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Opportunities to better capitalize and launch resources in community-the internal Market. There's a disconnect of people coming to VT and not engaging or communicating with each other. We see a lot of talent coming to VT, but not sure how to plug them in. Need to better communicate w/ people who come to VT and who want to contribute. Everything is so spread-out, don't understand all the resources available to them. Can build a community here w/more niche interests and occupations--film makers, experts in their field, writers, etc... CONNECT THIS TO ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Mentors/Advisors
Experts
Investors
Money does not understand the Value of Creative-Driven projects. Can't get in front of the right people. Wealthy people can drive the community arts scene and business development too. Small and large monies can get involved in communities.
Move to rural VT b/c of Pandemic
VT is a safe and healthy place to live and raise a family
Drive-up housing prices with greater demand
"Close the door behind you" mentality
"Don't always make good neighbors"
Part-time residents
A lot of need for investments in Downtowns: Life/work balance for employees. Create a vision for downtown redevelopment with affordable housing options. White River Junction is a good example of this type of project and has been planning/working on it for years. Intentional redevelopment.
Low quality student apt housing
lack of available housing for working VTers
Create a housing fund for employees to fix-up old houses and/or motels.
Housing. There's not enough housing and a lot of homes are in rural areas and in poor condition.
Schools
Broadband and need IT access across the state--this is a huge issue. Need broadband for faculty is insufficient for them to do their jobs--increased Internet across the state
Businesses
IT and communication: Broadband, an issue Better service throughout the state. Need more connectivity in the state so more people can prosper.
Homes
Tactical-need 500 people right now who can install Broadband deployment in the state. We don’t have the people who can install fiber cable at the moment.
Federal funding for the initiative to install for Broadband statewide.
Broadband needs and poorer people don't have adequate connectivity.
Uniform access to broadband and cell phone connections and more IT training.
Broadband infrastructure to support more economic growth and more accessible education opportunities
There are two issues: 1. Infrastructure to get the fiber to the homes. 2. Affordability and how will people pay for it? People need to understand broadband’s importance to their lives and how to leverage this connectivity. Different demographics are affected in the Digital Economy. Many new opportunities = Women, BIPOC, community dev., education and scalability
Develop more broadband so all employees could work from home. Need to fix this fast.
Broadband and IT for fiber in rural settings. That will draw more people and businesses here.
Multinational digital economy. Economy and tech. training. Writing the 10 year telecom plan for the State. Springfield/Randolph. Broadband across the state is the major issue. Needed on-going automation, capture Software, IT, training and placing of people.
Supply chain education
Farm to table
Nutrition/health Education
Higher Ed
Public Ed.
Early Childhood Ed
adequate nutrition
Farmers' Markets
School programs
Food Security
Tourism and wine tastings
Many successful distillers
Growing market
Brewery Supply companies
Breweries
need to save the dairy industry
30K Vermonters should complete their degrees--UVM, CCV, and the state college systems need to work together to complete their degrees.
Too many students who left college before graduation need to get back to College. Need an easier on-Ramp to College. Colleges must make it easier for continuing Ed vs. Conventional College students. Traditional vs. Nontraditional.
Work with VSAC to make something happen?
Workforce Development Opportuities
Guaranteed employment post-graduation
Training Opportunities
VT Work Contract
Many college career professionals unaware of opportunities in VT
UVM staff and faculty recommend students leave VT to find work. They tell students, "don't stay in VT; there are no jobs"
Career planning post graduation
Internships/Coops/Practicums
Cooperative Programs (Coops)
Longer-term paid internships
On the job training
Free training for the students and they can get college credit
Hiring commitment afterwards
internships are a great way for job training and get to know the company. Many companies hire their interns.
Paid tuition?
Pay for a year of tuition like Northeastern
1 year
year long programs work
See Northeastern Univ.'s model
More colleges in VT should follow the Coop model
Training on soft skills and networking needed
Student need to better advocate for themselves and learn to take risks in a company
Non-college internships
Home Schools
Private Schools
Charter Schools
Independent Schools
High Schools
Voc. Tech Centers
Great way for student to learn the corp culture
Mirco-internships (2-3 weeks)
Short-term Internships
A great way for companies to get needed research projects done.
