Vital Communities

Celebrate Upper Valley Placemaking Week! Cycle or walk the Mascoma River Greenway. #uvplacemaking A 50-mile Northern Rail Trail, the greenway serves as a four-season transportation corridor, drawing people of all ages for recreation and commuting. buff.ly/3SrUdBY

⚡️Placemaking Inspiration ⚡️ 👉🏽 Wide sidewalks allow for merchandise display/A-frame signs 👉🏽 Street tree canopy, benches, awnings provide customer safety and comfort 👉🏽 Parklets/sidewalk cafes for outdoor dining neighborhoodcommons.nyc #uvplacemaking

Celebrate the power and importance of great public places during the inaugural Upper Valley Placemaking Week, September 25 through October 1. buff.ly/3SrUdBY #uvplacemaking @PPS_Placemaking

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A focus on locally owned businesses feeds and nurtures the entire community. #looklocalfirst #smallbusinessmatters

ONE WEEK AWAY! Shop Indie Art Month buff.ly/3BJIKaf #shopindieart

Placemaking turns those public spaces into places that boost our health, happiness, and well-being. Happy #UVPlacemaking Week. JOIN US! vitalcommunities.org/placemaking/

Upper Valley restaurants take on delivery apps buff.ly/3wuoQLO #eatindielocal @ilsr @vcommunities

Equitable, community-driven solutions support a stronger recovery from COVID-19. Today, I met with Vital Communities Executive Director Sarah Jackson who is working with her staff and more than 30 VT Upper Valley communities to meet housing, food insecurity and other needs.

Did you know there's 12 climate connections Super Quests to choose from? Get out questing and complete 5 to find their hidden treasure boxes, learn how climate change is affecting the Upper Valley, and be entered to win a grand prize!

Sally's Salamander Meander Super Quest! Discover a vernal pool and learn about its critical role for salamanders and their wet, wiggley rites of spring.

This year’s Super Quest challenge examines the ways climate change is affecting the Upper Valley as well as what we are doing to prevent or adapt to these changes. This weekend head out to Cobb Hill Cohousing for the Donella Meadows Quest! vitalcommunities.org/.../donella-me…

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Leveraging Eat Local Months - Webinar Recording conta.cc/3fM1I6d #shopindielocal #eatlocal

We invite independent business alliances, neighborhood associations, and local economy-minded business networks to partner with us to grow our Eat Local Months Campaign, part of the #shopindielocal year-round movement. Join us! buff.ly/3fQ0QMA #eatlocal #eatindielocal

Are you looking for a challenge, an outdoor weekend adventure? Do you long to be up in the mountains? Then venture out to Ascutney Mountain and embark on the Crystal Cascade Quest! For more information please visit us at: vitalcommunities.org/valleyquest/qu… vitalcommunities.org/valleyquest/

Thank you, Partners, for growing our Eat Local Months Campaign -- part of the Shop Indie Local year-round movement. Not yet a partner? Learn more and sign on today! buff.ly/3fQ0QMA #shopindielocal @SBNMass @CambridgeLF @SaveYourTown @CWB_Baltimore @WatertownFirst

Picnic? Bird watching and aquatic wildlife? Treasure Hunt? Sound Good? Then head on out to Herricks Cove and get questing! vitalcommunities.org/valleyquest/qu…

It's the last day of our digital #flavorsofthevalley -- thanks for following along and spreading the word! buff.ly/3sPtORq