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 Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce and prominent Burlington-area business leaders discuss how businesses and legislators work together to create a thriving private sector economy. Speakers include Win Smith from Sugarbush and Sara Byers from Leonardo's Pizza.

Climate action.  On 10/10/10 350.org asked people all over the world to take action and show leaders that citizens are determined to bring th elevel of CO2 in our atmosphere back to tolerable levels.  This is one of those actions.  For more information visit: www.350.org

350 is the most important number in the world—it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Three years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million. Everyone from Al Gore to the U.N.’s top climate scientist has now embraced this goal as necessary for stabilizing the planet and preventing complete disaster. Now the trick is getting our leaders to pay attention and craft policies that will put the world on track to get to 350.

The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project is a two-year initiative to help rural Vermont towns take full advantage of the Internet to create jobs, drive school innovation, provide social services, and increase civic involvement. Paul Costello, Executive Director of the Vt Council on Rural Development and Helen Labun Jordan, Project Director of e-Vermont, join Steve Gold for this roundtable discussion. Twelve towns are already selected, and other towns have until November 17 to apply for selection in the final round.

'Managing Board Chair and Executive Director Relationships', presented by Lizann Peyton, ADL Consulting.