1. What specific policy changes are you working on during this legislative term in order to help small businesses grow and be more sustainable?
2. The title "New Economy" seems like a complete change from the system that we have now. Is the organization mainly trying to enact new policies to help businesses and communities or trying to alter existing policies and regulations so that coincide with the ideals of the organization?
3. Are you working more with banks and larger organizations to address the problems or focussing on the small businesses and working from the bottom up?
4. Are there disagreements with what your doing with any major group or organization in Vermont?
5. While working towards fostering a "New Economy", what steps are the organizations in the coalition taking to protect jobs/employers that are already here so that job creators remain able to attract new investment?
ReplyDelete6. What ideas does the VNE coalition have to aggressively market Vermont as not only a premeir destination for tourism and recreation, but also as an investment and business-friendly state?
7. Thoughts/strategies to address Vermont's crisis?
(Brendan Bradley):
ReplyDelete8. What are some key organizational characteristics? What is the “feel” of Vermonters for a New Economy?
9. What do you hope to get out of new communication materials? Is there a certain target audience we are trying to reach?
10. Is it more important to attract new members or promote current members with our communication pieces?
11. What is the current marketing strategy, if any? In what ways do you hope to change this?