Cornerstone Creative Community (3CVT):

a Zone of the Vermont Creative Network (VCN)

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3CVT (Cornerstone Creative Community) is a Zone of the Vermont Creative Network. If you’re located within the 3CVT Zone and consider yourself to be part of the Creative Sector, you’re a member of 3CVT! The Zone is led by the 3CVT Steering Committee of working volunteers convened by Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, the Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation, and the Vermont Council on the Arts. The goal of this committee is to broaden and build the future partnerships that will be needed within the creative economy at all levels.

The 3CVT coverage area is a 40-town region that aligns with the ECVEDD region. Town include Andover, Baltimore, Bethel, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Cavendish, Chelsea, Chester, Corinth, Fairlee, Granville, Hancock, Hartford, Hartland, Ludlow, Newbury, Norwich, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Randolph, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Springfield, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Tunbridge, Vershire, Weathersfield, West Fairlee, West Windsor, Windsor, and Woodstock.

To see upcoming events with 3CVT, visit and like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CornerstoneCreativeCommunity/

For more information please contact the 3CVT Zone Agent Kimberly Gilbert at [email protected]

Join the conversation!!!

• 3CVT has our own community discussion email list! Use this list to engage, discuss, and interact with one another directly about our creative economy and issues that are important to the 3CVT Zone. Come share information about your upcoming virtual events or engage with fellow creatives about how you’re adapting to the current pandemic.
  • Subscribe to the list by sending a blank email to: [email protected]

3CVT Working Mission Statement:

To boost the economic prosperity and interdisciplinary connections for the creative sector in the east central Vermont region.

Steering Committee Members 2021:

• Chris Maggiolo, Campus Manager, Black River Innovation Campus
• Seth Butler, Vermont Photojournalist & Documentary Photographer
• Sarah Danly, Network Manager, Vermont Farm to Plate
• Kimberly Gilbert, Regional Planner, Two Rivers- Ottauquechee Regional Commission, 3CVT Zone Agent
• Robert Haynes, Executive Director, GMEDC (Green Mountain Economic Development Corp.)
• Tracy Penfield, Artistic Director and Founder, SafeArt
• Chris Wood, Director, BALE (Building a Local Economy)

 

 

Our Work and Other Resources:

• Artists, Artisans and Entrepreneurs: Creative Economy of the East Central Vermont Region
  • Full Report
  • Executive Summary
• CreativeGround: a database of individuals and organizations working in the creative sector/economy
• VCN Toolkit – 3CVT Zone
• 3CVT Zone’s Creative Sector by the Numbers

 

Mashup Event Agendas:

• Mashup 1: 10/1/2017 – Barnard
• Mashup 2: 3/25/2018 – White River Junction
• Mashup 3: 6/7/2018 – Springfield
• Mashup 4: 9/18/2018 – Randolph
• Mashup 5: 11/9/2018 – Bradford
• All-In Gathering Agenda: 4/17/2019 – White River Junction
  • Watch video of the All-in Gathering

 

VCN 3CVT Steering Committee Meeting Minutes:

2021

• 2/4/2021

 

2020

• 8/27/2020
• 5/20/2020
• 2/5/2020

 

2019

• 12/4/2019
• 10/29/2019
• 8/19/2019
• 7/1/2019
• 4/9/2019
• 3/25/2019 – Zone to Zone Meeting
• 2/20/2019
• 1/2/2019

 

2018

• 10/30/2018
• 7/24/2018
• 5/15/2018
• 5/11/2018
• 3/14/2018
• 2/28/2018
• 1/9/2018

 

2017

• 12/6/2017
• 10/23/2017
• 8/28/2017
• 8/21/2017
• 8/15/2017
• 6/20/2017
• 5/30/2017
• 4/12/2017
• 2/8/2017
• 1/20/2017
• 1/18/2017

 

2016

• 12/12/2016
• 11/28/2016
• 11/15/2016
• 11/1/2016

 

Contact: 3CVT Zone Agent Kimberly Gilbert – [email protected]