Work-based projects
UVM uses a private company to do this--parkerdewy.com
Financial advice and education for business
Mentorship
SCORE Advisors
Short-term courses
Business assistance for expansion/growth
Financial literacy education
Need more entrepreneurship and financial literacy education in the state. There's an opportunity to show kids living in poverty conditions the value of math and its application to getting funding and starting and growing a business. This will increase their chances to rise out of poverty, and increase their income potential. Demonstrate the link to entrepreneurship and financial security.
Mandatory education in public schools?
Federal ED. programs
SBA
State Ed Programs
Dept. of Labor
Workforce Development
Agency of Commerce & Community Development
Dept of Ed
Higher Ed. Curriculua
Private Insitutions
State College System
Community College--CCV
VT Technical College
Northern VT Univ.
Johnson Campus
Lyndon Campus
CCV
Castleton University
For UVM to be more integrated and in a mindful way. More integration in the University and work on research projects to influence policy in the state.
UVM will re-engage closer to help with community involvement. The pandemic, Black Lives Matter and other major social justice issues have taken up a lot of energy at the University. The school knows that they need to be more involved in the community and they will in the near future (fall 2021).
The attitude toward higher ed in the state Budget--very low state funding support and the new England colleges are some of the highest state schools in the U.S.
UVM is lacking the resources and need more support to get the job done. Not able to do the real work that matters with a lot more infrastructure to support the non-profit work--people are spread thin and doing a lot of smaller tasks to get the job done, but not meaningful.
Intellectual Property is very valuable on the UVM campus. Create more opportunities for community support.
UVM is Not doing a great job at promoting VT. They have conflicting schools at UVM-- a Community Economic Dev(socialism)- and their Environmental School--”no business growth and tax everything.” Too many conflicting Entities within the UVM system.
In-state tuition/Very expensive @ UVM compares to the US. and the rest of the nation.
Skills Acquisition
People and many BIPoC people should take more opportunities for skill development. A lot of programs available, but don't take advantage--sometimes the social support programs in VT are too good and they don't want to leave it.
Take more advantage of the free educational programs in VT.
State workforce development training classes
Limited opportunities for poorer people in VT. There are many opps to benefit the upper socioeconomic people and don't Benefit people on the lower End of the Spectrum. There's a Parity of clases and there’s a widening of the “haves” and “have nots.” Income disparity is an issue and more property owners coming from out of State. Wealthier people have more access to land, housing and other opportunities in VT.
Brain Drain
College grads leaving state
It seems that all motivated young people move away to get stimulated, earn income, and get ahead. Young people want to Surround themselves w/ other motivated people. How to do that? Need more professional Entry-level positions so they can grow and develop here.
Upward mobility
Opps for growth within an company or org.
Not as much need for certain/higher levels of Education because there’s not a lot of upward Mobility. Young people cannot move-up. Need more opportunities for career Development in Rural VT.
Workforce training and Academics to prepare for the Job Market. Better Equipped to join the Workforce. Should custom Taylor Academic Curriculum to suit each company and each industry. This will help to retain younger employees.
Younger people to work in and stay in jobs in VT. 22-30 yr old people don’t have enough opportunity. A lot of the “driven” and motivated people are here, but no opportunities, so they leave the state. Need more to happen here and keep them in state. There are too many young people (22-30) who don't want to do anything, and do the bare minimum to get by and just not get fired. It seems that all motivated young people move away to get stimulated, earn income, and get ahead. Young people want to surround themselves w/ other motivated people. How to do that? Need more professional entry-level positions so they can grow and develop here.
Housing for young people
The cost of living is too high. The Housing prices are high and Shortages of inventory. Should have more ability for people to save--expenses are too high. We need more housing and need 500 apts right now in the downtown. Housing Crisis.
