What We Do
CommonLand Solutions delivers directly and through strategic partnerships:
✓ Project feasibility assessments and due diligence
✓ Grant/loan applications, financial restructuring, project budget management; grant administration, and compliance
✓ Procurement and coordination of, engineering, and construction professionals to bring projects to fruition
✓ Technical assistance and toolkits
✓ National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) Reviews
✓ Lower emissions through energy retrofits and clean energy technology to reduce costs and increase healthy indoor environments.
✓ Construction administration and drawdowns
✓ Building collaborative relationships with municipal, state, and other public officials to accomplish complex projects
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 and farming communities in the discovery of funds for community and business development.
REDI was the driving force behind the redevelopment of CommonLand portfolio projects including East Calais General Store, Maquam Bay of Missisquoi’s Abenaki Food Pantry, the Town of Ludlow skatepark, and the Town of Salisbury Town Hall/Salisbury Free Library.
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. Project feasibility services for Shelburnewood Cooperative.
Salisbury Town Hall
Redevelopment services for the historic Town Hall, which also houses the Salisbury Free Public Library.
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
Redevelopment services for the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi's tribal headquarters and food pantry. Design by SHKS Architects.
