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Vermont Business Magazine The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee (FNWPC) of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will hold its second meeting of 2022 on Monday, March 28, 2022, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. This meeting will be conducted as a webcast and teleconference. As permitted by Act 78 of the 2022 Vermont General Assembly, no physical meeting space will be provided for this FNWPC meeting.

Vermont Business Magazine Winter storms, severe rainstorms, and human infectious diseases are the natural disasters most likely to cause widespread economic loss and personal hardship in Chittenden County. Public input on the draft Chittenden County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan (MJAHMP) will help the community identify steps needed to minimize damage from natural disasters. Taking steps to minimize the damage from a natural disaster is focus of the Chittenden County MJAHMP.

Vermont Business Magazine If you or someone you know would like to go turkey hunting this spring, but they have never taken a hunter education course, this is the time to act. Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state. A person must pass the hunter education course before they can purchase their first hunting license.

Vermont Business Magazine The School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College creates opportunities for lifelong learners to live as part of the natural world. This summer, they are offering two intensive workshops that will help farmers, gardeners, or even folks with a small yard make their spaces more biodiverse, vibrant, and resilient. If you are looking for ways to have a positive impact on the climate and environment from right where you find yourself, these empowering courses will inspire meaningful action.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 9. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.

Vermont Business Magazine VT Logger Education to Advance Professionalism is extending the current LEAP certification status to June 1, 2023. This will ease the pressure for some of you who need to get caught up because of COVID. Also, here is a reminder of the changes made to the LEAP Curriculum to help make this industry and you all safer and more productive in the woods. There are two tracks now for a LEAP Logger. One for those of you who fell mostly with a chainsaw and one for those of you who fell mostly with mechanized machinery.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting 199 cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday, up from 77 Monday, as cases in the Northeast Kingdom have risen (84 Sunday, 120 Saturday, 142 Friday). There was one additional death, which stands at 614 statewide. As the Omicron BA.2 variant is now the most common coronavirus variant in New England (55 percent), overall cases are edging up but serious outcomes have come down.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) today announced that an additional $2.83 million of the $10 million appropriated for brownfield site remediation has been committed in 2022 for projects across the state. The largest cleanup award to date, $1,233,305, was to Edgar May Health and Recreation Center in Springfield. In total, the State is investing $25 million in brownfields this fiscal year.

Vermont Business Magazine Idaho-based KORE Power, Inc has acquired Northern Reliability (NRI) in Waterbury and launched KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator that will operate as a division of the US-based battery manufacturer, allowing KORE Power to become a vertically integrated energy solutions provider. The company announced it will immediately add 25 positions to its Waterbury, Vermont location. Financial terms of the acquisition were not released.

VT Commercial, a real estate sales and leasing firm in Burlington, has released its January and February 2022 transactions. They include: Yves Bradley of V/T Commercial and Michael Simoneau of Geri Reilly Real Estate brokered the sale of the former Ethan Allen Motel at 1611 Williston Road, South Burlington. Vermont Information Technology Leaders leased 1,636 square feet of office space at 600 Blair Park, Williston. And August First, Inc. sold its long-standing bakery and food-service business at 149 South Champlain Street, Burlington. John Beal and Bill Kiendl of V/T Commercial handled the sale on behalf of the seller and the buyer.

Vermont Business Magazine On Tuesday, 30 food and agriculture groups released the sixth annual Feeding the Economy report, a historic farm-to-fork economic analysis revealing how these sectors influence the local and broader United States economies. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s study highlights how the industries remained resilient to provide Americans with jobs, economic opportunity and safe food.

Vermont Business Magazine NBT Bank, with branches in western Vermont, has earned a BankSafe seal from AARP recognizing the bank’s efforts to stop financial exploitation. In order to earn the BankSafe seal, more than 80% of frontline staff were required to complete a special training and the bank demonstrated further commitment with its policy to report suspected financial exploitation. NBT Bank was also confirmed by AARP to be in good standing based on a review of Better Business Bureau ratings as well as legal and regulatory activity.