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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Federal Credit Union today announced the completion of its operational integration with Credit Union of Vermont. With all systems fully integrated under the Vermont Federal Credit Union name, the merger, which received regulatory approval in December 2025, is now complete in every respect. The combined institution will serve more than 63,000 members across nine branch locations throughout Vermont, strengthening its capacity to deliver expanded financial products, enhanced technology, and deeper community investment to members statewide.

Vermont Business Magazine Breeze Airways and Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (Leahy BTV) are excited to announce new nonstop service between Leahy BTV and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), launching October 4, 2026. The new route will operate three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays and will continue onward as BreezeThru service to Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB), providing travelers with convenient access to both the Baltimore-Washington region and Florida's Treasure Coast.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5.8 million in Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) grants to accelerate the cleanup of polluted sites across Vermont. EPA also provided $1 million in supplemental funding to two high-performing Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grantees in Vermont. With these funds, EPA is investing directly in American communities to cleanup and redevelop blighted properties.

Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today released the following statement on Senate Republicans’ draft Farm Bill: “America’s agriculture policy is broken — farmers can’t afford to farm, families can’t put food on the table, and rural communities have been left behind. Farmers in Vermont and across the nation create an immense amount of wealth, but they don’t get anything close to a fair share of it. Senate Republicans’ draft Farm Bill doesn’t meet the moment—it won’t provide the help farmers and families need."

Vermont Business Magazine A historic road made for an historic fundraiser. On June 21, 2026, the nearly completed Champlain Parkway served as the venue for The Parkway Mile, a one-mile race that brought together more than 400 runners, walkers, and hand cyclists and drew in hundreds more spectators. The most visible section of the Parkway, from I-189 at Shelburne Road to Home Avenue is still fully closed and all traffic is strictly prohibited. According to the city, the outbound side headed toward Interstate 1-89 will open June 29. On June 30 inbound lanes headed west will open. Hosted in partnership by RunVermont, Green Mountain Athletic Association (GMAA), and the City of Burlington, The Parkway Mile gave the public a rare opportunity to run a road not yet open to traffic, a once-in-a-lifetime experience that doubled as a celebration of a project six decades in the making.

Vermont Business Magazine Cabot Creamery has announced that its Pepper Jack and Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese Snack Sticks were named winners in Good Housekeeping’s 2026 Snack Awards. The full list of awards can be found on goodhousekeeping.com/snacks2026. This independent, third-party recognition arrives just as retailers expand protein-forward, grab-and-go assortments to meet surging demand in the snacking aisle. The award places the farmer-owned cooperative’s snacking line in front of Good Housekeeping’s national audience and gives category buyers a credentialed, premium cheese snack to anchor better-for-you and on-the-go sets.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott has signed H.921 into law, reforming Vermont’s liquor laws. A key provision of H. 921 now allows breweries to self-distribute up to 3,000 barrels of beer annually under existing manufacturer licenses. As Vermont's distribution landscape has changed in recent years, breweries have increasingly discussed the need for an additional pathway to market—one that can help small and growing breweries build their business and reach customers. The passage of this bill paves the way for smaller breweries to establish local accounts, grow responsibly, and become stronger wholesale partners.

Vermont Business Magazine More than 70 business and community leaders from across Southwestern Vermont gathered on Wednesday, June 17, at The Golf Club at Equinox for the 2026 B2B Golf Classic, the annual fundraising partnership between the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and the Manchester Business Association. Celebrating its eighth year, the B2B Golf Classic has become one of the region's premier business networking and fundraising events, bringing together professionals, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and community organizations from both the Northshire and Southshire for a day of golf, relationship-building, and regional collaboration.

Vermont Business Magazine June 22 marked the public release of It Will Be Different For You, a new documentary short from filmmakers Megan Mayhew Bergman and Simon Perkins profiling Lea Davison. Davison is a two-time Olympian, two-time World Championship medalist, and eight-time U.S. National Champion whose lifelong relationship with mountain biking became a path toward self-acceptance and freedom. Released during Pride Month, the 18-minute documentary highlights Davison’s career both on and off the bike. Specifically, the emotional terrain behind elite competition and the personal breakthroughs that changed the way she approached sport, identity, and risk.

Vermont State Police In June 2026, The Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) began an investigation into a possible sexual assault.  Investigation determined that Ronald L. Hall JR committed the offenses of aggravated sexual assault and domestic assault in the Town of Brandon VT, and the offenses of sexual assault and stalking in the City of Rutland.  These incidents occurred on 6-10-2026.  

Vermont Business Magazine On Monday, June 22, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak held a press conference outside Homeport on Church Street to highlight the growing momentum across Burlington and declare what many residents, visitors, and business owners are already experiencing: Burlington is back. She highlighted progress across multiple areas of city life, including downtown vitality, community safety, housing development, infrastructure investments, and community programming. The mayor pointed to the successful launch of Downtown Jazz as an example of Burlington’s resurgence, drawing thousands of people downtown and generating strong business activity throughout the city center.

Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office today announced the conclusion of its independent review of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 7, 2025, in Putney, Vermont. Attorney General Charity Clark has declined to prosecute Vermont State Police (VSP) Trooper Peter Romeo for charges related to the use of deadly force in the fatal shooting of Scott Garvey. Under the totality of these circumstances – including, but not limited to, Mr. Garvey’s prior behavior, threats of harm to others, his assertion that he had a gun, and his refusal of commands to drop what he had in his hands – an objectively reasonable officer in Trooper Romeo’s position would have concluded that there was no other reasonable alternative to the use of deadly force to prevent death or serious bodily injury to himself and others.