Municipalities and Other Organizations That Have Adopted the Declaration

We’re on our way to our goal of a Declaration of Inclusion being adopted and implemented by each of Vermont’s 247 towns and cities!

As of February 28, 2025, 161 towns and cities, home to more than 79.6% of the population have adopted the Declaration of Inclusion.

AthensGuilfordRyegate
BakersfieldHancockSalisbury
Barre CityHardwickSaxtons River
Bellows FallsHartfordShaftsbury
BenningtonHartlandSharon
BerlinHinesburgShelburne
BethelHollandShoreham
BoltonHuntingtonShrewsbury
BradfordHyde ParkSouth Burlington
BraintreeIsle La MotteSouth Hero
BrandonJamaicaSpringfield
BrattleboroJerichoSt. Albans City
BrightonJohnsonSt. George
BristolJohnson VillageSt. Johnsbury
BrookfieldLandgroveStannard
BrooklineLincolnStarksboro
BurlingtonLondonderryStowe
CabotLudlowStrafford
CalaisManchesterStratton
CambridgeMarlboroSudbury
CanaanMarshfieldSunderland
CastletonMendonSutton
CavendishMiddleburySwanton
CharlotteMiddlesexSwanton Village
ChelseaMiddletown SpringsThetford
ChesterMiltonTinmouth
ChittendenMontpelierTunbridge
ClarendonMoretownUnderhill
ColchesterMorristownVergennes
ConcordMount TaborVernon
CorinthNewfaneVershire
CornwallNorthfieldWaitsfield
CraftsburyOrwellWalden
DanbyPantonWallingford
DanvillePawletWaltham
DorsetPittsfieldWarren
DoverPittsfordWashington
DummerstonPlainfieldWaterbury
DuxburyPlymouthWaterford
East MontpelierPomfretWest Fairlee
ElmorePoultneyWest Rutland
EssexPownalWest Windsor
Essex Junction VillageProctorWestminster
Fair HavenPutneyWeston
FairfaxRandolphWeybridge
FairleeRichfordWilliamstown
FaystonRichmondWilliston
FranklinRiptonWilmington
GeorgiaRochesterWindsor
GloverRockinghamWinooski
Grand IsleRoxburyWolcott
GreensboroRoyaltonWoodstock
GuildhallRutland CityWoodstock Village
 Rutland TownWorcester

The Selectboards of several other towns have approved statements of inclusion which we applaud, but which do not conform to our guidelines and therefore are not listed above:

Derby
Killington
Reading
St. Albans Town
Troy
Westfield 

PARTNERS

  • NAACP of Rutland County
  • Social Equity Caucus (Vermont Legislature)
  • Vermont Chamber of Commerce
  • Vermont Council on Rural Development
  • Vermont Interfaith Action
  • Vermont League of Cities and Towns

ALIGNED AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

  • Abundant Sun
  • Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Brattleboro Development Corporation
  • Burton Snowboards
  • Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington
  • Edgar May Health and Recreation Center
  • First Baptist Church of Burlington
  • Guilford Community Church, United Church of Christ
  • Lamoille County Regional Planning Commission
  • Mount Ascutney School District
  • Northwest Regional Planning Commission
  • Rutland City Board of School Commissioners
  • Rutland Regional Planning Commission
  • Rutland Young Professionals
  • Stowe Area Association
  • The Queechee Club
  • Vermont Futures Project
  • Vermont Office of Racial Equity
  • Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity
  • Vermont Professionals of Color Network
  • Vermont Psychological Association
  • Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network (VSARN)

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