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 May 8, 2025, 162 towns and cities, home to more than 79.6% of the population have adopted the Declaration of Inclusion.

AthensHancockSalisbury
BakersfieldHardwickSaxtons River
Barre CityHartfordShaftsbury
Bellows FallsHartlandSharon
BenningtonHinesburgShelburne
BerlinHollandShoreham
BethelHuntingtonShrewsbury
BoltonHyde ParkSouth Burlington
BradfordIsle La MotteSouth Hero
BraintreeJamaicaSpringfield
BrandonJerichoSt. Albans City
BrattleboroJohnsonSt. George
BrightonJohnson VillageSt. Johnsbury
BristolLandgroveStannard
BrookfieldLincolnStarksboro
BrooklineLondonderryStowe
BurlingtonLudlowStrafford
CabotManchesterStratton
CalaisMarlboroSudbury
CambridgeMarshfieldSunderland
CanaanMendonSutton
CastletonMiddleburySwanton
CavendishMiddlesexSwanton Village
CharlotteMiddletown SpringsThetford
ChelseaMiltonTinmouth
ChesterMontpelierTunbridge
ChittendenMoretownUnderhill
ClarendonMorristownVergennes
ColchesterMount TaborVernon
ConcordNewfaneVershire
CorinthNorthfieldWaitsfield
CornwallOrwellWalden
CraftsburyPantonWallingford
DanbyPawletWaltham
DanvillePittsfieldWarren
DorsetPittsfordWashington
DoverPlainfieldWaterbury
DummerstonPlymouthWaterford
DuxburyPomfretWest Fairlee
East MontpelierPoultneyWest Rutland
ElmorePownalWest Windsor
EssexProctorWestminster
Essex Junction VillagePutneyWeston
Fair HavenRandolphWeybridge
FairfaxRichfordWilliamstown
FairleeRichmondWilliston
FaystonRiptonWilmington
FranklinRochesterWindham
GeorgiaRockinghamWindsor
GloverRoxburyWinooski
Grand IsleRoyaltonWolcott
GreensboroRutland CityWoodstock
GuildhallRutland TownWoodstock Village
GuilfordRyegateWorcester

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 
Belvidere

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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