A hiking trail connecting neighborhoods in West Brattleboro and a trail map and interpretive guide for Guilford are among five projects that will receive financial support, thanks to grants from the Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions (AVCC).
Grants were awarded to conservation commissions for these projects in Brattleboro, Cambridge, Cornwall, Guilford, and Northfield. Groups will receive between $400 and $500 depending on the project, from the AVCC Tiny Grant program.
“We are proud to be able to help advance, in a small way, conservation projects identified and carried out by local conservation commissions,” said AVCC Chair Jake Brown in a news release. “Supporting this sort of work is what AVCC is all about.”
AVCC has offered the Tiny Grant program for several years and plans to continue to do so in the coming years. Conservation commissions (or groups working to become conservation commissions) who are members of AVCC are eligible.
In Brattleboro, the Conservation Commission will use the grant to assure the proper construction of a steep section of a new foot trail connecting neighborhoods in West Brattleboro.
In Guilford, funds will enable the creation of an interpretive guide and trail markers keyed to the guide for a trail system in a 175-acre forest near the town center.