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Vermont Business Magazine Some 5,000 emergency responders will take part in Vermont’s largest ever emergency exercise later this month. Individuals involved in emergency response on the local, state, and federal levels will be tested in the face of extreme circumstances as part of Vermont’s Vigilant Guard catastrophic emergency exercise.
Vermont Business Magazine EPA will award additional grants of nearly $2.6 million in supplemental funding for communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont to carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects at contaminated Brownfields properties. Vermont, with $850,000 will get the lionshare of the money.
Vermont Business Magazine - The People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Bank, announced today that it has awarded $5,000 to ReSOURCE, Easter Seals Vermont, and Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero.
Vermont Business Magazine - An equity crowdfunding portal for Vermonters, announces its first Invest Local campaign from Burlington Herb Clinic.
Vermont Business Magazine A few months ago, an upsetting story was making the rounds on social media: a woman with no maternity leave, the sole income earner in her family, journaled her return to work 20 days after giving birth. As mothers, and as women, we were saddened and angered by this story. How could this be happening in 2016 in the United States?
Vermont Business Magazine In contrast to what he calls the misleading negative attacks of his primary opponent, Phil Scott today released a new 60-second web video reiterating his core principles and urging Vermonters to join his campaign to “make Vermont more affordable, the economy stronger and political campaigns an example for our children.” Scott opens the video by briefly
Vermont Business Magazine Although customer-reported monthly electric bills have fallen to their lowest levels in 10 years and overall satisfaction is on the rise, electric utility providers continue to struggle to match other industries in customer satisfaction, according to the JD Power 2016 Electric Utility Resi
Vermont Business Magazine Today PC Construction announced the three recipients of donations totaling $15,000 as part of the company’s “Building Communities: PC Construction Gives Back” contest. The first-place winner, Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero, Vermont, received a $10,000 donation.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Foundation set new records in its fundraising activities on behalf of the university during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2016, surpassing historic milestones reached a year ago for both commitments and receipts from donors. New fundraising commitments hit an all-time record of $76,758,513, surpassing the prior record —
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont received an Administration for Community Living grant that will provide $178,500 each year for three years to expand legal services for at-risk older adults.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today said results from the groundwater testing at two industrial sites in Chittenden County showed perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in monitoring wells at both sites: IBM in Essex Junction, and the former Hercules Incorporated manufacturing facility in Colchester.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) State Director Linda Rossi recently announced Area Business Advisor Brian DeClue as VtSBDC’s 2016 Vermont State Star. DeClue is the Area Business Advisor for Rutland and Bennington counties. DeClue was nominated by his peers for successfully serving southwestern Vermont small businesses.