Money coming into state- Build more housing.$200 m on housing Biggest investment by 10x. State now has resources. Permitting process is still difficult. ACT 250 inconsistency in permitting
Opportunity: $1B from American Rescue Project and $200M investment into new housing. Opp to rethink how We always did things. Think of things in new ways because of the Pandemic to attract more young people
First time homeowners
Opportunity: Millennials are the Largest Homebuyers. VT can capitalize & attract more people. Outdoor recreation Sector very important to this group. Housing is a huge problem: too much spent on housing.
Rental proerties
Not many apts available in Burlington area
Very expensive (like Boston)
Not many available
Rollover apts to friends or classmates--revolving door
Students pay for longer-term leases
"Slumlords"
They know parents will pay
Out of state students (parents) will pay a lot
Drives rental prices up
Workers with out transportation need to stay in urban areas
Need to find housing within urban area (Burlington)
Rely on public transportation
Can be difficult for differing shift times
Unmotivated workers
Stay in VT?
Limited jobs outside of Burlington area
Limited housing opps.
Limited upward mobility
Service Industry
VT has a lot of service jobs and needs young people to fill them. The tourism industry depends on this. Companies rely on international workers to fill these positions--difficult during the pandemic for these workers to come here.
Plenty of entry level jobs
There are too many young people (22-30) who don't want to do anything, but do the bare minimum to get by and not get fired.
Underemployed young workers
Stay in underemployed jobs
not always motivated to develop
Many entry-level jobs don't offer advancement
Summer/seasonal work
Difficult to find housing
Some college students can save money and live at home if they're local.
Ski bum
Many young people stay doing this for too long
It's okay to be a ski bum or a bartender to figure out what you want to do.
Entry level jobs
A lot of turn-over in these jobs and this can be difficult for employers.
Motivated workers
1. work on being More Experimental 2. Action-Based leadership to enage more alignment. 3. Make people Better decision Makers & TAKE ACTION. Do it + take responsibility and get it done! Do, don't just talk about it. Younger people need to be more confident in taking risks and learning from that experience.
Opportunities to better capitalize and launch resources in community-the internal Market. Disconnect of people coming to NT t not engaging r communicating with each other. a lot of talent Corny to VT, but not sure how to plug them in. Better communicate w/ people who come to VT and who want to contribute. Everything is so spread-out, don't understand all the resources available to them. Can build a community here w/more niche interests and occupations--film makers, experts in their field, writers, etc...
Remote work opportunities
We have a lot of opportunities to promote VT as a remote work destination to help support the economy. This can have a ripple effect for other areas in our economy.
Millennial Generation
Now actively buying houses--largest group
Major child care needs
They want development opportunites
Largest cohort in today's workforce
Gen Z
Risk Tolerance
Younger people need to be more confident in taking risks and learning from that experience.
1. work on being More Experimental 2. Action-Based leadership to enact more alignment. 3. Make people Better decision Makers & TAKE ACTION. Do it + take responsibility and get it done! Do, don't just talk about it.
"Younger people need to be more confident in taking risks and learning from that experience"
Move out of state
Lower cost of living
Move to other states like N. Carolina
More job opportunities
Warmer climate
Lower taxes
Lower housing costs
Higher salaries/wages
Creative opps. for young people in the state, new businesses and do good things in the World.
More job prospects
Younger people to work in and stay in jobs in VT. 22-30 yr old people don’t have enough opportunity. A lot of the “driven” and motivated people are here, but no opportunities, so they leave the state. Need more to happen here and keep them in state.
Workforce Development and attracting more labor. Hula is good at growing talent needs. More people to come here and join the workforce.
Be with like-minded ambitious people
Want to develop
Younger people to work in and stay in jobs in VT. 22-30 yr old people don’t have enough opportunity. A lot of the “driven” and motivated people are here, but no opportunities, so they leave the state. Need more to happen here and keep them in state. There are too many young people (22-30) who don't want to do anything, but do the bare minimum to get by and not get fired. It seems that all motivated young people move away to get stimulated, earn income, and get ahead. Young people want to Surround themselves w/ other motivated people. How to do that? Need more professional Entry-level positions so they can grow and develop here.
