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Just across the covered bridge from the rail trail in Jeffersonville, Vermont, is now the sight of a new picnic area, launch site, and trail to the access point for the Lamoille Paddlers Trail. Members of the paddlers club, which is a volunteer driven, community...

RiseVT in Windsor County worked with their Planning and Evaluation Workgroup made up of community partners to develop a strategy to increase the healthy options at local food shelves. This project was twofold: put out a call for specific healthy food donations and...

Kim Curtis submitted this story as part of our Rise to 5K story contest. Kim challenged herself and found support among her training group partners to run a 5K race and continue jogging afterward! I had just turned 50 and read about the Rise VT 5K training. I've tried...

Lauren Brookes submitted this photo and caption as part of our Rise to 5K story contest. Way to go with keeping up with your running after your first 5K! My first 5K was the Run for Jim and it was such an amazing experience running with people young and old coming...

William Scalese submitted this story as part of our Rise to 5K story contest. William won third place with this story of the Rise to 5K training group pushing him to be a stronger runner! I have been a runner in the past, but I never really committed to training...

Jonathan Billings submitted this story as part of our Rise to 5K story contest. Jonathan won second place with this story of the Rise to 5K training schedule getting him back into running for good health! I wanted to share my story to say thank you for the online 5k...

Lysette Marchegiani submitted this story as part of our Rise to 5K story contest. Lysette won first place with this story of her local Rise to 5K running group making a big difference in her life! Hi my name is Lyssette. I moved to Bennington, Vermont 2 years ago from...

This blog post was originally posted on the Vital Communities blog. The post shares recent updates from the Valley Quest project in Windsor County which is supported by RiseVT-Windsor County. Valley Quest is an award-winning, place-based education program that uses...