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Fund's aim is to tip the balance

Posted on February 16, 2012 |
By David Donahue



I have lived in Addison County for 14 years, a drop in the bucket compared to many of my friends and neighbors. It’s a place that I am proud to call home. And although I love my hometown, Cornwall, clearly Middlebury is the economic engine that makes our county hum. 

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Fund would help attract new jobs

Posted on February 14, 2012 |
By Nick Artim



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Pro-business culture needed

Posted on February 2, 2012 |
By Fred Baser



This the fifth in a series of opinion pieces discussing a proposal for Middlebury to create a fund that promotes economic development.

Fred Baser co-founded Bristol Financial Services in 1990. He is a past selectman in Bristol, a justice of the peace, chairman of the town’s Revolving Loan Fund Committee and a longtime member of the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center board.

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College role in town fund is vital

Posted on January 26, 2012 |
By Tom Corbin



Tom Corbin has, over the past three decades, taken leadership roles in the Middlebury Development Corp., the Downtown Middlebury Business Bureau, the Addison County Chamber of Commerce and the Addison County Economic Development Corp. He works at Middlebury College and lives in Charlotte.

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Middlebury business fund a smart move

Posted on January 19, 2012 |
By Ben Wilson



This is the third opinion piece in a series discussing a proposal for Middlebury to create a fund that promotes economic development in town. Ben Wilson grew up in Middlebury, is an attorney in town and is vice president of the Better Middlebury Partnership.

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Economic fund would mean jobs

Posted on January 12, 2012 |
By G. Kenneth Perine



This is the second opinion piece in a series discussing a proposal for Middlebury to create a fund that promotes economic development in town. G. Kenneth Perine is president and CEO of National Bank of Middlebury.

The recent New Hampshire primary has underscored that the economy is the principal concern of Americans today. And well it should be. Commercial loan demand is at all time lows as companies delay expansion and future investment, principally because sales are lackluster.

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Series explores business development fund

Posted on January 5, 2012 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



Trying to create good paying jobs has become a national obsession. All political candidates are for it; states and cities are devising ways to promote it; and every taxpaying citizen who is underpaid and overworked (or jobless) is clamoring for better jobs — preferably near their home.

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