Economy & Business

Common Good Vermont: Opportunities and Challenges in Capitalization & Growth with Janice St. Onge 01/22/2015

Common Good Vermont interviews Janice St. Onge is the Deputy Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Inc. and President of the VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C. Janice discusses the importance of capital for Vermont's innovative businesses, how the Flexible Capital Fund has secured resources to benefit the state, how it works for businesses seeking capital, and the challenges and opportunities companies and mission-driven organizations face when trying to grow their businesses.

On the Waterfront: Changing Perspectives 01/21/2015

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Sam Drazin, Director of Changing Perspectives. more information at: www.cpne.org

Changing Perspectives is a registered 501c3 organization that was started to provide schools with a framework for improving disability awareness and is based on an understanding of the natural curiosity of children. The ultimate goal is to help everyone recognize their own challenges and to help promote understanding, respect, and acceptance of all people.

What Is Vermont's Climate Change Economy? 01/20/2015

Vermont Council on Rural Development - What Is Vermont's Climate Change Economy? - January 20, 2015

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Insights 01/20/2015

Common Good Vermont Coordinator Shelagh Cooley, interviews Kathleen Paterson, Co-director and Dave LaPointe, Co-director and Senior Architect and Michael Moser, Vermont State Data Center on the Vermont Insights program.

Vermont Insights is an easy to access and publicly available online data commons for all Vermonters. It includes a wide range of population-based data from the economy to demographics to early childhood. Version 1.0 was released in November 2014 by Building Bright Futures and in partnership with the Vermont State Data Center. Over the next 18 months, a wide range of community stakeholders will contribute to building out function, content and usability so that people and organizations can leverage meaningful data in their strategic thinking and decision making.

Under the Dome: Press Conference - Republican Response to Budget Address 01/15/2015

Republicans respond to Governor Shumlin's 2015 Budget Address - January 15, 2015

Under the Dome: Governor Shumlin's 2015 Budget Address 01/15/2015

Governor Shumlin's 2015 Budget Address - January 15, 2015

Burlington Business Association: Annual Summit - Housing and its Link to BTV's Future Economy 01/14/2015

In Burlington the average household spends 44% of its income on housing costs. The business community reports that the local housing market makes it challenging to recruit employees, retain professionals and grow our economy. The good news, however, is that work is being done to address the issue. Projects are on the table.

This Summit will focus on the "Housing Crisis" with a program that informs its members and motivates them to support change.

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Burlington Town Center Public Engagement Kick-Off Meeting 01/08/2015

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

On the Waterfront: Green Mountain Care 01/07/2015

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Peter Sterling of Vermont Leads on the timely discussion of the financing package for single payer as well as the plans for cost sharing and benefit package, all to be proposed by the Governor by January 28th. www.vermontleads.org

What Cost: Justice 01/01/2015

Channel 17 volunteer, Bob Neale, brings you a documentary investigating the cost of the Justice System.

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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!