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Community Campaigns

Make a difference at the local level

We help communities protect the places they love, including town forests, sledding hills, or swimming holes. These projects often require local fundraising to augment public funding. Led by community volunteers and town leaders, these campaigns generate excitement and funding to support protection and ongoing maintenance.

Help Protect Putney Common

Putney

Putney Common, a beloved one-acre green space, home to the Putney Community Garden and Farmers’ Market, is for sale. Help us secure its future under the ownership of Green Commons of Vermont (GCVT), a local, community-based organization.

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Support the Agrihood Collective

South Burlington

Four farmers and food producers in Shelburne and South Burlington have formed an innovative partnership to collectively own and operate farmland in Vermont’s fastest growing region. The collective working with us to raise another $315,000 to buy 360 acres of land.

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Recent sucesses

Visit First-of-its-kind, two-town forest created in Sharon and Strafford

First-of-its-kind, two-town forest created in Sharon and Strafford

We were thrilled to work with the Alliance for Vermont Communities, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, and other partners to help create the new 256-acre Ashley Community Forest . The new town forest offers walking, hunting, snowmobiling, birdwatching, and forest management. This was no easy feat – dedicated folks, many of whom volunteered a lot of time, have been working on this for four years!

Visit Historic Observatory Knob In St. Johnsbury Protected by Community

Historic Observatory Knob In St. Johnsbury Protected by Community

After a whirlwind, two-month fundraising campaign, the community of St. Johnsbury and the Vermont Land protected this historic property. The land is regularly used by local camps, as a training site for the St. Johnsbury Academy cross-country team, for hiking and snowshoeing, and more. Hikers have filled more than ten summit logbooks over nearly 15 years. Additional trails and educational uses, including an outdoor classroom by the Fairbanks Museum, are planned.