In 2013, the PDRC and Green Mountain College co-sponsored a town-wide strategic planning initiative to revitalize community spirit and set in motion several projects that residents agreed were high priority, including establishing (an official) trails system in town, the purchase of a pocket park on or near Main Street, and the initiation of a local artists group, the Slate Valley Arts Center, which currently occupies the 3rd floor of the Colvin Building on Main Street. It was a tremendously successful partnership that continues in various forms today.
