Economy & Business

Members of the Senate Health & Welfare and the Senate Economic Development Committees take public testimony on S.57, the Senate version of the Health Care Reform bill. Testifying are members of the business community: employers and employees. Recorded 3/24/11.

WWYW is a multimedia program focusing on issues of accountability, that is produced by the Government Accountability Project, the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Episode 31 Segment 1: The Future of WPEA, Tom Devine and Peter Sapp. Segment 2: Food Safety Whistleblower Kenneth Kendrick.
 

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Senator Patrick Leahy,  Vermont Secretary of Commerce and Community Development Lawrence Miller, Jay Peak Resort President Bill Stenger, and Sugarbush President Win Smith, announce the Senator's effort to permanently authorize the popular EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center program.  Leahy has led efforts in the U.S. Senate to extend the pilot program since its creation in 1993.  Jay Peak and Sugarbush are both part of Vermont’s successful EB-5 Pilot Project, which is administered by the state.  The Regional Center program has generated more than a billion dollars in capital investment in American communities and created thousands of domestic jobs – hundreds, in Vermont -- since 1993.  The Centers attract foreign investors seeking legal permanent residency and a chance to invest in the American economy.

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.