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 January 13, 2025, 160 towns and cities, home to more than 79.4% of the population have adopted the Declaration of Inclusion.

AthensHancockRyegate
BakersfieldHardwickSalisbury
Barre CityHartfordSaxtons River
Bellows FallsHartlandShaftsbury
BenningtonHinesburgSharon
BerlinHollandShelburne
BethelHuntingtonShoreham
BoltonHyde ParkShrewsbury
BradfordIsle La MotteSouth Burlington
BraintreeJamaicaSouth Hero
BrandonJerichoSpringfield
BrattleboroJohnsonSt. Albans City
BrightonJohnson VillageSt. George
BristolLandgroveSt. Johnsbury
BrookfieldLincolnStannard
BrooklineLondonderryStarksboro
BurlingtonLudlowStowe
CabotManchesterStrafford
CalaisMarlboroStratton
CambridgeMarshfieldSudbury
CanaanMendonSunderland
CastletonMiddleburySutton
CavendishMiddlesexSwanton
CharlotteMiddletown SpringsSwanton Village
ChelseaMiltonThetford
ChesterMontpelierTinmouth
ChittendenMoretownTunbridge
ClarendonMorristownUnderhill
ColchesterMount TaborVergennes
ConcordNewfaneVernon
CorinthNorthfieldVershire
CornwallOrwellWaitsfield
DanbyPantonWalden
DanvillePawletWallingford
DorsetPittsfieldWaltham
DoverPittsfordWarren
DummerstonPlainfieldWashington
DuxburyPlymouthWaterbury
East MontpelierPomfretWaterford
ElmorePoultneyWest Fairlee
EssexPownalWest Rutland
Essex Junction VillageProctorWest Windsor
Fair HavenPutneyWestminster
FairfaxRandolphWeston
FairleeRichfordWeybridge
FaystonRichmondWilliamstown
FranklinRiptonWilliston
GeorgiaRochesterWilmington
GloverRockinghamWindsor
Grand IsleRoxburyWinooski
GreensboroRoyaltonWolcott
GuildhallRutland CityWoodstock
GuilfordRutland TownWoodstock Village
  Worcester

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:

Craftsbury
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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