Need more upward mobility and need more opportunities for workers to grow and develop. Need to de-risk the threat of companies leaving the state and create more start-ups with funding to grow.
Advisory Group
Young groups of professionals to create and promote new IDEAS for VT. Ages: 22-35 yrs old motivated professionals meet to make future plans and give them the confidence and tools to do it. Think Big.
Millennials: Outdoor recreation sector is very important to this group.
Up-skills and Dev.
VTers to realize they can move up in their jobs and earn more with better skills. We need more of that.
Not always motivated to get more education. 30K Vermonters have not completed their college degrees. More "on-ramps" to degree completion is needed.
Development Opportunities
Upward Mobility to stay in VT
There are many entry-level jobs in State, but limited opportunities to get promoted. So many companies are so busy, they don't realize their own needs to grow.
Improve the way they incentivize financing of private and social sectors. Gov't Backs student loans now, we could think more broadly in that way to incentivize Universities to work w/ the private sector.
Burlington and Chittenden County
Regulations for business are onerous
Zoning law and regulation are too restrictive in Burlington
Lack of Business Development resources to help Business Dev. Sales & Marketing channels and more Export-Market opportunities. This Should be the focus. There’s very little State resources to support business and small companies. More focus on Int' l Trade/FDI recruitment and/EB 5 visas.
Community-Driven action. Make research actionable and be more Experimental. New ways to attract more people, new business approaches and marketing. Small towns should invest in more their own marketing and not rely on the state to do it for them. It should not be a state plan, but much more localized. Towns should invest in promoting themselves for new businesses and people to come to VT. $10K relocation "went "viral + brought a lot of notoriety. Pay you to come here rather than to Barbados."
Cannot compete with other states for cost of doing business
New Hampshire
Plattsburgh, NY
State government regulation is not open to business development. Gov't needs to be more open and friendly to business financing and growth.
Lack of "growth & expansion" mentality
Dept. of labor personnel are not Effective and look to gain more income from business in VT.
Antiquated Technologies
Gov't Agency-taking advantage of $4 Billion. Make tangible investments: Broadband is vital for the state's economic growth. This is a Once in a lifetime opportunity to make the Investments we need. Reverse the trends.
There’s an overly Bureaucratic Culture in VT gov’t. There’s a very low level of gov’t performance and need to set a new and higher expectation level for performance Think: “Performance State Government.”
Burlington is a difficult place to do business--high taxes and regulations.
Dedicate money to make more resources to make the government not remain to work in silos. People are not looking at the central mission of programs.
Shift away from taxed income and funding. Gov't Employees can make a lot of money, but they're not doing commensurate levels of Work. There must be more accountability in state and federal government entities. This is probably the case nationally and not only in VT. It's just we see it more because we're a smaller state.
Need more time to talk together and need to work more closely together (gov't). It’s not working well. Agencies that have the knowledge, need to lead it. Dedicate more functional gov’t practical delivery of programs.
The Chamber of commerce and other nonprofit membership driven orgs depend on the private sector.
Too Many membership-based organizations fighting over active membership and dues/income.
Nonprofit organizations could play a larger “matchmaker” role for employees and opportunities.
Elevate the Community. Tide rising boats, level Playing field for more resources to non-profits. To Help people with homes, access to healthy foods. "To make life Better." Be a Matchmaker and a connector.
Fierce Independence in the state to do their own thing and some organizations and programs are not effective.
There are too many orgs. in VT and stepping on one another. VT could be a lot stronger if there weren't so many competing interests.
Funders/foundations are highly populated by White, upper class people. Most funders in VT are not people of color. White People giving $ to People of Color and not understand the whole picture. Need More People of Color in the funding area.
VT has the most number of registered nonprofits per capita, except for D.C.
More information about nonprofits to access information about nonprofits and awareness.
Getting the word out about orgs and the people who can help.
An Audit of All organizations so funders to know where there's fundraising and development Standards for Nonprofits. Create a Certification for nonprofits and foundations.
