Registration Deadline:
May 31 at 5 pm.
Fundraising for Community Projects Retreat
at the Grand Isle Lake House
June 14-15, 2022

What are some techniques that community projects are doing to successfully fundraise while enhancing the use of their historic buildings? Join us on June 14-15 for the Fundraising for Community Projects Retreat at the Grand Isle Lake House to find out!

Christine Graham of CPG Fundraising will be on hand to provide training in the area of capital campaigns and annual giving. We will also explore how to manage a rehabilitation project, work with grantors, contractors, and the community to help you get to success.

Preservation Retreats at the Grand Isle Lake House are an immersive adult learning experience designed to support anyone undertaking or considering a community development or historic preservation project. Attendees will be asked to present a challenge or issue that once solved will move their project forward. This brief presentation is followed by a robust and informative group discussion with peers, funders and technical support providers.

All retreats begin at 2:00 pm and end after lunch the following day. Space is limited. Retreats often fill up well before the registration deadline so please register at your earliest convenience. Registration Deadline is May 31 at 5 pm! 

For more information, contact Lisa Ryan at lisa@ptvermont.org.

Registration Deadline:
May 31 at 5 pm.
Covid Safety Protocols

  • All attendees are required to show proof of vaccination prior to the retreat. You will receive an email two weeks before the event asking for proof of vaccination.

  • The shared room option is only available for people who are attending from the same project/community and/or for couples.

  • Due to limited space for overnight lodging, we ask that you send ONE representative for your project or a maximum of TWO people if you are willing to share a room.

  • Single Room Occupancy is $135 and includes meals, lodging and retreat materials for one person.

  • Double Room Occupancy is a total of $200 and includes meals, lodging and retreat materials for two people.

  • In group discussion settings indoors, we require people to remain masked when not presenting.

  • Weather permitting, we will share discussion and meals outdoors on the large wrap-around porch overlooking Lake Champlain!
The Preservation Retreats are underwritten in part by generous support from the Kelly Lorraine Baggett Fund. Kelly was a UVM Graduate, a 31-year veteran of the United States Forest Service, and a former resident of Burlington, VT, where she spent many hours restoring and caring for her historic brick home overlooking Lake Champlain. Kelly won many awards for her outstanding contributions in research pertaining to sugar maple decline and American elm restoration, and wrote or co-wrote numerous scientific papers during her career. This fund pays homage to Kelly’s passion for history, the environment, and scholarship. 
We are grateful for our partnership and underwriting support from The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.