Aspen CSG partners with Rural Development Hubs across the country to strengthen local leadership, align funding, and build regional capacity. Through research and peer learning, we support Hub leaders to refine strategies and apply what works across regions.
In Vermont, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Newport City Downtown Development
Service area: Vermont.
Newport City Downtown Development (NCDD) is focused on what will be needed for Newport to develop and sustain a vibrant outdoor recreation economy. This includes supporting and promoting events that draw people there, working cooperatively to steward the natural resources of its region, and backing the businesses that are the foundation of its effort to create a great community for downtown residents, neighbors from across the Northeast Kingdom, and visitors.
Visit organization: discovernewportvt.com
Northern Forest Center
Service area: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
The Northern Forest is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, and it is mostly privately owned. When big timber and paper operations moved out of the region, locals kept their communities going and built a new economy grounded in forest stewardship. The Center is proud to be the region’s advocate and to partner with communities and businesses to build the New Forest Future.
Visit organization: northernforest.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Climate Solutions for Rural Regions, Learnings on Rural Migration and Displacement, Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure, and more.
Vermont Community Foundation
Service area: Vermont.
The Vermont Community Foundation is a collective of more than 1,000 Vermonters, including individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits, committed to inspiring giving and bringing together people and resources to make a meaningful difference in the state. The foundation fosters equity, civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and community well-being through philanthropic advising, donor services, grantmaking, mission investing, and strategic support for nonprofits across Vermont.
Visit organization: vermontcf.org
Vital Communities
Service area: Vermont and New Hampshire.
Founded in 1993 and serving 69 towns in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire, Vital Communities engages Upper Valley people, organizations, and communities to create equitable solutions to the region’s challenges, with a focus on those disproportionately impacted by them. Vital Communities works to build a thriving Upper Valley by focusing on housing, transportation, climate, and access to nourishing food and a resilient local economy.
Visit organization: vitalcommunities.org