It would be the UVM Medical Center and create a better working environment for all employees--there's so much stress and burnout and it's a very real problem. Also, provide more integrative teaching for docs and nurses to use so they take care of themselves and don't burnout.
Get more services into the hospital and more natural medicine as opposed to drugs and train all people in this work.
Some of VT's largest employers
Equity for the health professions also equals equity for the populations. Payments and paying for healthcare is a major issue. Healthcare providers need to work more as a team.
Huge salaries for doctors and administrators--out of step with VT
do not pay taxes (nonprofit)
College & Universities needs help in many ways. VT State College system: why is it faultering in the state? State needs a thriving economy in a faultering world.
Tuition and Financing Education
Technology and financial resources to develop a new way for student debt financing. NFT-Student loan program and create a student loan Swap concept. Similar to a Bond rater, create a swap Mechanism to show the value of a diploma. NFT--Spread cost of tuition over a lifetime with a carry-on tax to take with going forward. Research Novel ways to address the student finance problem.
Demographics-Students are not Classic 4 year degree students. They are more career-minded Majors like Arts and humanities are losing students--typical liberal arts ed is past? They Want career majors.
Higher ed needs closer partnerships with business in the state
Work more locally with larger global companies--Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and so many others. Develop a pilot project in the state to be an incubator to get broadband access and training throughtout the state. Need more high-quality childcare workers--educational training and create a model for the state where companies can be more competitive and develop ways to do it.
There’re a lot of opportunities in Montreal that must be realized. Montreal is only 50 minutes from St. Albans (by car).
Pressures to stay small and stay local
Education thing. Pathways to prosperity-"Growth is Good."
Frear that companies that grow in VT become too "corporate"
Afraid of growth
Talent access to human capital and have a high growth mindset. Thinking,"Small is beautiful" is hurting VT! Need to look for a greater opportunity for more growth. VT needs to think bigger, 0-70 is fine, but several hundred employees is more destined for success. Need more high growth companies and ideas. Need more skilled people to join these companies. Need clusters of people to work within industries with remote hiring offers and work in-person (hybrid). Advantage to have remote work a Solve for that type of company.
There are negative connotations about business growth in VT
Have a growth mindset. Need to think Bigger. VT legislators Believe rules of Economics don't apply to us. A re-Education about a" growth Mindset" the Company and community to Understand more growth. too much focus on Egalitarian approaches. Basic Community Economies & how it can grow.
City/state Regulatory pressures
Ways to limit growth--stay stagnate/static
Don't want to be too "corporate"
Community-Driven action. Make research actionable and be More Experimental. New ways to attract more people, New business approaches and marketing. Small Towns Should invest in more their own Marketing and not rely on the state. Not state plan, but localized. towns should invest in promoting themselves Ok to come to VT "went "viral + Brought a lot of notoriety. pay you to come here Barbados."
Mission and political pressures
Not good: the 3 party system in VT- Republicans, Democrats, and Progressives. This is not working well. Must have more representation from the middle: Democrats & Moderate Republicans. Need a 4th party in VT. A political party that sits in the middle w/rational people!
Forced Robinhood pressures
Lack of financial incentives
Leadership Roles: There’s an overly Bureaucratic Culture in VT gov’t. There’s a very low level of gov’t performance and need to set a new and higher expectation level for performance Think: “Performance State Government.”
Tax liabilities
Develop an Innovation District that provides state tax breaks for emerging companies.
With the VT Business Roundtable-positive Business Climate. No one takes clear responsibility for that.
Zoning Laws
Get city of Burlington to allow more places to live and change the zoning laws to allow for more places to live in the area.
State should focus on manufacturing more. This covers a lot and groups could come together to bring more manufacturing into the state. NY Plattsburgh does a lot to bring business there--cheaper, lower taxes and better paying jobs too.
State should focus on Manufacturing More. This Covers a lot Groups come together to bring Manufacturing into the state. NY Plattsburgh, does a lot to bring business there-cheap, lower taxes. Bitter paying jobs too.
