Economy & Business

BTV Mall Community Design Presentation 05/05/2015

See the future vision for our mall! A follow-up presentation to the community planning workshop on the future of the downtown mall site.

On December 15th, the City Council unanimously approved a robust plan to engage the public around the redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall in the heart of downtown. The City will be using a public-private partnership with the new owner to implement the community goals outlined in the-3-years-in-the-making planBTV. The public process for this redevelopment effort is introduced at this meeting.

The press release and media coverage of the November 20th announcement of the mall redevelopment process and the planBTV concepts can be found here:

http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Press/Mayor-Burlington-Town-Center-Owner-Announce-Partnership-to-Comprehensively-Redevelop-Downtow-0

Governor Peter Shumlin: Press Conference - 20 Business Leaders Need 1000 Jobs Filled 04/28/2015

Gov. Peter Shumlin is joined by 20 business leaders who are currently seeking to hire 1,000 new employees.

Ferguson - A Nation of Laws and a History of Injustice 04/23/2015

Gary Younge, Author, Broadcaster and Columnist for The Guardian and The Nation speaks to the current events in our communities. Gary Younge was born in Britain to Barbadian parents. A reporter covering Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean before being appointed The Guardian's US correwspondent in 2003. In 2009 he won the prestigious James Cameron Award for 'combined moral vision and professional integrity.' Sponsored by: Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series, United Academics, UVM Department of English, James and Mary Brigham Buckam Fund. Co-sponsors include: Green Mountain Veterans for Peace, Global Justice Ecology Project, International Socialist Organization. Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. http://www.willmiller.org

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series brings speakers to the UVM campus and the Burlington community to provide a continuing program of radical analyses of social, ecological and political concerns. The series is dedicated to Will Miller, Vermont’s activist philosopher and UVM Philosophy Professor for 35 years.

Preservation Burlington: Classic Sloop "Friend Ship" - Lake Champlain Sailing Cruises 04/23/2015

Ron Wanamaker hosts Captain Mike Crowley of the Whistling Man Schooner Company and Captain of the classic sloop 'Friend Ship', departing for her slip next to ECHO, May until early October. More information: www.whistlingman.com

More information on Preservation Burlington - Preservation Burlington.

Mercy Connections' Women's Small Business Program: Start Your Business - WSBP Alum Interview 04/22/2015

Gwen Pokalo, Director of Women's Small Business Program is joined by Caroll Spelke, My Daddy’s Caddy and a WSBP Alumnus, speaking to her experiences in starting up a business. More informatoin on My Daddy's Caddy: www.mydaddyscaddy.com More information on Women's Small Business Program: http://wsbp.org

VT Cannabis Collaborative on Legalizing Marijuana in VT 04/21/2015

The VT Cannabis Collaborative makes a presentation to Dr. Rob Williams UVM class, Consumers, Markets and Public Policy on the legalization of marijuana in VT. Presenters include Judy MacIsaac Robertson of Highland Sugarworks; Will Raap, Founder of Gardeners' Supply; Michael Jager, Solidarity of Unbridled Labour and Dan Cox of Coffee enterprises. For more information on the VT Cannabis Collaborative visit: http://vtcannabiscollaborative.org

The Truth About the Budget Cuts! Defend Jobs, Services and the Environment! 04/20/2015

Unionists and community activists discuss Governor Shumlin’s budget cuts and how they will devastate workers, people with disabilities, and the environment. They also discuss how we can organize for a state that puts people and the environment first!

Speakers:
William Wells, VSE
Jeanne Smith, Community High School Teacher
Shannon Morton, VSEA Children and Families Social Worker
Judiciary Even
Environmental Activist Kathy Blume
Mike O’Day, CWA at Fairpoint
Jim Fouts, Teamster Local
Sponsored by the Vermont Labor Solidarity Committee
Endorsed by the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) & the Peace and Justice Center (PJC)

Common Good Vermont: The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Nonprofits React to Two Proposed Tax Bills 04/14/2015

The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Common Good Vermont, and the United Way of Chittenden County hold a press conference to discuss current tax proposals under consideration in the Vermont Legislature. If passed, these proposals (H.489 and draft bill in Senate Finance Committee) will have an impact on state tax deductions for charitable giving, real estate mortgages, and taxes and health care costs. Co produced with Lake Champlain Chamber and United Way of CC.

For More Information:
http://blog.commongoodvt.org/2015/04/senate-finance-looks-at-two-new-tax-bills/
http://www.vermont.org/

Common Good Vermont: Women's Leadership Circle 04/07/2015

Common Good Vermont interviews Kerry E. Secrest, Watershed Coaching, and two current Women's Leadership Circle participants from Chittenden County, Stephanie Lowe, Director of Talent Development, Seventh Generation and Beth Sightler, Executive Director, Champlain Community Services on nonprofit leadership.

Mercy Connections' Women's Small Business Program: Start Your Business 04/01/2015

Gwen Pokalo, director of Women's Small Business Program is joined by Laura Richards, Bunjamin's Hopcorn on starting up a business. More information on Bunjamin's at: www.bunjaminsvt.com more information on Women's Small Business Program: http://wsbp.org

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!