On 12/15/23, the Town of Essex submitted an application to the State of Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s VOREC Community Grant Program for the purpose of conducting a planning effort titled “Keystone Trail Connectivity Project.” (See the 12/4/23 SB agenda item 8.c. for more information).
On 2/29/24, the Town of Essex was tentatively awarded the grant funding, which was officially awarded on 6/4/24 in the form of a grant agreement between the State and the Town.
On 6/4/24, the Town advertised a Request for Proposals (RFP) to find a consultant to undertake this project for the Town. CRO Planning & Design subsequently submitted a compelling proposal that satisfied the RFP requirements.
CRO Planning & Design submitted a thorough and compelling proposal, and assembled a team of sub-consultants including: Fellowship of the Wheel, Stantec, Common Ground Consulting, Arrowwood Environmental, and IdeRide.
From a memo presented at the 7/15/24 Selectboard meeting from Kent Johnson, Planner