WRC Hires New Senior Planner!
Hello! My name is Mike McConnell, a new Senior Planner with the WRC. I began in earnest on December 12, 2022 after previous stops in Colorado Springs, CO, Benton County AR and most recently Helena, Montana. My primary tasks in those locations were site plan, subdivision and annexation review, specialized reviews in hillside development projects, and all manner of comprehensive planning projects. Fairly typical for a municipal planner. I hope that this next challenge with the WRC is as rewarding for our member towns as it will be for me.
Windham Region Electricity Resiliency Zone Project – A Partnership With Green Mountain Power
The WRC has received Congressionally Directed Spending (earmark) through Senator Sanders to work in partnership with Green Mountain Power to develop resiliency zones. These zones are community-scale custom energy storage projects that pair clean power generation with utility-scale batteries to provide community resilience in the face of increasing storm-related grid outages. The WRC’s role is to work with towns to discuss community needs and work with them to develop resiliency zone plans.