StateofVermont
HouseofRepresentatives
Montpelier,Vermont
ConcurrentHouseResolution
H.C.R.68
OfferedbyRepresentativesCooperofPownal,AustinofColchester,BaileyofHydePark,BartleyofFairfax,Birong
ofVergennes,BoschofClarendon,BoutinofBarreCity,CampbellofSt.Johnsbury,Carris-DuncanofWhitingham,
CaseyofMontpelier,ChapinofEastMontpelier,CinaofBurlington,CoffinofCavendish,CorcoranofBennington,
DodgeofEssex,DolanofEssexJunction,DukeofBurlington,DurfeeofShaftsbury,EastesofGuilford,Goldmanof
Rockingham,GraningofJericho,GreerofBennington,GregoireofFairfield,HangoofBerkshire,HarpleofGlover,
HarrisonofChittenden,HarveyofCastleton,HeadrickofBurlington,HigleyofLowell,HolcombeofNorwich,Hooper
ofRandolph,HooperofBurlington,HoughtonofEssexJunction,HunterofManchester,JamesofManchester,Kascenska
ofBurke,KleppnerofBurlington,KrasnowofSouthBurlington,LalleyofShelburne,LipskyofStowe,LuneauofSt.
AlbansCity,MaslandofThetford,MicklusofMilton,MrowickiofPutney,NelsonofDerby,NigroofBennington,North
ofFerrisburgh,NugentofSouthBurlington,O'BrienofTunbridge,OlsonofStarksboro,PezzoofColchester,Pouechof
Hinesburg,PriestleyofBradford,PritchardofPawlet,QuimbyofLyndon,RachelsonofBurlington,Satcowitzof
Randolph,SibiliaofDover,SouthworthofWalden,StevensofWaterbury,SweeneyofShelburne,WaszazakofBarre
City,WellsofBrownington,WhiteofWaitsfield,WhiteofBethel,WinterofLudlow,andWoodofWaterbury
OfferedbySenatorsBongartz,Brennan,Clarkson,Douglass,Hart,Ingalls,Major,Plunkett,Weeks,Westman,White,
andWilliams
HouseconcurrentresolutioncelebratingtheroleofthemanufacturingindustryintheVermonteconomyand
designatingApril2,2025asManufacturingDayattheStateHouse
Whereas,manufacturingisavitalpillarofVermont’seconomy,strengtheningbothruralandurbancommunities,
supplyinggloballyrecognizedbusinesses,anddrivinginnovationacrossdiverseindustries,ensuringtheState’seconomic
resilienceandcompetitiveness, and
Whereas,Vermont’smanufacturingindustrygeneratescloseto$3billion,aneconomicimpactrepresentingover8
percentoftheState’sGDP, and
Whereas,manufacturingbusinessesconstituteapproximately10.5percentofVermont’sprivatesectorworkforce,
supporting30,000jobs, and
Whereas,Vermont’smanufacturingjobstypicallyofferwagesabovetheState’saverage,providingworkerswith
greatereconomicmobility;andsupportingandpromotingmanufacturingjobswithcompetitivewagesisessentialto
attractingandretainingtalentwhilefosteringlong-termeconomicstabilityandgrowthinVermont, and
Whereas,manufacturersinourStatecontributesignificantlytopromotingstrategicrelationshipsbetweentheStateand
neighboringregions,includingNewEngland,NewYork,Canada,andthebroaderlocalandglobaleconomy,
now therefore be it
ResolvedtheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives:
ThattheGeneralAssemblycelebratestheroleofthemanufacturingindustryintheVermonteconomyanddesignates
April2,2025asManufacturingDayattheStateHouse,andbeitfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontotheAssociatedIndustriesof
Vermont,theVermontRegionalDevelopmentCorporations,theVermontChamberofCommerce,andtheVermont
ManufacturingExtensionCenter.