Middlebury & Bristol Are Next for Lt. Gov. Dubie’s Jobs Tour
(Montpelier, VT, March 5, 2010) – The next leg of Lt. Governor Brian Dubie’s Jobs Tour will take him to Middlebury and Bristol on Monday. He launched the Jobs Tour on January 13 and has so far has travelled to Rutland, Windham, Bennington, Chittenden, Franklin, Caledonia and Lamoille counties, asking local area employers how the state can best help them retain existing jobs and grow new jobs.
Since taking office in 2003, Dubie has travelled all over the country and the world to promote Vermont businesses. He says that keeping existing jobs in Vermont and attracting new jobs requires Vermont to compete not just with 49 other states, but the world as well.
Forbes Magazine recently ranked Vermont as the 47th best state in the nation to do business. The ranking is down eleven spots from the previous year. Dubie attributes it in part to the state legislature’s failure to reduce state spending and “right-size” state government. “Actions have consequences,” he said, “and raising taxes in a recession, as the legislature did last year, is not leadership. It sends the message that Vermont is closed for business. When our small businesses grow, we create the revenue that funds all the great things that we value in our state.”
Lt. Governor Dubie says he is bullish on Vermont. “There is no bigger cheerleader for Vermont than me,” Dubie said. “But we simply must do better than 47th. Making Vermont the best state in New England to earn a living and run a small business must be priority number one,” he stated.
The itinerary for Monday is as follows:
MIDDLEBURY JOBS TOUR
8 March, 2010
SPONSORS:
Robin Scheu – Addison County Economic Development
Andy Mayer – Addison County Chamber of Commerce
Adam Lougee – Addison County Regional Planning Commission
7:05 WVTK 92.1 – The Wake Up Crew with Bruce Zeman
8:15 – 9:15 Coffee Round Table with area employers
Ilsley Library Community Meeting Room, 75 Main Street, Middlebury
9:15 – 9:45 Downtown Walkaround
Walk from library. Includes seeing the Cross Street Bridge.
9:50 – 12:15 Briefings & Tours – Middlebury Manufacturers
Maple Landmark, 1297 Exchange Street, Mike Rainville
Green Mountain Beverage,153 Pond Lane, Dan Rowell
Danforth Pewter, 52 Seymour St, Lawrence Miller
Vermont Organic Fiber, 52 Seymour St, Matt Mole
12:15 – 1:15 Round Table Lunch with area employers
Addison County Regional Planning, 14 Seminary Street, MIddlebury
1:15 – 1:30 TRAVEL TO BRISTOL
1:30 – 2:15 Briefing & Tour – Senix Corporation
52 Maple St., Bristol
