Mad River Valley Planning District

Projects and Grants Currently Underway

• Natural Resources Inventory and Wildlife Habitat Assessment with the Town of Warren (Waitsfield and Fayston assessments completed in 2007)
• Warren Historic Resources Inventory
• Routes 100 & 17 Byways Designation  (designation achieved 12/07)

The MRVPD Work Plan for fiscal year 2008 (March 2008 to February 2009) includes the following:

Mad River Path Association and Mad River Valley Byway -  The MRVPD will assist these groups in completion of pedestrian and the bicycle paths along the River and Route 100 from Warren to Moretown

Inter-town Collaboration – Ongoing work is being done through educational seminars for Town officials and coordination of three town efforts on Valley-wide issues

Data and trends – The MRVPD is developing a plan for better utilization of data currently collected to assist Valley residents and businesses in better planning

Affordable/Work Force Housing – the Mad River Housing Study was completed in 2006.  The MRVPD will be working to implement many of the suggestions in this plan to provide more affordable housing in this Valley

Energy – The MRVPD is coordinating a variety of Valley groups working on Energy Self-Sufficiency for the Valley

Please visit the Planning District's web site at www.mrvpd.org  Contact the Mad River Valley Planning District Director, Linda Lloyd at 802-496-7173 or mrvpd@madriver.com.