Brian Pine, a financing consultant in the energy and utility industry, wrote an opinion piece, published in the Burlington Free Press, analyzing the risks and benefits of the various bids for Burlington Telecom. You can read it here.
Don Schramm wrote this piece in support of KBTL and submitted it to the Burlington Free Press: My Turn – August 2017 Eighteen years ago the Burlington City Council made an extraordinary (and good) decision. They selected among several candidates and chose the Onion River Coop to create City Market as our downtown supermarket. Today […]
City Market wrote a letter to the City of Burlington in support of our intent to purchase Burlington Telecom. Here’s the letter: Reference Letter for Keep BT Local_July 2017-3
We are happy to announce that you can now invest directly in Keep BT Local’s effort to purchase Burlington Telecom. We are working with Milk Money Vermont to offer both accredited, and non-accredited investors throughout Vermont the opportunity to invest in KBTL. We have set a goal of raising $1 million as part of our […]
Key Talking Points The BT Co-op meets key community interest. A survey of City residents by the Burlington Telecom Advisory Board (BTAB) found Local Ownership of primary importance. The BT Co-op will repay city taxpayers multi-fold over its lifetime. Residents of Burlington know that they paid $16.9 million towards the existing utility that is now […]
While the City of Burlington has not made public the details of any offers for Burlington Telecom, we do want to let folks know the basics of our offer. We have two reasons for this. One, we are currently raising capital through a Preferred Equity offering, and we thought it necessary to make this information […]
Local Ownership Will Deliver Best Long-Term Equity and Taxpayer Value to Burlington June 30, 2017 Dear BTAB Members, We are writing in support of the bid of the Keep BT Local Cooperative to purchase Burlington Telecom. According to the survey of City residents by The Burlington Telecom Advisory Board (BTAB), Local Ownership is of primary […]
The 2016 Annual Meeting took place on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 PM at the Champlain Senior Center. The Board wishes to thank the Champlain Senior Center for the efforts of their staff to ensure that the meeting went smoothly.The Board also wishes to thank City Market for their generous donation of coffee and Channel […]
Mission Statement Keep BT Local Cooperative is a Burlington-based subscriber-owned cooperative dedicated to the profitable operation of Burlington Telecom. Our goal is to enhance the quality of life, promote economic development and reinvest in our community by providing its individuals, businesses and institutions with high quality and unfettered access to the Internet, communications services, video […]
In case you’ve been wondering what the KBTL Board’s been doing lately, here are some recent highlights: May 23, 2016 – The Board approved a Capital Search Committee. We are already having discussions with a number of lenders who have expressed interested in the project. Nonetheless, given the size of our project, we need to […]
