Webinar

Join VCGI as we present updates on the Statewide Parcel Program via the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation's lunch webinar series.

This is a virtual event.

More info and registration here.

VCGI will be on hand at the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors Fall 2020 Conference, held virtually.

We will be providing an update and overview of the Vermont Land Survey Library.

Registration and more info here.

VCGI will be participating in 2020's Virtual Town Fair hosted by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Hope to see you there!

Session information:

Online Tools to Improve Tax Assessment and Collection

This session will feature two innovative projects – the integrated property tax management system and the statewide parcel mapping project  – which will improve municipal property tax assessment and collection as well as other functionality relied on by the town and the public. Speakers will conduct live demonstrations and describe how the systems will improve municipal functions.Speakers: Pat Santoso, Prinicipal, Axiomatic LLC; Tim Terway, GIS Professional, Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI). Moderator: Jill Remick, Director of PVR

Date: Friday October 2, 2020

Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location: Virtual

Cost: Registration is free

Join Ivan Brown of VCGI for an overview of the OGC's GeoPackage file format, an "open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information." We will cover what a geopackage is, what it can do, where it can be used, and how to create and read them. Read more here: https://www.geopackage.org/

Monday, August 19 2019

11:30AM - Noon

Beginning in 2018, Vermont’s Act 171 requires that municipalities and regions identify areas that are important as “forest blocks” and “habitat connectors” and plan for development in those areas to minimize forest fragmentation. As town and regional plans come up for revision, many communities are now attempting to create the required maps and write appropriate language. This webinar will provide background, tools, and samples for this implementation process.

We will cover:

• What Act 171 requires of towns and regional planning commissions
• Sample town and regional plan language
• Guidance on finding, interpreting, and creating the required maps using the VT Agency of Natural Resources’ BioFinder website
• Case studies of policies that maintain and protect forests and connectivity

We’ll also leave time to respond to questions. Presenters are Jens Hilke and Monica Przyperhart, of VT Fish & Wildlife’s Community Wildlife Program, hosted by Tim Terway of the Vermont Center for Geographic Information. We will record the webinar and post the video for future viewing at VCGI's Youtube channel.

Webinar Info:

Implementing Act 171: Land Use Planning to Address Forest Fragmentation
Fri, May 31, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

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This webinar will also be offered twice more in Fall 2019, with dates and webinar info to come.