Source: VTDigger, 6/3/11 – Press Release, Contact: Charlie Baker cbaker@ccrpcvt.org – 846-4490 x23 or Michele Boomhower cboomhower@ccmpo.org – 660-4071 x 15 “The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) made history at their May Joint Board Meeting voting unanimously to merge effective July 1st. The board vote was preceded by unanimous votes of support by all of the Chittenden County City Councils, Village Trustees and Select Boards. As well, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development and the Vermont Agency of Transportation each gave their support for the merger. “We applaud…your organizations for taking a leading role after discussion last year in Challenges for Change and working so diligently on consolidation,” noted Lawrence Miller, ACCD Secretary. Brian Searles, of VTrans, said he applauded the “Board for taking a leadership role in responding to the Challenges for Change legislative initiative and merging the land use and transportation planning functions into a single integrated regional organization.” CCRPC, celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, was created by 15 Chittenden County municipalities in 1966 and subsequently authorized by state law in 1968. CCMPO was created in 1983 as a result of the population exceeding 50,000 in the Census defined Urbanized Area. The federal designation as a Metropolitan Planning Organization required the communities in the Urbanized Area to undertake more intensive transportation planning in collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Currently, both organizations provide planning services for all 19 Chittenden County municipalities…” Full Story: Chittenden county planning organizations merge
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