Economy & Business

Con Hogan Award for Creative Leadership 10/08/2015

Ellen Kahler is selected as the first recipient of the Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial, and Community Leadership. The award celebrates mid-career community leaders who share Con's vision of a better Vermont—one that places the highest value on the public good—and who seize the responsibility for making that vision real. Coordinated through The Vermont Community Fund.

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Farm to School Awareness 10/07/2015

Leaders from the Vermont Agencies of Agriculture, Education, & Health join state legislators, Burlington schools superintendent, local school board members, farm to school network leaders, and a 4th/5th grade garden club in celebrating Farm to School Awareness Month at Sustainability Academy in Burlington.

Highlights of this celebratory press event include:

· Announcement of 2016 Vermont Farm to School Grant Request For Proposals (RFP)

· Kale pesto taste test hosted by Sustainability Academy’s 4th and 5th grade garden club (pesto made with kale harvested from the school garden)

· An opportunity for state leadership to join kindergarten and 1st graders for a sit down lunch prepared by Burlington School Food Project

· Overview of Updated Vermont School Wellness Policy Guidelines

· Sharing of New Vermont Farm to School Network Goals

Local Media Show: The Future of Public Access Television 10/06/2015

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian talks about the future of public access television.

Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Fall Conference: 'Envisioning Vermont 2025' 10/06/2015

The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Conference, ‘Envisioning Vermont 2025.′ Vermonters want thriving communities, affordable housing options, good jobs and a healthy environment — ideals that align with our collective organizational missions. Our goals for this conference include fostering cross-disciplinary, visionary thinking among attendees and honoring and supporting emerging leaders. A special focus of the conference will encourage networking and programming for emerging leaders and mid-career professionals. Keynote speaker will be Nancy Stangle, Emerita Director and co-founder, Athens Land Trust, Georgia.

For more information visit www.vhcb.org or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/news/2015/07/save-the-date-vhcb-fall-conference-october-6th-in-burlington/ or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/resources.php

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Summit on a Moral Economy 09/26/2015

Organized by Vermont Interfaith Action and co-sponsored by the VWC, this event pulls together social justice organizations and discusses how to work collaboratively to accomplish common goals. www.viavt.org

Vermont Interfaith Action: Summit on a Moral Economy 09/26/2015

Representatives of like-minded organizations and VIA congregations discuss priorities for the legislative session and ways to coordinate efforts to build a moral economy. Co-sponsored by the Vermont Workers' Center. More information available at: www.viavt.org

Common Good Vermont: The Performance Imperative: Your Path to Excellence 09/25/2015

In this era of scarcity and seismic change, high performance matters more than ever. Vermont’s social and public sectors simply don’t have money to expend on efforts that are based primarily on good intentions and wishful thinking rather than rigor and evidence. The Performance Imperative is a national initiative that lays out the seven organizational pillars that can help you achieve high performance.

At Common Good Vermont's annual luncheon/networking/ learning event, Nan Stone, former editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review and current partner with The Bridgespan Group, demonstrates the pillars of PI through case studies of high-performing Vermont organizations.

Governor Peter Shumlin: College Student's and Vermont's Economy: Job Prospects 09/24/2015

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is joined by Vermont Department of Labor staff highlighting survey results focused on the perception of Vermont's economy and job market by recent graduates and incoming seniors at St. Michael's College. One concerning finding addressed at the press conference is that almost 40 percent of students who left or plan to leave Vermont follwoing graduation cited a 'reported lack of job availability', contradicting the fact that Vermont has thousands of job openings and the nation's fourth lowest unemployment rate. More information available in November 2015 at VTLMI.info and at: http://governor.vermont.gov/

Preservation Burlington: Preserving and Protecting Burlington's Historic Architecture 09/24/2015

Board and Education Committee Members, Ron Wanamaker and Lisa Reiman, share current events and issues Preservation Burlington are involved with.

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Judge Ben: Marijuana Commercialization Failing in Colorado 09/23/2015

Judge Ben Joseph speaks with Bob Doyle of Colorado Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), on the findings of a newly released report (The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado - The Impact, Volume 3) released by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA). The report can be found at: http://www.rmhidta.org/html/2015%20FINAL%20LEGALIZATION%20OF%20MARIJUANA%20IN%20COLORADO%20THE%20IMPACT.pdf

Mr. Doyle suggests viewing a program produced by a Denver, CBS affiliate: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/05/18/marijuana-intoxication-blamed-in-more-deaths-injuries/

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!