Beta Technologies
Young professionals to have a foot foothold and retain them here. Beta technologies is the current the draw for Burlington.
a magnate for engineers
MIT students were here working in Burlington during COVID and the company just signed an agreement with UPS to use the electric aircraft--https://evtol.com/news/beta-technologies-ups-deal-150-evtol-aircraft/.
Growing rapidly
Need many more employees in this area. just not enough workers in VT
There are companies outside of Burlington that are expanding
GS Precision
Growth opportunities in the financial industry in VT. Most graduates move out of state because they're not aware of local opportunities.
The" greying" of our industry. More recruiting of young people to come to the state.
Captive Insurance
Get younger people to understand the industry and there's a lot of growth here. Need policy makers & desision-makers to get informaition about the growth potential. We can grow outside the traditional Marketplace. Companies & Nonprofits are the Marketplace and we need to be prepared to diversify. Again, greater emphasis on the promotion and education about the Captive VT. Infrastructure: Data and communications are good, but could be better. We'll see more work from home and telecommunting environment if good for the Captive Industry. Need more digital connectivity (broadband) for people living outside of the Burlington area--broadband access.
There’s a lot of growth opportunities in the Captive Industry. We can grow throughout the Economy
Hula living/working Campus
Recreation
Hula Surf Club
Next to the lake and bike path
Housing opportunities
Live and work in a community with young families interested in similar things
6 acre parking lot to be developed on Lakeside
Create a campus where people can live, work, and have childcare in the same vicinity. Hula is in the process of developing such an environment near the main Hula campus on Lakeside.
Incubator/Accelerator
Hula is a great example. People want to work in an environment that offers more job opps. for young people. So many people are making a lot of $ in the big cities, but are miserable with no work/life balance. Companies need to be conscious of people's private lives. Make the supportive atmosphere so that it's great to have flexibility in their lives.
See Change Sessions
H2O
World-wide representation about water resources
Mountain/Snow
Involvement from big ski/snowboard/etc companies. Cause awareness drivers and a magnate for other VT companies to join.
Hula Fund
Fund to help grow and support the VT economy
Need more innovative funds like this
Hula alone has provided $8 million in startup invesments. Over $35 million in leveraged financing.
Bring money and people together who know how to spend the money. People who know how to spend $ and to also create solutions that "connect the dots." Make more connections for people to engage. Many people want to be more involved--launch a plan to execute more young people's voices to engage in the state tech. Choose one company in the state. Where to start? Decision-makers need to take more action.
A Growth Mindset
New private capital investment and commitment
Some VT businesses can't get local funding, so they move out of state or are bought by outside investors.
Spawn new growth companies
Grow companies to stay
Businesses in VT need to think bigger and want to grow
Private investment into start-ups
A financial Services firm to put capital to work- invest in people and Companies Ideas. leverage Cheap monies for new business.
More Entrepreneurial Investors
Key is unlocking individual capital from high net worth people in the state into liquid capital. More Angel investors in the state. Loosen lender laws b/c capital is in short supply. Double the number of active investors in the state. We see people investing in places like Austin and San Fran., which is great. More Angel Groups, NEED More of those groups. 1.52% of the VT population in that range. More resources to 31 Investor-backed companies in VT. Nationally, 10% of the population are investors. In VT, that's 500 people (currently, only 300-350 active investors).
Create more access to capital. SVCs--Special Vehicles for Capital is one great opportunity. Need more programs for small investors to support new business--$1-5 Million investment opportunities. Lower level qualifications for investors with smaller capital investments. Free that up.
2nd & 3rd round funding
Access to capital Company: finding capitalize companies and get out of the way. Workforce development and more access to Transportation. Close more 2nd and 3rd rounds of investments in VT.
First Round
How to get more access to capital for start-ups. There's a really good infrastructure for funding-A lot of overlap of resources. Entrepreneurs Need to be resilient and have to do their due diligence in order to get access to money--have to work to get it and prove they're able to responsibly use the money. Must have friction in the process Don't Need to any new programs, but get better access to the right people.
