About
The Vermont Proposition is a set of ideas to drive common action and advance a successful and resilient future for the state. It includes the concerns repeatedly expressed by Vermonters and identifies where our collective efforts can make effective change.
Background
For over 20 years, VCRD has been helping communities across the state to identify and rally to address their concerns while embracing their hopes and dreams. The Vermont Proposition builds on this work, and the accelerated crisis brought on by COVID-19, to provide a vision for the future that Vermonters have repeatedly told us they strive for.
After numerous drafts and meaningful feedback from a remarkably diverse group of Vermonters, the current Vermont Proposition was adopted by the Future of Vermont Action Team as the core document to shape and implement this initiative.
Principles and Values
The development of the Proposition is guided by commitment to the following set of principles and values:
Openness, intellectual curiosity and non-partisanship
Deep listening, empathy and respect for all voices
Democracy and strengthening the fabric of Vermont civil society and community
Fairness, justice, and equity
Inclusivity that engages the full diversity of Vermonters
Dedication to opportunities for all of Vermont’s children to reach their fullest potential
Ecological and economic sustainability and human resilience
What’s Next
The VCRD convened Future of Vermont Action Team will guide strategy efforts toward further defining and implementing key proposition elements.
All interested people, organizations, and businesses of Vermont, are invited to join the Partnership for the Future of Vermont to support the Vermont Proposition initiative, continue discussions, keep informed, and help shape Vermont's future.
About the Vermont Council on Rural Development
The Vermont Council on Rural Development’s (VCRD) mission is to help Vermonters build prosperous and resilient communities through democratic engagement, marshalling resources, and collective action.
VCRD is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont's rural communities. VCRD is a dynamic partnership of federal, state, local, nonprofit and private partners. Actively non-partisan with an established reputation for community-based facilitation, VCRD is uniquely positioned to sponsor and coordinate collaborative efforts across governmental and organizational categories concerned with policy questions of rural import.
Find out more: https://vtrural.org