Ideas For The Future Of Vermont – Reform Regional Coordination and Planning

The 8th episode of “Ideas for the Future of Vermont” focuses on the “Reform of regional coordination and governance and the advancement of efficiency and foresight in state planning”. The panel guests are: Justin Johnson, the former Secretary of Administration for Gov. Peter Shumlin, who currently works with the the Montpelier lobbying firm MMR on a variety of state and national policy issues; Bill Schubart, a retired businessman and active fiction writer, who served on a number of boards, legislative commissions and initiatives of statewide significance; Paul Costello, the Executive Director of The Vermont Council on Rural Development. The Vermont Council on Rural Development and GNAT-TV, in conjunction with the Barre Montpelier Times Argus and the Rutland Herald, partner to present this 10-part series on some of the most pressing issues in Vermont today. The VCRD welcomes your ideas and participation: visit futureofvermont.org to learn more and take part in the “Proposition Survey.”