Vermont’s Economy, Working Lands, Demographics and Energy: A Week on Common Sense Radio
Common Sense Radio with Bill Sayre, weekdays, 11 o’clock till Noon. Guests and Topics for the week of September 28, 2026
Monday, September 28, 2026. Bill Sargent — forester, and author of the memoir entitled Fifty Years as a Dirt Forester, always Outside, never behind a desk — joins Bill to discuss the closure of Finch Paper Company’s wood yard, and what it means for the Vermont forests products industry, our working forests, and those who depend on our working forests for environmental benefits, including reducing our Carbon footprint. Also to preview his upcoming book.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Mark Higley, State Representative from parts of Lamoille County, joins Bill to discuss the challenges facing those who earn their living from Vermont’s working farms and working forests, and the communities that depend upon them. And how we can best address them.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Kevin Chuc, of the Vermont Futures Project, joins Bill to continue their discussion about the future of Vermont’s demographics, and the connections with Vermont’s public policy issues — housing, education, health care, property taxes, income, grand list, and economic growth.
Thursday, October 1, 2024. Art Woolf, Economist, Demographer, and Substack Author entitled, Davis Dewey is Rich, joins Bill to explore key measures of the economic wellbeing in the Vermont families and business and businesses, and the factors that will determine future trends.
Friday, October 2, 2026. Matt Cota, of Meadow Hill Consulting, joins Bill to discuss the paradoxes and predicaments of Vermont’s energy policy situation, and how best to resolve it.
