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Designing the All-in-One Vermont Transportation Survey
No full textThis project examined recent survey data from Vermont and travel survey approaches from non-Vermont agencies to develop a set of recommendations for an on-going, coordinated approach to transportation data collection for transportation and planning agencies including the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), each of which maintains a travel demand forecasting model. Chapter 1 discusses the project objectives. Chapter 2 provides background information regarding recent transportation survey programs, both inside and outside of Vermont, and an overview of the benefits and drawbacks of different survey data retrieval methods. Chapter 3 describes the structure and development of the Question Bank. Appendix A contains the full Question Bank while Appendix B describes the information sources reviewed to select these questions. Chapter 4 describes the 5-year survey program that is recommended based on the research undertaken in this project. Chapter 4 includes eight subsections: 4.1) survey schedule and content; 4.2) recruitment strategy; 4.3) data retrieval method; 4.4) sampling unit; 4.5) sample size; 4.6) estimated survey costs; 4.7) other survey program design factors; and 4.8) technical advantages and limitation of direct or secondary mobile-device data collection. Chapter 5 summarizes possible next steps in advancing implementation of an All-in-One survey program as well as research that would better prepare Vermont for use of new emerging technology-based data collection to fill data needs for modeling travel in Vermont. Technical appendices (Appendix C through F) of the report provide additional documentation of the technical analysis that led to the recommendations in Chapter 4
Made in Vermont: protecting the rural working landscape
No full textLike maple syrup and milk, farms are part of Vermont’s identity. Mamie Marcuss examines the impact of agriculture on the state’s economy and the ways in which Vermonters are working to sustain their rural heritage.Rural areas ; Farm income - Vermont ; Farm produce - Vermont ; Agriculture - Vermont
The Greening of Social Capital: An Examination of Land-Based Groups in Two Vermont Counties
No full textBy undertaking a census of all agricultural, outdoor recreational, and environmental groups (land-based groups) in two adjacent counties in Vermont, we demonstrate the dramatic increase of local environmental groups in the last 15 years. Building on the methodologies of Kempton et al. (2001), we first show that official lists of nonprofit groups-from the Vermont Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and local grassroots directories-significantly undercount local environmental groups. Second, we show that since the mid-1980s, the number and membership roles of local autonomous environmental groups have grown rapidly relative to all other types of local and non-local land-based groups in these counties. This article provides preliminary evidence of the recent "greening of social capital."civic engagement, social capital, environmental policy
THE IMPACT OF THE TOURISM SECTOR ON THE VERMONT ECONOMY: THE INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS
No full textThere are only few states in the United States where state income relies heavily on tourism industry, and Vermont is one of them. Vermont has the advantage in possessing spectacular landscape, clean environment, and attractive agriculturally based rural community, which provide an excellent opportunity for tourism industry development. Vermont economy also benefits from the tourists' activities because: (1) tourists contribute significant amount of income to Vermont economy, especially from ski business; (2) tourists' expenditures in Vermont become a significant source of state tax income; and (3) to sustain tourism industry in Vermont helps to preserve rural community environment as well as nature beauty in Vermont. Although tourism industry is very important to Vermont, there is limited information associated with the economic impacts from the tourism industry to Vermont economy. The objectives of this article include: (1) to quantify the economic activities of tourism-related sectors in Vermont in order to create a tourism industry; and (2) to estimate the economic impacts of the tourism industry on Vermont economy in terms of total output, Gross State Product (GSP), employment, and dependency and inter-industry linkages between tourism industry and other industries in Vermont. Three surveys have been designed to gather data for tourists' activities and expenditures: (1) a nation-wide visitor survey in order to understand the profiles and expenditures of Vermont tourists; (1) a lodging business survey to estimate total revenue and cost structures for three sizes of the lodging businesses - small, medium, and large; and (3) a ski resort survey to estimate ski total revenue and cost structure and its contribution to recreation industry in Vermont. Further analysis in tourism impacts on Vermont economy is carried out by running a input-output model using Impact analysis for PLANing (IMPLAN) software. Several interesting results are concluded from this study. For the profile of the visitors, the majority tourists coming to Vermont are domestic pleasure travelers, every visiting domestic household spends approximately 29,000, and finally winter average revenue for a ski area is 4.3 millions of dollars in summer/fall). The impacts of tourism industry on Vermont economy include: (1) tourism industry counts for 15% of the total state output value, 22% of the state employment, and 26% of the indirect business tax; (2) for every million dollars spent by tourists in Vermont - 35 jobs are created, additional 690 thousands of dollars worth output will be generated, employment compensation will increase by 127,807 dollars. It has been shown that Tourism industry contributes significantly to Vermont economy relative to Agriculture and Manufacturing industries.tourism, Vermont, Input-Output model, Visitor survey, Lodging survey, Ski Survey, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
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Vermont Futures Project: Vermont Economic Indicators and Dashboard.
