Inspired by Abundance: How to Build a Future of Innovation, Opportunity, and Prosperity by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, this community panel explores how Burlington can embrace an “abundance mindset”—centering innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving to build a greener, more resilient future.
Panelists: Chad Farrell, Founder and co-CEO at Encore Renewable Energy, Dr. Rachael Floreani, Associate Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Manufacturing at the University of Vermont. Founder and CEO of Burlington Bio,  Alex Hernandez, President, Champlain College
Moderated by Marguerite Dibble, Founder, GameTheory

This panel is sponsored by the Friends of Fletcher Free Library’s Capital Campaign Committee and Champlain College, as part of our new Civic Reads series. The series is designed to spark deeper community conversations about the issues shaping Burlington’s future, fostering dialogue, connection, and civic imagination. The event also offers an opportunity to engage ahead of co-author Derek Thompson’s keynote at the Vermont Business Roundtable Breakfast (learn more at https://vtroundtable.org/)

Copies of this book are available now at Fletcher Free Library in print, e-book, and audiobook formats. Join us to read, reflect, and imagine Burlington’s future together.