Episode 21

A proposal for the future of Vermont

May 21, 2021 (prerecorded 5/17): The Vermont Council on Rural Development is convening a summit on the state's future.

What policies, investments, and strategies does Vermont need to build stronger communities? More importantly, how can it create communities, and an economy, that is just and sustainable for all of us?

To learn more or register for the summit, visit: https://www.futureofvermont.org

Theme music by Red Heart the Thicker

About the Podcast

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

About your hosts

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.