No full texthttp://www.vtfuturesproject.org/vermont-economic-snapshot/ Statistical data compendium website with narrative. Prepared on Behalf of the Vermont Futures Foundation
School Finance Reform and School Quality: Lessons from Vermont
No full textIn June of 1997, the elected leaders of Vermont enacted the Equal Educational Opportunity Act (Act 60) in response to a state supreme court decision in Brigham v. State. Act 60 could provide a unique opportunity to determine if dramatic school finance reforms like those enacted in Vermont generate greater equality in measured student performance. This paper represents an attempt to document the changes in the distributions of spending and of student performance that have occurred in the post-Act 60 period. This paper begins with an overview of the institutional structure of educational finance and provision in Vermont. One purpose of this overview is to make the argument that the Vermont case is particularly interesting because there have not been dramatic demographics changes that could obscure the impact of finance reforms. With this context established, I then use a panel of Vermont school districts that spans the pre- and post-Act 60 period to examine the extent to which there has been convergence across school districts in per pupil expenditures and in student performance. Spending has clearly converged; a definitive answer on the extent of convergence in student performance must wait until more years of data are available.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: THE CASE OF VERMONT DAIRY FARMS
No full textThe Farm Level Income and Policy Simulation Modeling System (FLIPSim) is used to provide policymakers and dairy farmers estimated farm financial impact on the implementation of five field related Best Management Practices (BMP) designed to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Champlain. Financial performance indicators are derived from deterministic and stochastic FLIPSim analyses for three Vermont dairy farms (60, 150, and 350 cows). Results indicate that residual management and conservation cropping incur the greatest financial impacts. Nutrient management increases income for the large and medium farms. None of the BMP's caused the farms to go out of business. However, the initial declining financial position of the small farm was hastened by the implementation of all BMP's except the row crop field buffer.Livestock Production/Industries,
FINANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRADEOFFS OF PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON VERMONT DAIRY FARMS
No full textFLIPSim is combined with GISPLM to provide policymakers and dairy farmers estimated farm financial impacts on the implementation of 8 Best Management Practices (BMP) designed to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Champlain. Financial performance indicators are derived for three Vermont dairy farms (60, 150, and 350 cows). Results indicate that feed reformulation and nutrient management are the least cost BMPs but that a combination of 4 BMPs cannot meet the 8% reduction goal. Additional, less effective but more costly BMPs will have to be implemented to meet the goal. None of the individual BMPs cause any of the farms to go out of business. However, the initial declining financial position of the small farm is hastened by the implementation of all BMP's except the row crop field buffer and feed reformulation. The medium farm is also threatened by several costly BMPs. Achieving the desired goal will have an adverse financial impact on watershed farms.Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,
Vermont Department of Agriculture Certificate of Attainment Farm Family Living Series I
No full textCertificate of Attainment from the Vermont Department of Vocational Agriculture for the Farm Family Living Series I for Edwin C. Douglas.https://dune.une.edu/mcpartlandcollection/1001/thumbnail.jp
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