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Carpool: n. an arrangement between people to share a vehicle for regular work journeys or one-time trips.

Several services exist for residents looking to meet people who can carpool with them:

Go Vermont helps people looking to carpool in the Green Mountain State (whether you live or work in Vermont)
CommuteSmart New Hampshire provides resources for people in the Granite State.
Upper Valley Rideshare HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. Former UVRS members can access your commute information and find carpools by going to New Hampshire Rideshare and using your UVRS login and password.
Dartmouth College has a carpool page to help its staff and students share rides

When you register a carpool with one of these services, you become eligible for Emergency Ride Home, which covers the cost of a cab or rental vehicle if an emergency arises and you don’t have a car.

Zipcars are another local resource. You can rent cars on an hourly or daily basis in two locations if you ride in with someone else and need a car during the day:

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	1	2 Strong Towns Founder Chuck Marohn in Claremont Strong Towns Founder Chuck Marohn in Claremont Starts: 10:30 pm Ends: April 3, 2019 - 12:30 am Location: Claremont Savings Bank Community Center, 152 South St, Claremont, NH 03743, USA Description: Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn will present what communities around the country are doing to restore and maintain the vitality of their towns. Claremont Community Center 6:30 - 8:30 PM. www.strongtowns.org More details... •	3	4 Beginning Farmer Meet-Up Beginning Farmer Meet-Up Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: April 4, 2019 - 9:00 pm Location: Babe's Bar, 221 Main St, Bethel, VT 05032, USA Description: Calling all new farmers in the White River valley! The High Meadows Fund is supporting a series of free peer-to-peer gatherings for beginning farmers to build community and learn. The goal of the project is to create a social network of new farmers to connect and share experiences in ways that support the success of their farm businesses. Each meet-up features a local expert with a short, casual presentation on an important, relevant topic. Each session also includes free dinner! Details on each session here. Please RSVP to lauren@vitalcommunities.org if you plan to attend. More details... •	5	6
7 Flavors of the Valley Flavors of the Valley Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: April 7, 2019 - 7:00 pm Location: Hartford High School, 37 Highland Ave, White River Junction, VT 05001, USA Description: Taste the flavors of the Upper Valley at the 18th annual premier local food tasting expo, with samples from over 45 farm and food-related vendors. Attendees enjoy fresh produce, artisan bread, award-winning cheeses, tasty jams, hand-crafted sweets, goat milk gelato, and many other delicious local goods. More details to come! https://vitalcommunities.org/flavors/ More details... •	8	9	10 Leadership Upper Valley - Transportation and Livable Communities Day Leadership Upper Valley - Transportation and Livable Communities Day Starts: 12:00 pm Ends: April 10, 2019 - 8:00 pm Location: TBD - Description: This is a Vital Communities Leadership Upper Valley Class of 2019 event. If you'd like to apply for next year's LUV Class, please contact Rob Schultz at rob@vitalcommunities.org. LUV alumni are welcome at current year classes with advanced notice. Please contact Rob for details. More details... •	11 Beginning Farmer Meet-Up Beginning Farmer Meet-Up Starts: 9:00 pm Ends: April 11, 2019 - 11:00 pm Location: Arnold Block, 245 Main St, Bethel, VT 05032, USA Description: Calling all new farmers in the White River valley! The High Meadows Fund is supporting a series of free peer-to-peer gatherings for beginning farmers to build community and learn. The goal of the project is to create a social network of new farmers to connect and share experiences in ways that support the success of their farm businesses. Each meet-up features a local expert with a short, casual presentation on an important, relevant topic. Each session also includes free dinner! Details on each session here. Please RSVP to lauren@vitalcommunities.org if you plan to attend. More details... Let’s Talk About Climate Change! - Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup Forum Let’s Talk About Climate Change! - Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup Forum Starts: 8:30 pm Ends: April 12, 2019 - 12:00 am Location: Hypertherm Inc, 71 Heater Rd, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA Description: Join us at our spring forum to learn effective strategies for communicating about climate change. Christa Daniels, PhD from Antioch University, will lead us through a series of exercises that will help you learn how to address common climate change misconceptions, build skills to feel more comfortable talking about climate change with friends and neighbors, and tactfully bring up climate change at the next community party without being a “downer”. Suggested $7 donation at the door. Space is limited, registration required. https://vitalcommunities.org/adaptation More details... • •	12	13
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21	22 Everyday Bicycling Basics: Fix A Flat & More Everyday Bicycling Basics: Fix A Flat & More Starts: 10:30 pm Ends: April 23, 2019 - 12:30 am Location: The Newton School, 243 VT-132, South Strafford, VT Description: This easy, welcoming workshop for beginners gives you the skills to manage common problems encountered on a bike ride. While learning how to change a tire, you’ll become familiar with brakes, chain/gears, and how to remove a wheel. Participants leave with free tire levers, chain lube, and patch kit! Bring a bike to practice on, if you have one. Hands-on practice will be done in pairs, and there are always enough bikes to go around! Please note: many entry-level bikes aren’t designed for much adjustment and can be frustrating to work on. If you have questions about whether to bring your bike to this workshop, call 802.291.9100 x111 or e-mail bethany@vitalcommunities.org. More details... •	23	24	25 UVTMA Monthly Meeting UVTMA Monthly Meeting Starts: 8:00 pm Ends: April 25, 2019 - 9:30 pm Location: Lebanon City Hall, North Park Street, Lebanon, NH (unless otherwise noted) Description: We meet in the West Meeting Room, by the City Council Chambers. We typically NO NOT meet in August and December. More details... •	26	27
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Eat. Meet. Buy. Flavors of the Valley 2019 Vendors are here!

