Events

VCRD's Community Visit program is a three-month series of public meetings that includes:

Community Resource Meeting and Task Force Launch - Jan 18, 2024   6:30-9pm

On Community Resource Day, at the Albany Community School (351 Main St.), Albany community members come together for the final step in the process. New task force groups build action plans, set the scope of their work, and meet with a visiting team of resource providers and experts to identify available resources and funding opportunities. From here forward, all action is focused at the local task force level. Join a Task Force!

This session includes a free community dinner and desert, childcare provided in the gym.  A listening team of federal, state, business, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders join the forums and dinner.  See the Facebook event here.

Community Meeting Day - Dec 13, 2023  6:30-9pm

On Community Meeting Day, at the Albany Community School (351 Main St.), Albany community members come together to review, discuss, and vote to prioritize ideas for action shared in the first forums. Through dot-voting, participants whittle down a list of action ideas to a few priorities and then sign up to join local task force groups that will move them forward. 

This session includes a free community pizza dinner and desert, childcare provided in the gym. See the Facebook event here. 

Community Visit Day - Nov 16, 2023  4:30-8:30pm

On Community Visit Day, at the Albany Community School (351 Main St.), Albany community members came together to discuss assets, challenges, and ideas for their future in 4 forums. Topics for discussion were chosen in advance by a steering committee of local leaders and include: Community Spaces & Connections; Housing & Infrastructure: Cell, Water, Sewer, Roads; Community Resilience & Meeting Family and Individual Needs; and Businesses & Working Lands.

This session includes a free community dinner (thanks to Tatro's) with potluck deserts, childcare provided in the gym.  A listening team of federal, state, business, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders joined the forums and dinner. See the Facebook event here.