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Essex Economic Development Commission 04/15/2021

For more information on the Essex Economic Development Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit essexvt.org/429/Economic-Development.

True North Reports TV: Businesses Leaving - Troubling Signs in the Vermont Economy 11/15/2019

Host Michael Bielawski and call-in guest Lou Varricchio discuss the direction of the Vermont economy.

For more information:

http://truenorthreports.com

True North Reports TV: Carbon Tax Fight 2020 Preview 07/19/2019

Host Michael Bielawski talks with JT Dodge of West Newbury about No Carbon Tax Vermont, the status of energy policy in Vermont, and renewable energy mandates and carbon taxes and how they might impact the economy.

On the Waterfront: Vermont Brewers Festival 06/21/2017

Mariah Riggs, Director of the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, interviews Amy Cronin, Marketing Director of the Vermont Brewers Festival.

For more info visit: http://www.vtbrewfest.com/

Under the Dome: LCRCC Legislative Breakfast 2016 - Forum on the Economy with Democratic Candidates for Governor 03/14/2016

The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast Series hosts a Forum on the Economy with Democratic Candidates for Governor Sue Minter and Matt Dunne.

The 2016 Legislative Breakfast Series is sponsored by New England Federal Credit Union.

City of Burlington Named a White House TechHire City 03/09/2016

BTV Ignite Executive Director Michael Schirling and Mayor Miro Weinberger announce the City of Burlington has been named a White House TechHire community, part of a multisector White House initiative to link area employers with Burlingtonians, growing the local tech workforce and empowering community members with the skills they would need for wellpaying jobs in innovation and technology.

The City of Burlington and BTV Ignite will partner with local educational institutions and employers to train and employ 75 tech workers in 2016 and 400 tech workers through 2020. Key employers, workforce intermediaries, and training partners include the Vermont HITEC Institute for American Apprenticeship at Burlington College, Champlain College, the University of Vermont (UVM), Vermont Technical College, Community College of Vermont, the UVM Medical Center, the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Vermont Technology Alliance.

Burlington Mayor Weinberger, BTV Ignite and the Ignite Partners, VT HITEC, and a variety of employers and technical educators and trainers discuss this exciting designation and initiative.

Under the Dome: 2016 LCRCC Legislative Breakfast Series Hosts a Forum on the Economy with Republican Candidates for Governor 02/08/2016

The 2016 Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Legislative Breakfast Series hosts a Forum on the Economy with Republican Candidates for Governor. For more info and tickets visit: http://www.vermont.org/LegislativeBreakfastSeries

The 2016 Legislative Breakfast Series is sponsored by NEFCU.

Rally for Love and Unity (Let's Not Let Trump's Hate Divide Our Community) 01/07/2016

Donald Trump's visit to Burlington, VT spurs this counter celebration of the new 1Love Initiative for Racial Justice & Safe Communities across the street from where candidate Trump will speak. Community leaders and members share and learn about current initiatives for more just communities and celebrate the work we need to build an independent political movement for change. This event is coordinated by Rights & Democracy VT, with participation of groups involved with the 1Love Initiative and others working for more just communities to share their work including, Peace & Justice Center, Vermont Interfaith Action, Vermont Workers' Center, Justie For All, Champlain Area NAACP, Vermonters For Criminal Justice Reform and Justicia Migrante Migrant Justice. If you want to help email James Haslam at james@radvt.org

GlobalFoundries $55M Investment to Essex Jct. Plant 11/04/2015

GlobalFoundries Senior Location Executive Janet Bombardier is joined by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, and GlobalFoundries Director of FAB Operations, Dale Miller in the announcement of a $55M investment in their Essex Junction chip manufacturing plant.

Burlington’s Tech Future – from Education to the Economy 10/29/2015

Brown Bag Lunch and Roundtable Discussion with Mayor Miro Weinberger, William Wallace, Executive Director of U.S. Ignite, Ken Hayes, President and CEO, the Enterprise Center, Chattanooga, TN, Lev Gonick, CEO of OneCommunity, Cleveland Ohio, and more share perspectives on the future of emerging technologies and the technology ecosystem in Burlington as well as exciting projects undertaken in other U.S. Ignite communities.

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