. BURKE GREENSBORO GRANBY River Basin Planning: Staff collaborated with multiple stakeholders in some of our regional WHEELOCK watersheds to develop strategic plans to REVENUE SOURCES LYNDON VICTORY protect or restore specific waters and identify GUILDHALL OTHER FEDERAL STANNARD HARDWICK appropriate funding and resources to complete $161,844 $428,975

KIRBY the work. In FY18, work on the Memphremagog Basin Plan was completed, while work on ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS WALDEN LUNENBURG $49,309 CALEDONIA the Passumpsic Basin Plan was initiated. RENTAL ST. JOHNSBURY $212,672 STATE Emergency Planning: Staff assisted with $613,134 COUNTY DANVILLE CONCORD the development of hazard mitigation plans PLANNIN STATUS that can minimize local out-of-pocket costs in Current Plan federal disasters. In FY2018, Barton, Canaan, WATERFORD * Audited financials will be available in December 2018. Expired Plan Greensboro, Kirby, Holland, and Hardwick each adopted Local Hazard Mitigation No Plan PEACHAM Plans. This brings the total number of towns STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR FY2018 BARNET with current plans in our region to 19. Economic Development Administration — US Department of Commerce ONIN BYLA STATUS Northern Border Regional Commission Adopted VT Quebec Enterprise Initiative: NVDA USDA Rural Development — U.S. Department of Agriculture TYPES O PROECTS continued our participation in the VQEI effort. Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development Grant Writing/Management Flood Only Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development GROTON Our involvement in FY2018 included responding RYEGATE Mapping to businesses interested in VT as a business Vermont Agency of Natural Resources — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Vermont Agency of Transportation — U.S. Department of Transportation Emergency Planning Designated Downtown location and connecting them to resources that Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services could be available. We also completed a survey Planning oning Assistance Designated Village Center Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Industry Support of employers to identify workforce and training Vermont Department of Public Safety — U.S. Department of Homeland Security needs, which has now provided us an opportunity Vermont Department of Public Safety Brownfield County Boundary to assist many of the existing companies in our Vermont Department of Public Service Bridge Culvert Inventory Town Boundary region with training funds on a cost-sharing basis. Vermont Small Business Development Center — U.S. Small Business Administration