Catherine Dimitrick presented NRPC’s year‑in‑review, highlighting program achievements and partnerships that staff say advanced housing, brownfields remediation and clean‑water work across the region.

Catherine said NRPC’s Brownfields program helped six communities with nine sites in 2025 and that, since the program began, NRPC has invested about $5,000,000 in assessment and cleanup activities. On clean water, she said NRPC contracted for more than $2,000,000 in projects in 2025 as the regional clean‑water service provider for the Missisquoi and Lamoille basins; NRPC has contracted 58 projects since 2023 that, if implemented, would reduce more than 600 kilograms of phosphorus loading in the Lake Champlain basin.

On housing, the regional plan contains a regional target of 6,750 new housing units by 2050. NRPC used Housing‑For‑All funding to support a Highgate water‑supply analysis intended to enable a 30‑unit senior housing project, and ran small grants to pilot duplexes and accessory dwelling units at four homeowner properties. Catherine described the pilots as revealing state policy and program barriers NRPC will ask state agencies to consider adjusting to lower the cost of adding accessory dwelling units.

Transportation and mapping work included an intersection analysis for Route 7 and Bushey Road tied to a new Transportation District garage and completion of a culvert and bridge inventory for a 26‑mile rail trail. Staff also described GIS tools and an annual road atlas provided to each municipality for emergency and planning uses.

The commission thanked staff and recognized service milestones: Andy Olling (5 years), Bob (15 years), and Emily (5 years) on staff/commission. The board also noted the passing of former contributors Mike Curtis and Al Vogel.

What happens next: NRPC will continue program delivery and follow up on the regional plan timeline; staff said they will circulate documentation on projects and next steps to commissioners.