- Invitation to Promise Community (this is the basic process that we followed to apply):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B650zYpFe2y8c3lWSlhTcFVWRlQyNm1xLTVkN0s4VHE3NWNr/view?usp=sharing
- Our application that was submitted within the application document above (put together from the community meetings that occurred last summer):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1b2OV44QyGIyzZy4rlYz3uG5JeYNUyWKCdlokc-x8HJc
- Minutes from one of the meetings (2016):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B650zYpFe2y8SGdqZWhLMEZvMEtib2RxZThoUHdKclpWRXcw/view?usp=sharing
- Survey questions that were asked and used in the application process, along with the feedback from our in-person meetings. Please feel free to use these questions in conversations with other parents to help gather additional input.
https://goo.gl/forms/YgxY7Q6fcqbut3Ph2
- Promise Community basic info from their site:
http://dcf.vermont.gov/cdd/promise-communities (Bennington is not listed, but I promise, we are on there!)
- Article from the Bennington Banner, First Community Cafe
Some Background and Helpful Resources
Steering Committee Members
The Benningtons Promise Community Steering Committee is made up of dedicated parents and community members from diverse personal and professional backgrounds.
Alisha Gulley
Amy Newbold
Beth Wallace
Christina Andrews
Jeannie Jenkins
Katrina Hastings
Kayla Becker
Lorianna Weathers
Majesta Mears
Meghan Gunn
Robin Stromgren
Shannon Harrington
Tim Newbold
Valarie Coulter