Commission on the Future of Economic Development

The Commission on the Future of Economic Development for Vermont (CFED) is hosting public meetings throughout the state to stimulate local, regional and state conversations on specific strategies to create jobs and opportunities for you and your children, for entrepreneurs, and businesses and employers of all sizes in our communities.  CFED is seeking your ideas and specific suggestions on what the state's role and priorities should be in the next five, ten or twenty years.  CFED will use the results of this process in regions through the state to help inform a coherent strategic plan to guide state action and measure our progress as a state to meeting its goals.  

• What makes you optimistic about the future for your job, your business or the local economy in general?
• What concerns do you have about the future of jobs, economic opportunity and business activity in your region?
• What are the best opportunities for new jobs and business in the region?
• What are the major concerns of workers and community members related to economic security and future opportunities?
• Are there specific types of businesses and employers who represent the future for the region?
• What is the most important investment or program for the region that would help stimulate and grow opportunities here?
• Which programs are already doing a good job to support job creation and economic opportunity and should be kept and reinforced?
• What is the biggest barrier to good jobs and future opportunities for you and your children?
• What do local businesses and employers need most to succeed?
• What are you willing to do to help insure a bright future for the Vermont economy?

Comments can be submitted to CFED at any time.  Click here to post a comment.

On May 21st you will have a chance to meet members of Vermont's Commission on the Future of Economic Development.  These citizen volunteers are in the middle of a long term process to bring the best information and public responses together in order to help build and prioritize actions to guide Vermont's future plans and investments. 

KEEP RETURNING TO THIS WEBSITE FOR NEW INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE.

The current Strategic Plans and Resources of the State of Vermont

Current plans and resources can be accessed here.

Local resources and an overview of the CFED activities on May 21st.

The public meeting of CFED will be from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Hauke Family Campus Center at Champlain College.

Please circulate information on this meeting widely.

For a more comprehensive look at all activities on May 21st, see the overview of the CFED day in Burlington.

Regional resources on economic development include:

 Chittenden County Strategic Economic Development Plan - Summary - June 2004

Long-Term Strategic Economic Development Plan - 2004

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Chittenden County - Executive Summary - June 2005

Fostering Innovation in the Green Mountain State:  Vermont as a Knowledge-based Society - November 2003

Environmental Enterprises in Vermont:  Opportunities for the 21st Century - April 2008

Surviving in a Flat World:  The Challenges and Opportunities of Creating and Preserving Jobs and Economic Opportunities for Working Vermonters - GBIC testimony to the Vermont Legislature - November 2005

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Local partners in economic development:

These local organizations have lent their time and expertise to CFED to help organize the regional visit.  Their websites contain links to documents and programs that are important resources in understanding the current state of economic opportunity and jobs in the region.