What We Do
Services for nonprofits, co-ops and municipalities
✓ Conduct project feasibility assessments
✓ Assemble project budgets and funding stacks, manage project budgets, grant administration, and compliance
✓ Coordinate project teams for architectural, engineering, environmental testing, and owners’ representative services
✓ Assist with National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) Environmental Reviews
✓ Facilitate energy retrofits and clean energy technology to leverage incentives and reduce operating and maintenance costs
✓ Deliver technical assistance and toolkits
Strategic Consulting Partnerships
CommonLand forms collaborations with a wide network of consultants to help clients build healthy rural communities.
We work with strategic partners such as Capital Project Consulting for construction management and owner’s representative services.
CommonLand Solutions is an approved consultant for the VT Housing & Conservation Board's Rural Economic Development Initiative, or REDI. REDI is a program that assists rural towns and villages with populations under 5,000 to secure funding for historic preservation, downtown revitalization, and community infrastructure projects in addition to outdoor recreation and working lands enterprises.
R. Edwards & Co. Architects & Preservationists
SHKS Architects, Abenaki Food Pantry and Tribal Headquarters
CommonLand leveraged REDI funding as the development consultant for the following projects:
Town of Salisbury, Salisbury Free Public Library, 2024 - present
Abenaki Food Pantry, 2022 - present
East Calais General Store, 2020 - 2023
Town of Ludlow skatepark, 2021
CommonLand Solutions assembles all of the pieces of project development to launch new initiatives and form lasting benefits to individuals, neighborhoods, and communities.
Current Projects
Cooperative Development Institute
Assistance to three manufactured home cooperatives in Milton, Castleton, and St. George for grant/loan packaging to redevelop water, wastewater, stormwater, and electrical infrastructure.
Rutland Housing Authority
Project management services to coordinate design professionals, assemble rehab scopes, and facilitate grant funding for rehabilitation of Templewood Court, a 60-unit apartment complex for very low income seniors and people with disabilities.
Salisbury Town Hall
Redevelopment services for the historic Town Hall, which houses the Salisbury Free Public Library. Architectural services from Vermont Integrated Architecture.
Strafford Community Trust
Consulting services to identify and assist Strafford Community Trust - a Community Supported Enterprise (CSE) - with securing state and federal grant funds, provide guidance for compliance, and coordinate architectural and engineering scopes. Architectural services from R. Edwards & Co.
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
Redevelopment services for the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi's tribal headquarters and food pantry. Architectural services from SHKS Architects.
