Conway graduate students Anna Fialkoff (left) and Rachel Edwards developed concepts for the Windham Woodlands Project, in southern Vermont.Conway’s Sustainable Communities Initiative will be extended for a second year, announced Conway Director Paul Cawood Hellmund, and the focus area has been expanded to include both Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Windham County, Vermont.
Up to two $10,000 fellowships will be awarded to residents of either county for ten months of graduate study in sustainable landscape planning and design at the Conway School. The Recorder newspaper is a partner in the fellowships.
During the 2013-14 academic year Conway students will carry out community projects in the two counties. Area agencies and organizations can suggest projects to the school.
The Sustainable Communities Initiative Fellow for the 2012-13 academic year was Kimberly Smith of Westminster, Vermont. She and her classmates developed plans for:
- Harmony Lot, Brattleboro (See report.)
- Windham Working Woodlands, Windham Region (Read about the project.)
- CoreArts Cultural Assets Mapping, Brattleboro (Read about the project.)
- Village Center Plan, Wilmington
Fellowship Contact: Mollie Babize, Associate Director for Admissions, 413-369-4044 x 5, babize@csld.edu
Community Projects: David Nordstrom, Associate Director for Community Projects, 413-369-4044 x6, nordstrom@csld.edu