Access to capital for both start-ups and business growth. Vermont is a beautiful place to live and work and we need to provide growth funding to keep them here and not have them move out of state to grow.
Angel Funders
Most people work with Registered Financial Advisors, who typically don't recommend investing in start-up companies. Registered Investment Advisors don't learn Entrepreneurial investments and this should be a way for local investors with more high net-worth to invest locally. Need more local investments, but they don't fit into VT regulations. Need more innovation around the regulation processes. Financial-tech innovations are an opportunity for VT. Captive Insurance model.
Need more investors who believe in start-ups
Bank Lending laws
Fix the lending Law in the state and need unfettered access for Bus. Lending Business owners don't need the same level of protection. Legislature Needs to understand diff. between 4 Business & Consumer Lending Laws. Deregulate that.
VEDA--VT Economic Development Authority (funding arm of the state and works with traditional bank loans). They do a good job, but could be a lot more innovative and reach a lot more businesses. They're too traditional and narrow-focused.
Business
Establish or buy a Bank and operate it like Silicon Valley Bank. With more direct capital. Problems can be solved with products to make it happen.
Consumer
VT lending laws are the same for the consumer as they are for business--too stringent.
Islamic Banking Laws
VT Banks/credit union programs
Opportunities Credit Union?
Sharia Law
Interest-free Lending
No current mechanism for interest-free lending
This is a bottleneck for some Muslim Vermonters
Benefits to Muslim Communities
BIPoC Owned
Business foundation and capital is focussed on white people and mostly men in private companies. Need to help and support New Americans and other BIPoC in business development and support.
BIPoC Communities
VT is a small state and causes a lot of isolation and lonliness. People can feel really isolated here, especially for BIPOC people who're not near their familiar race. Descrimination is harming people and affecting their mental and physical health. Feeling alone in a small state and not connected. Childcare is another issue. People who ask where you're from immediately and that makes you feel like you don't belong--not always intentional, but it's difficult. People are not aware of cultural issues, but it hurts. BIPOC people feel it every day.
Positive ways to build credit for employees
Income Advancement Programs
Rhino Foods, Inc.
Business expansions
Entrepreneurship opps
There's a lot of advice and support for startups
Need to promote the "Black Farming Program," but black people don't feel safe when they're the only people of color in some rural areas. Sometimes this is only a matter of lack of awareness or education.
People who ask where you're from immediately and that makes you feel like you don't belong--not always intentional, but it's difficult.
GSA -Gender & Sexuality Alliance in' the Schools (need more of these organizations in the schools). Also there should be a genderless Dress Code. More training for Adults in the Schools. Is the environment inclusive? Hard to balance the narratives around suicide and bullying. More perspectives and stories that doesn't just focus on the harm and negativity. There must be more joy and celebration.
All school Curricula that doesn't teach one genetic understanding. A world where you’re celebrated for who you are. Deep Skill-building about Accountability.
Need more training for teens transitioning and/or coming out.
Garments
Certain garments are needed for young trans people. Need more access to undergarments needed for students going through transition. School Nurses should have all the necessary garments available.
Difficult to find child care, especially during the pandemic. A single parent without support, has to work. What if they can't work remotely?
The gov't finds ways for new regulatory measures and policies around climate change. Many gov't leaders and legislators are out of touch about what's really needed to help working VTers.
VT needs to be a leader of progressive Policies political/environmental issues.
There could be many Climate refugees coming to VT in the future and we should be ready for that.
Opportunities to attract more "climate refugees" wanting to move to VT.
Look at the economy in a rational way to address climate change and activate the economic platform for greater opportunities.
It’s great that VT wants to focus on Social Missions and climate change initiatives, but we don't have the resources to spend money on a lot of cultural/environmental initiatives at the sacrifice of new job creation. We can't afford everything and develop new programs in the state. We’re too small to spend all our available resources to be the leader in Carbon Natural policies. It’s important, but we can't afford to do everything right now.
A lot of fixer uppers, many homes are too far gone to be repaired
Limited inventory to buy
limited rental units
Very high prop tax as a way for gov't to make up for lack of industrial tax base.
