VCRD honors Charlie Hancock with Vermont Community Leadership Award

Charlie Hancock of Montgomery, the Franklin and Grand Isle County forester with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, was honored Aug. 6 by the Vermont Council on Rural Development with the organization's 2024 Vermont Community Leadership Award.

The award is presented each year to celebrate Vermonters who exemplify “dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont” and who have had a “transformational” effect on their communities.