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Regional Planning Commissions
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Click any region of the map or click on the name below to view RPC contact information.
Information About Regional Planning Commissions in Vermont
What Are The Regional Planning Commissions?
Vermont has eleven Regional Planning Commissions, each governed by a
Board of Directors composed of representatives from the member municipalities.
RPCs are enabled specifically in state law and are subject to specific
requirements for planning efforts and membership of municipalities. Staffed
with professionals in environmental/land use planning, geographic information
systems (GIS), transportation planning, economic development and similar
disciplines, these quasi-governmental, non-profit Commissions provide technical
guidance and support services to their member municipalities and the public.
Since Vermont has no official county government system, these organizations
represent planning, economic development and data resource repositories
on a regional scale. RPCs help develop local and regional comprehensive
land use, transportation and economic development plans which have regulatory
recognition in Vermont Act 250 land use proceedings and state agency planning
efforts.The VT Association of Planning and Development Agencies (VAPDA) has more information about each RPC.
GIS Systems And Available RPC Data
Each RPC hosts some level of GIS equipment and expertise, typically
composed of ArcGISÔ and ArcViewÔ
software with several years experience in data development and maintenance.
Some RPCs maintain their own global positioning system (GPS) equipment
for data collection in the field. Some RPCs are trained in remote sensing
imagery processing and have some capacity to process and distribute data
in those formats. RPCs are typically the developers and repositories of
detailed GIS data for each town in their region since most towns in Vermont
do not maintain full-time GIS or planning professionals. GIS data is typically
gathered at the 1:5000 scale from orthophotography of various vintages
ranging from the late 1970s to the 1990s, but can also be derived from
1:24,000 scale USGS topographic quadrangles when required. Most RPCs prefer
to collect and maintain data at the 1:5000 scale, using more coarsely scaled
sources only when necessary. RPCs also maintain census and state demographic/economic
data and profile reports for their member municipalities and their entire
region. Copies of these data and reports are often available from each
Regional Planning Commission.
The Vermont Center For Geographic Information (VCGI) stores and distributes
many statewide GIS data sets, including some uploaded for distribution
by RPCs, but typically does not store and distribute all the detailed GIS
data sets available at the Regional Planning Commissions. Regional Planning
Commissions adhere to the GIS standards and guidelines for creating,
maintaining and documenting geographic data. Copies of the standards and
guidelines are available from VCGI.
What Does Data Cost?
Current Vermont law requires RPCs and other public agencies to provide
the first thirty minutes of information request processing time free-of-charge,
billing data requestors only for the actual cost of reproducing the data
as it is normally maintained in either digital or hardcopy output. Special
reformatting requests or processing time beyond the initial thirty minutes
may be charged at the actual cost. Standard PC ARC/INFO coverages duplicated
onto a diskette typically cost less than $10 to reproduce and deliver to
a requestor, but the actual cost varies by each data custodian/developer.
Call the RPC first to determine an estimated cost for the data you seek.
Contact Information
Addison County Regional Planning Commission
Adam Lougee, Executive Director, alougee@sover.net
Kevin Behm, Assistant Director and GIS Data Manager, kbehm@sover.net
14 Seminary St.
Middlebury, VT. 05753
(802) 388-3141, Fax:(802) 388-0038
Website: www.acrpc.org
Addison County Economic Development Corporation
Jamie Stewart, Executive Director, ACEDC@sover.net
1590 US Route 7 S., Suite 3
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802) 388-7953 Fax: (802) 388-0119
Bennington County Regional Commission
Rex G. Burke, Executive Director, gburke@bcrcvt.org
Jim Henderson, Senior GIS Planner, jhenderson@bcrcvt.org
111 South St.
Suite 203
Bennington, VT 05201
(802) 442-0713 Fax: (802) 442-0439
Website: www.rpc.bennington.vt.us/
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Lance Matteson, Executive Director, LANCE@bcic.org
