Economy & Business

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 04/17/2012

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

Champlain Valley Exposition 04/17/2012

Host Jess Wilson speaks with Executive Director Timothy P. Shea, and General Manager David F. Grimm, CFE, from the Champlain Valley Exposition on the history and growth of the Expo.

Common Good Vermont: The Board Member's Easier Than You Think Guide to Nonprofit Finances 04/17/2012

Finance Phobia is more than a malady for America’s nonprofit organizations, and especially the board members governing these 1,017,000 organizations. A new book has just been published to cure Finance Phobia. It’s called The Board Member’s Easier Than You Think Guide to NonprofitFinances and is written by Andy Robinson and Nancy Wasserman.

Andy Robinson has assisted nonprofits in 47 U.S. states and across Canada for more than 20 years, leading workshops on fundraising, board development,strategic planning, leadership development, and earned income strategies.

Nancy Wasserman heads Sleeping Lion Associates. She has helped scores of nonprofits, businesses, cooperatives, and government agencies better understand their financials and develop program and business plans.

Alliance Francaise - Francophone Newspapers in New England 04/14/2012

This lecture and discussion at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, VT is about French language newspapers in New England led by Dr. Carole Salmon, Assistant Professor of French Studies and Culture for UMASS at Lowell.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 04/12/2012

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Common Good Vermont: Your Community by the Numbers! How to Use the U.S. Census American Factfinder Data Retrieval Tool 04/12/2012

This Fall/Winter, the Census Bureau released the most recent socioeconomic and housing estimates from the American Community Survey, which includes neighborhood level estimates and Population Profiles. Census 2010 is also available to public for all levels of geography. With all this information being released, the Census Bureau is available to help your organization access our data using the American Factfinder.

Presented by the U.S. Census Bureau in partnership with United Way of Chittenden County, Vermont Agency of Human Services Refugee Office & Common Good Vermont

Presenter: Alexandra Barker, Data Dissemination Specialist, New York Regional Offices, US Census Bureau - Contact Information: 617-519-1099 or alexandra.s.barker@census.gov

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Salary Survey 04/11/2012

Frank Sedowski, of Gallagher Flynn Human Resource Services gives an overview of the Vermont Salary Survey, highlights releveant employment trends and how nonprofit organizations can best use the resource.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger: Old North End Arts & Business Network Presents Mayor Weinberger 04/11/2012

Mayor Miro Weinberger shares insights into the importance of the Old North End Arts & Business Network (ONEABN). For more info, please check the ONEABN website at www.oneabn.org.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Clean Energy Investment Summit Panel 04/09/2012

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Gov. Peter Shumlin and the Vermont Department of Public Service on Monday host a Vermont Clean Energy Investment Summit.
In addition to the senator and governor, featured speakers will include Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, and Richard Kauffman, one of the country’s leading experts on private-sector investments in clean energy and a top aide to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
The summit brings together Vermont’s renewable energy and energy efficiency businesses, credit unions and community banks, utilities, state and federal officials, regional and national clean-energy organizations and others. The goal is to catalyze clean-energy investments in Vermont.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Clean Energy Investment Summit 04/09/2012

Featured Story

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!