What is the Green Valley Institute?

The Green Valley Institute exists to help Heritage Corridor communities and citizens sustain their environment and quality of life while growing their economies. We are a non-regulatory organization dedicated to:

• Improving the knowledge base from which land use and natural resource decisions are made,
• Building local capacity to protect and manage natural resources as our region grows.

The GVI targets audiences who most influence land use in the Corridor, including private landowners, municipal boards and commissions, Corridor land trusts and local builders/contractors. Our goal: to insure they have the information, knowledge and resources they need to make good land use decisions as they plan for the future. Our vision: that one day, land use and natural resource-related decisions, at every level from the individual landowner to the Corridor as a whole, will be made by informed individuals who have up-to-date information and the resources to follow through.

The GVI was created through a formal partnership between the Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Corridor and the University of Connecticut's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Its programs are made possible through active involvement of the Corridor's Natural Resources and Agriculture (NRA) Committee.

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