Economy & Business

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Accountable Governance 02/11/2011

Part of the Open World Program enabling young Eurasian elected officials and civic leaders observe the democratic system firsthand. Local sponsorhip by the Vermont Council on World Affairs.

Bilingual Burlington Bilingue - Classe 3 02/10/2011

Elementary Business French for downtown Burlington retail and hospitality workers. Intructor Kim Chase, teacher at Hunt Middle School in Burlington. A production of The Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region and the Church Street Marketplace Association. Underwritten by Ernie Pomerleau. For more information about this program and how to be involved email Steve Norman at: stevenorman@fastmail.fm or go to www.aflcr.org.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day, Part 2 02/09/2011

Vermont's Nonprofit Sector and the Legislative Agenda. Panel moderated by Stuart Comstock-Gay, President, Vermont Community Foundation, Panel: Churchill Hindes, Visiting Nurses Association, Catherine Kalkstein, Vermont Women's Fund, Gretchen Morse, United Way of Chittenden County, Senator Diane Snelling/Appropriations and Representative Mark Larson/Health Care.

Common Good Vermont: Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day, Part 1 02/09/2011

Common Good Vermont Annual Meeting followed by Workshop: Advocacy Successes: How to Influence the Vermont Legislature. Moderator Kevin Ellis of KSE. Panel: John Shullenberger, Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition, Andrea Cohen, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility and Paul Burns of VPIRG.

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 02/08/2011

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. Ward 5 meet the SECOND Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Department of Public Works
645 Pine Street.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 02/03/2011

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.

Bilingual Burlington Bilingue - Classe 2 02/03/2011

Congressman Peter Welch: Rep. Peter Welch - Farm-to-Plate Roundtable Discussion 02/03/2011

The second stop on a month long listening tour, Rep. Peter Welch tours the Intervale's food distribution center, then sits down with farmers, distributors, consumers, economic development officials and business leaders to discuss how the federal government can support Vermont's agricultural community. The roundtable comes on the heels of the release of the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan, a report written by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund at the request of the Vermont Legislature.

Whistle Where You Work: Immigration Detention Reform - Financial Reform and the SEC, Episode 30 02/03/2011

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 30 Segment 1: Immigration Detention Reform. David Shapiro and Brittney Nystrom. Segment 2: Financial Reform and th SEC. Interview with Jason Zuckerman.

If you want to purchase a copy of this program, please visit http://www.whistleblowertv.org/.

Colchester Town Budget Presentation 01/27/2011

Colchester Assistant Town Manager, Joan Boehm, present the town budget for fiscal 2011-12.

If you want to puchase a copy of this programplease contact LCATV: 862-5724 or email info@lcatv.org.

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.