It’s not often that carsharing is seen as a potential solution for concerns about increasing housing cost burdens. Hidden vehicle and parking costs can contribute to an overall higher cost of living--housing and transportation. This report highlights the role that transportation and parking costs play in housing affordability and describes the role of CarShare VT in changes to Burlington’s development ordinances and new directions for the organization.

Health starts where we live, learn, work and play. Cultural norms related to the use, access to, and promotion of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis products influence the rate and frequency of use in communities, particularly for youth. When community leaders prioritize health over other interests’, policies are enacted which enable healthy choices and behaviors and these choices become commonplace among youth. For example, a community that has adopted policies to limit where alcohol is sold, research states that communities see less underage drinking, less crime and a reduction in law enforcement costs.  

The CCRPC and the Town of Jericho engaged in the planning and design of a street network concept in the Riverside area to facilitate multimodal safety and circulation, and encourage the redevelopment of the former sawmill property as a compact, walkable extension of the Riverside Village (also known as Jericho/Underhill Flats), a state-designated Village Center.

This report includes a variety of recommendations for the Town of Essex Zoning Regulations to eliminate barriers to affordable housing. Some of these recommendations are broad in scope while others are simple housekeeping changes. The broader recommendations go beyond a text edit in the zoning regulations and, while complex, may produce a more beneficial result than the minor housekeeping recommendations. The broader recommendations should be considered within the context of a housing needs assessment, and perhaps by a housing committee if and when established. This report should also help as a guide when implementing changes from the Town Center visioning work.

This project was a collaborative effort between the City of South Burlington, Burlington International Airport, and the adjoining Chamberlin Neighborhood, facilitated by CCRPC with consulting assistance by RSG, intended to help each party understand dynamics, relationships, and impacts that each has upon the other; and ultimately, to help the neighborhood identify short-, medium-, and long-term improvements that could be made to help minimize adverse impacts of Airport operations, and to help make the neighborhood more livable.

This report presents the historic and recent development patterns in Chittenden County, VT over the last sixty years and the potential impacts of various future land use/transportation scenarios.

CCRPC staff worked with Town staff to evaluate multiple transportation alternatives in order to improve capacity at the Bayside Park intersection. Alternatives 3B and 4B were the alternatives recommended for land use analysis. The purpose of the land use analysis was to determine the amount of development (in terms of new dwelling units and commercial floor area) that could occur given the increased capacity and additional trips that could be accommodated through the Bayside Park intersection as a result of the transportation improvements. This memo also estimates tax revenue associated with the additional development for Alternative 3B.

The Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies (VAPDA) requested this outside assessment of the 11 regional plans. This project is a continuation of VAPDA’s efforts to evaluate and improve upon the effectiveness of regional planning initiated by the 2010 Challenges for Change. In 2011, VAPDA hired the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) to conduct a statewide strategic assessment to evaluate the capacity and potential of the RPCs to serve as a resource for state government and their communities. One of the findings of the NADO report identified a need to “establish a higher level of consistency and performance across the entire statewide network of RPCs.”  This assessment is intended to examine the consistency, completeness and effectiveness of the regional plans in regard to meeting statutory requirements, implementing the state’s planning goals, and fulfilling their prescribed roles.

The Industrial Avenue Corridor Study was prepared to evaluate future travel demands along Industrial Avenue and to define multi-modal strategies to accommodate these demands.  

The Industrial Avenue Corridor Study was prepared to evaluate future travel demands along Industrial Avenue and to define multi-modal strategies to accommodate these demands.