P.O. Box 357
North Bennington, VT 05257
(802) 442-8975, Fax: (802) 447-1101
Northwest Regional Planning Commission
Catherine Dimitruk, Executive Director, cdimitruk@nrpcvt.com
Bethany Haase, GIS and Technical Services Manager, bhaase@nrpcvt.com
7 Lake St., Suite 201
St. Albans, VT 05478
(802) 524-5958, Fax: (802) 527-2948
Tollfree: 1-800-564-5958
Website: http://www.nrpcvt.com/
Franklin County Industrial Development Corporation
Timothy Smith, President, fcidc@together.net
163 North Main Street
P.O. Box 1099
St. Albans, VT 05478-1099
(802) 524-2194, Fax: (802) 524-6793
Lake Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce
Beverly Noyes, Executive Director, islandfun@champlainislands.com
P.O. Box 213
No. Hero, VT 05474
(802)372-8400, Fax: (802)372-5107
Lamoille County Planning Commission
Michele Boomhower, Executive Director, mboomhower.lcpc@pshift.com
Karyl Fuller, GIS Planner,karyl@lcpcvt.org
632 Laporte Rd.
Morrisville, VT 05661
(802)888-4548, Fax 802-888-6938
Website: http://www.lcpcvt.org/
Lamoille Economic Development Corporation
Karen Lynch, Executive Director, Karen@lamoilleeconomy.org
P.O. Box 455
Morrisville, VT 05661
(802)888-5640, Fax (802)888-7612
Northeastern Vermont Development Association
Steve Patterson, Executive Director, spatterson@nvda.net
Tracy McIntyre, GIS Specialist, tracymcintyre@nvda.net
P.O. Box 630
36 Eastern Ave., Suite 1
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 748-5181 or (800) 639-5011
Fax: (802) 748-1223
Website: http://www.nvda.net/
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Peter G. Gregory, Executive Director, pgregory@trorc.org
Peter Fellows, GIS Planner, pfellows@trorc.org
3117 Rose Hill
The King Farm
Woodstock, VT 05091
(802) 457-3188, Fax: (802) 457-4728
Website: http://www.trorc.org/
Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation
Jim Saudade, Executive Director, jsaudade@aol.com
PO Box 246
White River Jct, VT 05001
(802) 295-3710, Fax: (802) 295-3779
Windham Regional Commission
James Matteau, Executive Director, jmatteau@sover.net
Jeff Nugent, GIS Senior Planner, jnugent@sover.net
139 Main Street - Suite 505
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 257-4547, Fax: (802) 254-6383
Website: http://www.rpc.windham.vt.us/
Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation
William McGrath, Executive Director, BDCC@sover.net
76 Cotton Mill Hill
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 257-7731 Fax: (802) 257-0294
Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission
Susan M. Sinclair, Executive Director,cvrpc@cvregion.com
Dan Currier, GIS Specialist, currier@cvregion.com
29 Main St., Suite 4
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 229-0389, Fax: (802) 223-1977
Website: http://www.centralvtplanning.com
Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation
Richard Angney, Executive VP, cvedc@together.net
P.O. Box 1439
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 223-4654, Fax: (802) 223-4655
Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission
Tom Kennedy, Director of Planning, Tkennedy@swcrpc.net
GIS Contact: April Harkness aharknes@swcrpc.org
The Ascutney Professional Building
P.O. Box 320 - Route 5
Ascutney, VT 05030
(802) 674-9201, Fax: (802) 674-5711
Website: http://www.swcrpc.org/
Springfield Regional Development Corporation
Patricia Moulton Powden, SRDC@sover.net
14 Clinton Sq., Suite 7
Springfield, VT 05156
(802) 885-3061, Fax: (802) 885-3027
Rutland Regional Planning Commission
Mark Blucher, Executive Director, MBlucher@rutlandrpc.org
Steve Schild, GIS Manager, Steve@rutlandrpc.org
P.O. Box 965 - Opera House
Merchants Row
Rutland, VT 05702
(802) 775-0871 or (800) 464-7900
Fax: (802) 775-1766
Website: http://www.rutlandrpc.org/
Rutland Economic Development Corporation
David O'Brien, Executive Director, dobrien@rutlandeconomy.com
110 Merchants Row
4th Floor, Suite 3
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 773-9147, Fax: (802) 773-8009
Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Greg Brown, Executive Director, gbrown@ccrpcvt.org
Pam Brangan, GIS/IT Manager, pbrangan@ccrpcvt.org
30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 206
S. Burlington, VT 05403
802-846-4490, Fax: (802)-846-4494
Website: http://www.ccrpcvt.org/
Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation
Frank Cioffi, President, GBIC@vermont.org
60 Main Street, Suite 101
PO Box 786
Burlington, VT 05402-0786
(802) 862-5726 Fax: (802) 860-1899
Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization
William Knight, Executive Director, info@ccmpo.org
30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 206
S. Burlington, VT 05403
(802) 660-4071, Fax: (802) 660-4079
Website: http://www.ccmpo.org/
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