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Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2023 - Performance by Josh Collier 08/15/2023

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Strengthening skills, capacity, and opportunity for the future! Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 4th VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Josh Collier, tenor solo & Founder/Artistic Director of Barn Opera in Brandon, VT. This performance is of “Nessun dorma” fom Puccini’s Turandot, Act III.

Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2023 - Comments from Senator Peter Welch and Under Secretary Robert Bonnie, USDA 08/15/2023

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Strengthening skills, capacity, and opporotunity for the future! Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 4th VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Senator Peter Welch, opening remarks
Under Secretary Robert Bonnie, United States Department of Agriculture 

Vermont Community Leadership Summit 2022 08/10/2022

From the Vermont Council on Rural Development:

Over 450 local leaders working to improve life in their communities attend the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s 3rd VT Community Leadership Summit.

Conference includes:
Parwinder Grewal, President, Vermont State University
Julie Moore, VCRD Board Chair
Brian Lowe, VCRD Executive Director
Rajnii Eddins, Poet, Emcee & Teaching Artist
Community Spark Stories
Presentation of VCRD Leadership Awards

On the Waterfront: VT Climate Change Initiative and Upcoming Climate Summit 02/04/2016

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Jenna Whitson, Community and Policy Senior Associate with Vermont Council on Rural Development, and Linda McGinnis, Network Program Director at the Energy Action Network, about the upcoming February 22nd Climate Summit "Ideas to Action" at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. It will be a statewide conversation with the public to help define and advance strategies to make Vermont a national leader in climate economy business development, innovation and job creation for the future.

For more info please visit: Energy Action Network or review the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council Action Plan.

Register Here and find out more about the Summit: http://www.vtrural.org/summit16

On the Waterfront: "What's Next for VT's Climate Change Economy" Upcoming Regional Forum 10/14/2015

Host Melinda Moulton speaks with Jenna Whitson, Community and Policy Senior Associate with Vermont Council on Rural Development, about the upcoming October 29th public forum "What's Next for VT's Climate Change Economy?" It will be a statewide conversation with the public and the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council. Also joining the conversation is Neale Lunderville, General Manager of Burlington Electric, a municipally owned utility. The Council wants the public to help generate a list of ideas around how Vermont can grow jobs and nurture innovative business development in sectors ranging from clean energy to recycling, transportation systems, and thermal efficiency.

The Forum is at Contois Auditorium in Burlington, Oct. 29th 7-9pm.

For more info please visit: http://www.vtrural.org/programs/climate-economy/forums

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