Economy & Business

Common Good Vermont: Cecile Green - Horizontal Leadership 10/08/2013

Common Good Vermont presents Cecile Green of RoundSky Solutions as she discusses "Horizontal Leadership", a paradigm that harnesses everyone as a leader. We'll discuss different ways to look at "power" and how it is used in organizations.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 10/03/2013

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.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 Special NPA Meeting 10/02/2013

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

Vermont Sudanese Community 09/30/2013

Members of the Sudanese community living in Vermont speak about the Campaign for a United Abyei with South Sudan. Panelists are, Isaac Kuek; James Ajith; Telar Telar; Chol Dhoor; Peter Keny, Secretary of Sudanese Community living in VT and Emmanual Mayom, Chairman of Sudanese Community living in Vermont.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): New England Coalition 42nd Annual Meeting 09/29/2013

The New Engalnd Coalition on Nuclear Pollution celebrates its 42nd annual membership meeting at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden with three guest speakers: energy consultant Paul M. Blanch, Marvin Resnikoff, PhD, and NEC lawyer Brice Simon, Esq. to discuss the impending decommissioning of Vermont Yankee and the legal issues involved.

Vermont Workers' Center: People's Budget Film 09/26/2013

People's Budget Film

Common Good Vermont: Leadership Vermont 09/26/2013

Leadership is all around us. Host Mark Furnari meets with Ed LeClair, Executive Director, Circus Smirkus, to find out how he motivates others to lead and ways to expand leadership opportunities throughout Vermont.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 09/25/2013

More on Redistricting: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/Ward-Redistricting/

Speaking From Experience: Charlie Kittredge, Chairman and CEO of Crane & Co. 09/24/2013

How does a 200+ year old company stay relevant in today's "paperless" world? Charlie Kittredge, Chairman and CEO of Crane & Co. reveals how. One of the oldest names in paper making, Crane & Co., best known for its high-end stationery, is literally printing money. The company, based in Dalton, Massachusetts, and run by the same family since its founding in 1801, has a lucrative contract to manufacture currency paper for the U.S. Treasury and print money for countries such as Sweden, Saudi Arabia and India. And, by adapting paper making technology to create a range of new products, it has moved into markets as diverse as energy, environmental services and office furnishings. Learn more about this fascinating company and the family that has run it successfully for over 200 years.. Part of Champlain Colleger's Speaking From Experience Lecture Series.

Common Good Vermont: Key Bank Announces Build a Stronger Vermont Grant Challenge 09/24/2013

Common Good Vermont interviews Brigitte Ritchie, Key Bank Foundation's Director of Community Relations about a new grant giving competition. Co-sponsored with FreePressMedia, the Build a Stronger Vermont grant giving competition; offers grants to three Vermont non-profits, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000. All eligible Vermont nonprofits are invited to submit a plan detailing their efforts to improve financial literacy or workplace development and how they would use the grant funds to aid in this process. Submissions are due by 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2013. As part of Build a Stronger Vermont, a select panel of judges will narrow the field of entries to a maximum of eight finalists. Vermont residents are charged with the process of selecting the final grant recipients by voting for their favorite plans online or using the ballot in the Burlington Free Press. Ballots may be dropped off at any KeyBank branch or mailed in. Voting begins on November 18, more details can be found at http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/customers/MD/KeyBank/KeyBankApplication.pdf

The nonprofit with the most votes will receive a one-time $25,000 grant from KeyBank Foundation. The first runner up will receive a $15,000 grant and the second runner up will receive a $10,000 grant.KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable foundation that through its: civic programs, corporate contributions, and volunteerism; supports organizations and programs that foster economic self-sufficiency.Qualifying non-profits can request more information from brigitte_ritchie@keybank.com or call 802-660-4223.

More details may be found here.

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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!