Federal Reserve Bank of Boston profiles advisory council member Kevin Chu on data-led priorities for Vermont’s workforce and housing

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an interview with Kevin Chu, executive director of the Vermont Futures Project and a member of the New England Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC), outlining his focus on Vermont’s economic challenges and how the council feeds community-development insights into the Bank’s regional work. Chu described the Vermont Futures Project as a data-driven effort to support the state’s long-term economic evolution, highlighting a recently launched economic action plan with recommendations aimed at two core constraints: workforce and housing development. He pointed to Vermont’s strengths in climate and green technology and its experience managing the impacts of an aging population, alongside a stated priority to attract more residents and a younger demographic. The CDAC’s role is to inform Boston Fed leaders about community development activities and barriers to economic growth across New England, and to advise staff on ways the Bank can support regional community development efforts.