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April Meet-Up Series for Beginning Farmers

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Have You Seen Our New Logo?

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The Benefit of B Corps

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Join our team as a Communications Intern this summer!

Are you looking for a summer internship in the Upper Valley? Do you know someone who is? Vital Communities is looking for an intern to assist our Communications team from May through September. The position ...more

Intern with Valley Quest!

Are you passionate about the Upper Valley? Do you feel motivated to share our region’s special places with the community at large? Love working with people of all ages? Vital Communities is looking for a ...more

Apply for a Farm to School Mini-Grant!

We are excited to announce the 2019 mini-grant program from Vital Communities' Upper Valley Farm to School Network! Funding is available to both Vermont and New Hampshire schools. Start dreaming up your farm-to-school projects—we want ...more

Thinking Local First

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Local First Members Give Back!

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Seeking Bids from Solar Installers by Nov. 30

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Thank you, Ben!

This summer we had the privilege of working with Ben Fletcher, pictured second from left. Ben brought an incredibly well suited array of skills to Vital Communities and was a boon to the Valley Quest ...more

Lebanon Area Businesses - Join us on Sept. 27

So many small businesses in the Upper Valley are burdened with high energy costs. And not enough time to do anything about it! We've got some good news for you. A group of Lebanon residents are ...more

Bird and Quest

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies lists 382 species of bird that occur in Vermont, whether year-long resident or migratory visitor. The VCE’s Vermont Atlas of Life citizen science operation has recorded sightings of 332 of ...more

A Lot Lighter with More Hands: Leadership Upper Valley

On the bright, sunny morning of June 13, Cobb Hill was waking up, and the soon-to-be graduating 2018 Leadership Upper Valley class was just arriving for their final meeting. Before the ceremony at Harpoon Brewery, ...more

Longevity & Commitment: Keynote Remarks from Heroes & Leaders 2018

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Long-Standing Stewards: Heroes & Leaders 2018

Every spring, Leadership Upper Valley, a program of Vital Communities, hosts a Heroes & Leaders celebration to recognize individuals who make significant contributions to the greater Upper Valley region. This year, Heroes & Leaders is ...more

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Bethany Fleishman was born at the old Mary Hitchcock hospital in Hanover, N.H., grew up in West Hartford, Vt., and now lives in Hartford Village, where she can see the White River and the trains from her window. She has a biology degree from St. Lawrence University and has worked in public health outreach, as a line cook in San Francisco, a pastry chef in Hanover, and as a member of the Town of Hartford Selectboard. She serves on the board of directors for both Advance Transit and Upper Valley CarShare and is a lifelong bike commuter.

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— Paige Heverly, Energy and Transportation Project Coordinator

Paige Heverly joined Vital Communities in 2017 as the Energy and Transportation Project Coordinator. Hailing from the suburbs of Philadelphia, she moved to Vermont in 2011 and earned a joint BA in Renewable Energy and Ecological Design and Environmental Studies from Green Mountain College. After completing her Master of Energy Regulation and Law from Vermont Law School, Paige worked in energy efficiency consulting in Portland, Oregon. Her love of local food systems, the White River, and the Green Mountains brought her back to the Upper Valley to work on regional issues with localized solutions. Paige is passionate about closing ecological loops and treating waste as food. In her free time, she enjoys baking homemade English muffins, weeding her garden, and writing letters to her pen pals.

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