ADDISON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION is an organization based out of MIDDLEBURY, Vermont. ACRPC serves the 21 towns of the Addison Region and provides assistance on a range of community development activities and issues. ACRPC provides leadership and technical expertise to encourage cooperative planning within and among the region’s communities and area-wide interests. Mission: ACRPC promotes community development within the Addison Region and its member municipalities by providing planning expertise, information and a forum to discuss and resolve community needs and concerns. What we do: Along with ten other regional planning commissions around the state, ACRPC was established by the legislature to: - Promote economic development, increasing jobs and income - Preserve the natural beauty of Vermont - Obtain and maintain efficiency in government expenditure - Safeguard and extend local autonomy in planning and development decisions ACRPC does this through commissioners who are appointed by town selectboard. This group of town delegates and alternates meets monthly and each commissioner serves on at least one committee.