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About the Vermont Indicators Online project
The mission of this website is to provide Vermonters with quality indicators that are useful in local
decision-making and economic activities. The site places a priority on municipal level data. Users
may produce data profiles for Vermont's towns, cities, villages, counties and the entire state by
clicking on the "Profiles" button above and making their choice. Each profile organizes data into
various theme tables.
Users can access historical data and source information, explained by some quick text at the top of
each data profile. Users may also follow instructions to compare towns, cities, and counties to each
other as directed.
Users may map many data features by clicking on the "Maps" button above and following the directions
given there.
HISTORY
The major thrust of this project has been to increase the electronic distribution and dissemination of
community level indicators for all Vermont data users. This project has furthered the web presence and
primary missions of two agencies - the Center for Rural Studies, and the Vermont Center for Geographic
Information - by making accessible this much needed information.
The "Vermont Indicators Online" website was first deployed in 1999 by the Vermont Center for Geographic
Informationn (VCGI) as a means of making accessible basic Vermont town statistics via interactive
mapping on the internet. Original data was obtained from the UVM Center for Rural Studies (CRS)
and distributed in geospatial datalayers by VCGI. Since this time a number of additional features
and data have been added to the website.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Vermont Indicators Online project is a collaborative statistical data centralization and clearinghouse
project involving many regional, state, and federal agencies. Among agencies contributing time and
resources to this project are:
University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies
Vermont Center for Geographic Information
UVM - Community Development & Applied Economics (CDAE)
UVM - Spatial Analysis Lab
Vermont Agency of Human Services
Vermont Agency of Transportation
Vermont Department of Education
Vermont Department of Employment and Training
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Vermont Department of Taxes
Vermont Forum on Sprawl
Vermont's Regional Planning Commissions
This site has been greatly enriched through the assistance of the following people. Many thanks to all the
contributors to this project, including:
Daryl Benoit - CCMPO, formerly of UVM CRS and VCGI
David Brotzman - VCGI
David Capen - UVM Spatial Analysis Lab
Robert De Geus - VT Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation
Craig Donnan - formerly of UVM CRS
Melissa Drzewiczewski - formerly of UVM CDAE
Pete Fellows - TRORC
Bill Gill - UVM Bailey-Howe Library
Ray Godfrey - USDA NRCS
Mike Hathaway - formerly of UVM CRS
Jane Kolodinsky - UVM CDAE / CRS
Bob McNamara - formerly of VT Dept. of Education
David Murphey - VT Agency of Human Services
Will Sawyer - UVM CRS
Scott Schaffer - UVM Bailey-Howe Library
Fred Schmidt - UVM CDAE / CRS
Sharon Whitaker - formerly of UVM CRS
Tom Williams - VCGI
and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
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