Last year, the Vermont Futures Project convened a steering group of entrepreneurs and innovators to make recommendations to grow the number of mid-sized businesses (from 20 to 499 employees) in Vermont by 25% between now and 2040. Our pillar partner, John Burton, has been traveling the state gathering input from businesses on best practices in … Read more
The Vermont Futures Project has identified six pillars, each one with a long-term goal. We continue to progress in these areas, enriching that discussion with data, research, education and recommendations – demonstrating how a healthy economy provides opportunities for people and contributes to Vermont’s unique quality of life. MORE NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT Whether you’re … Read more
The Vermont Futures Project issued six workforce recommendations last fall and the first two have been completed. We recommended stronger state and regional employment demand data to inform recruitment efforts by educational institutions and employers. MORE NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT Whether you’re a large or small business, an industry or a regional leader, you can … Read more
With the release of the Vermont Department of Labor’s initial statewide data and the new CTE Region Jobs Distribution and Concentration Report, we are confident the information now exists to help make appropriate decisions to secure the workforce of the future. The Legislature once again appropriated funds to continue to encourage people to live and … Read more
After a year and a half of work addressing Vermont’s workforce and talent challenges, the Vermont Futures Project is launching its work to address our Innovation and Entrepreneurship goal. To begin, we assembled an initial steering group of 16 experts from around the state for a workshop as part of the 2018 Business Expo. The invited … Read more