Economy & Business

Presentation and facilitated discussion on community planning and design.  Sponsored by Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development, Co-sponsored by UVM Center for Rural Studies.

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.

The Legislative Mental Health Oversight Committee holds the third of four statewide hearings to learn about mental health and substance abuse services offered from the community perspective.  The Committee will hear from representatives from HowardCenter, Fletcher Allen Health Care, the business community, civic organizations, police departments and from the Department of Mental Health.

Former US Comptroller General David Walker CPA, now President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, describes the nation's fiscal picture and outlines hard choices that will have to be made to maintain the Federal government's solvency and credit rating.   Introductory remarks by Gov. Jim Douglas.
Following his presentation, Mr. Walker joins a panel to discuss Vermont economic and fiscal issues, including Prof. Art Woolf, David Coates CPA, and Auditor of Accounts Tom Salmon CPA, moderated by Mary Alice McKenzie.
This latest in the Sheraton Economic Series was sponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Business Magazine, Vermont Tiger, and the Vermont Economic Newsletter, and is hosted by the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center.