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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Gas is encouraging its small business and nonprofit customers to participate in its nationally recognized and award-winning energy efficiency program.

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Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Climate Action Commission will be hosting a series of public scoping sessions through the state in September and October to gather input and recommendations from Vermonters.

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Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers who would like to become 'Let's Go Fishing' instructors so they can pass on Vermont's fishing tradition to the next generation of Vermonters.

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AccuWeather Global Headquarters AccuWeather reportslife-threatening conditions are expected to continue across the northern Caribbean as Category 5 Hurricane Irma barrels through intoThursday. "Irma is expected to bring devastating conditions across the Leeward Islands intoWednesdaynight," AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s housing stock is among the oldest in the nation. More than 70 percent of homes in the state were built before 1978 and are presumed to contain lead.

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Vermont Business MagazineNorthern Vermont AHEC has received a $2 million grant from the federal Office of Minority Health, Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity program to lead a three-state initiative in northern New England aimed at increasing the diversity of the health workforce.The project will begin in Vermont this fall for 9th through 12th grade students at Winooski and

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Vermont Business Magazine The bill provides $51.195 billion in discretionary budget authority, including $20.785 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today Burlington City Arts announced that it is seeking public submissions for a new city flag. Burlington is joining cities across the country in updating its flag to capture the spirit and character of its community. Mayor Miro Weinberger first announced the city flag redesign project at a City Council meeting in January.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced the allocation of $2.7 million in state tax incentives for 22 projects, supporting more than $53 million in downtown and village center construction and rehabilitation efforts. This includes nearly $300,000 for the renovation of two upper-floors in downtown Montpelier’s French Block.

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VERMONT SKI AREAS ASSOCIATION For visitors coming to the Green Mountains to ski or snowboard this winter, season passes are one of the best investments to make.

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Vermont Business Magazine Winooski-based BioTek has donated $25,000 towards the construction of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Complex at The University of Vermont (UVM). This facility marks UVM’s largest ever capital project and is anticipated to transform the Central Campus with three interconnected buildings.

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Vermont Business Magazine Champlain Housing Trust and Eric Farrell announced today that an agreement has been reached on the development of 30 affordable condominiums on the former Burlington College land now known as Cambrian Rise. This will be the first of what is expected to be a two-phase project.