“What the Legislature was interested in back in 1995 was that we need an organization that's going to think ahead 10, 15, 20 years, and look at what our economy is going to look like in the future.”
“Especially in a state that is so rural, like Vermont, in order to compete in the global marketplace, in order to be able to sell as many of their products locally, it's a very useful strategy to have businesses come together in the form of a business network, or an association.”
