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Lake Champlain Chamber: Igniting Vermont's Future 11/01/2017

Host Tom Torti of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and guest Dennis Moynihan of BTV Ignite, the local chapter of technological resource-focused community development organization US Ignite, explore how emerging innovation is driving growth and what the region can do to take advantage.

More information at www.vcwa.org.

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.

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.
 

Congressman Peter Welch: BTV Ignite Roundtable 09/22/2015

Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), convenes a roundtable discussion with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, and Vermont city stakeholders on the BTV Ignite program, a partnership with U.S. Ignite that encourages public, private and academic institutions to develop next generation internet applications.

http://www.welch.house.gov

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