Our Mission: to help maintain and build self-reliant communities having
- a healthy respect for and stewardship of the natural resource base;
- a vibrant economy strong on local products, energy, fuel and food;
- growth management focused on supporting the historic settlement pattern of villages and downtowns surrounded by rural countryside;
- social infrastructure and networks to provide equitable support for the less able, solidarity, joy, celebration and rooted connection for all, and
- active citizen participation in making decisions for the communities’ futures.
Our work focuses on four realms key to community self-reliance:
- sustainable working lands,
- community energy,
- flood hazard mitigation planning, and
- community development infrastructure.