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Comments to VT Community Foundation 11/19/2014
I believe expressed opinions warrant a disclosure of bias and so will start by sharing mine. I’m a humanist. I believe in the power of citizen-engaged democracies to improve the… Read More
School & Municipal Leadership Conference Aug., 14, 2014
Good morning. I’m here because I served on the Blue Ribbon Legislative Tax Commission several years back. I now know that “Blue Ribbon” means thank you for your service, we’ll… Read More
Talk with Affordable Housing Convention – July 14, 2014
Our state’s prescient motto, “Freedom and Unity” sums up the fragile equilibrium between the independent rights accorded to each of us to provide for ourselves and our families and our… Read More
• Brave New Worlds: A Conversation about Independent Publishing
• Brave New Worlds: A Conversation about Independent Publishing with author and VPR commentator Bill Schubart, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 6:30-8pm, $30 Bill Schubart writes about Vermont in fiction, humor, and… Read More
Keynote Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership
My first exposure to the idea that Burlington’s shoreline had any other significance than as a large body of water was when I was 15 and my mother gave me… Read More
COMMENTS DELIVERED BY FORMER CHAIR, BILL SCHUBART
Below are comments delivered by former chair, Bill Schubart (1998-2000) during Chairmen’s Circle panel at VBR’s 2012 Summer Membership Meeting on June 14, 2012. At 67, and barely able to… Read More
Mt Abraham Academic Excellence Night Comments
Thanks for inviting me to join you in this celebration. It’s always a pleasure to return to Mount Abraham. I enjoyed my time here greatly and my children Steve and… Read More
VT Bus. for Social Responsibility Comments 5/12/2011
I’d like to wind up the day by saying a few words about the social contract. I think we can all agree that the social contract is an agreement between… Read More
Myths of Economic Development & Taxation in Vermont
Before I get down to economic development, let me make a few general remarks that may unsettle your thinking: All too often, economic development is defined not by its opportunities… Read More
Economic Development Speech Green Mtn. Business Expo
I’d like to talk with you today about the new reality of economic development in Vermont. Historically, I don’t believe we’ve been very strategic in our business development initiatives, choosing… Read More
*Champlain College Graduation Speech ’08
Thank you. I am honored to be here today and am mindful that I am here because of you all and what you have accomplished. You have made today possible… Read More
*Key Note: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
A month ago, I was standing in the Sala della Pace in the Palazzo Publico in Siena, Italy, looking up at a fresco by Ambrogio Lorenzetti depicting the virtues of… Read More