Economy & Business

Kelly Devine, Executive Director of Burlington Business Association shares upcoming events and the status of the City from a business perspective, along with Ron Redmond, Execuitive Director of the Church Street Marketplace.

The Office of Vermont State Auditor and the Vermont League of Cities and Towns present a Governmental Accounting and Auditing Symposium "Embezzling in Vermont Municipal Government: How It's Done and How to Stop It." Recorded in Montpelier June 21, 2011. Part 2 speakers are: Vermont Auditor Tom Salmon, Thomas Gughes, Donald Keelan, Wendy Wilson and Don Hewitt.

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.

MyWebGrocer announces their purchase of the Champlain Mill in Winooski, Vermont. This purchase, renovation, and the move of MyWebGrocer’s corporate headquarters to the Champlain Mill will accommodate their ongoing, rapid growth over the past two years, which they expect to continue in 2011 as the nation’s leading provider of digital grocery services. The announcement is made at the Champlain Mill, with Governor Peter Shumlin, Michael O’Brien, the mayor of Winooski, and Katherine Decarreau (Deac), City Manager of Winooski, in attendance.