On April 10th, BDCC Welcoming Communities Manager Alex Beck and Brattleboro Town Manager John Potter attended Welcoming Interactive 2024, the annual conference of Welcoming America. Welcoming America is a national nonprofit "leading a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous…
Last fall, the BDCC sponsored an Early Childhood Educators training for New Vermonters, in partnership with Building Bright Futures, Winston Prouty, CCV Northern Lights and our regions English-Language Learning educators. Sixteen students enrolled in the initial preparatory course for the…
On January 17th, BDCC staff traveled to Greentech Renewables in Burlington with 7 New Vermonters to attend the Vermont Electrification Summit. The event brought regional electricians, solar installers, and energy management experts to learn about emerging green technology coming to…
On December 19th 2023, Welcoming Communities Manager Alex Beck joined Fish on the Vermontitude podcast. Vermontitude is brought to you by Vermont News & Media, Great Eastern Radio and BCTV. The three media outlets have teamed up with Vermontitude to…
Last summer, the BDCC began the beta testing phase of the Vermont Employment Pathfinder initiative. Starting in January of 2023, with a grant from the US Department of Labor via Former Senator Leahy, the BDCC has been collaborating with Dutch…
On November 14th, Welcoming Communities Director Alex Beck was featured on Livability's "Inside America's Best Cities" Podcast. He joined to share about Brattleboro’s Welcoming Workplaces Initiative supporting local employers in welcoming all kinds of employees, particularly immigrants and refugees new…
On September 27th and 28th, the Southern Vermont Welcoming Communities initiative was front and center at the Radically Rural conference, hosted by the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship and The Keene Sentinel. Radically Rural "builds powerful networks of passionate, engaged,…
This article was initially published by Courtney Hillhouse on the Building Bright Futures website. VECF Spotlight: Early Childhood Workforce Development for New Vermonters in Brattleboro “The feel-good is great, but the real feel-good is doing something that lasts longer than the…
On June 13th, human resource and operations professionals from 7 of Southern Vermont’s largest businesses including Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Chroma Technology Corps, Commonwealth Dairy, and The Brattleboro Retreat, participated in a Welcoming Workplaces workshop. This event was the next in…
On May 8th, BDCC's Welcoming Communities Manager, Alex Beck, moderated “From Areas of Conflict to Vermont”. This event was hosted and organized by the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC). The event featured volunteers and local content experts who shared about…