BDCC’s Southern VT Economy Project Sponsors Ongoing Series
Southern VT – The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation’s Southern VT Economy Project (SVEP), invites Southern Vermont’s municipal leaders (both elected and appointed, as well as Town staff) to attend a workshop entitled “Southern VT Capital Planning Roundtable” on Friday, September 11th from 9am-2pm.
This is the fourth event in the 2025/2026 Municipal Leaders Network, an ongoing series designed to connect local municipal employees, elected officials, and volunteers with expert resources and peer networking. The event will take place at the Old School Community Center (1 School Street, Wilmington, VT), and is free of charge. Lunch will be provided and is sponsored by the Vermont Bond Bank.
In today’s funding climate, Capital Planning is not just ‘nice to have’ as part of municipal planning – it’s essential. This workshop will cover best practices for capital planning as a key part of sound governance, fiscal health and sustainability, and municipal finance for southern Vermont towns.
Capital planning means having a list of the things the town owns and is responsible for, the condition of those things, what the current needs are, a list of future needs, and a plan for how to pay for what needs doing. And do you have a strategy for paying for disaster recovery in the absence of a federal disaster declaration? This Capital Planning Roundtable is intended to help municipal leaders think through these issues.
Experts from Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the VT Bond Bank will present, along with our regional commissions (Windham Regional Commission and Bennington County Regional Commission). The day will include plenty of time for discussion and questions, as well as the chance to put what you’ve learned into practice in a workshop. For this event, town officials involved with capital planning, budgeting and finance are especially encouraged to attend (including road foremen, treasurers and Select Board members).
Find out more and register to attend at the SVEP program page on the BDCC Website: https://brattleborodevelopment.com/svep/
About the Southern Vermont Economy Project (SVEP)
Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation’s Southern Vermont Economy Project provides training and technical assistance to increase local capacity, skills, and resources in the Southern Vermont Economic Development Zone (encompassing Bennington and Windham counties, and the town of Weston) in order to advance local projects critical to Southern Vermont achieving regional community, economic, and workforce development goals. SVEP is funded in part through the USDA Rural Community Development Initiative. For more information please visit: https://brattleborodevelopment.com/svep/
