the Center has been supporting community leaders and institutions in Island Pond, Burke, Lyndon, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to work together to develop and manage tourism that can be sustainable and beneficial to the communities.

Built By Newport, a furniture maker in Newport, Vermont, invests in high-tech improvements to improve products and worker safety.

St. Johnsbury, Vermont, expands in-town outdoor recreation opportunities for people by conserving Observatory Knob.

The Rural Tourism Academy is supporting industry and community leaders as they respond to pandemic-driven changes in the tourism and recreation sector in northern New Hampshire and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.  

The Create Your Kingdom video series explores stories of how three individuals are making their lives and livelihoods in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

Three communities are making steady progress on projects funded by the Northern Forest Destination Development initiative to serve residents and visitors with improved outdoor recreation opportunities.

Grants from the Northern Forest Destination Development Program will fund trail construction, remote paddling opportunities, waterfront parks, accessible trails, and more.

The Center and its Bike Borderlands partners created a series of short films to celebrate exciting mountain biking opportunities and community life in nine Northern Forest towns.

The Center has launched the Northern Forest Rural Tourism Academy to help communities better capitalize on outdoor recreation and cultural amenities for community economic development.

Bike Borderlands member organizations are starting a host of new projects that benefit their communities and improve the region's mountain biking.