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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power (GMP) is urging customers to stay alert to changing weather conditions through Monday evening, as a large and evolving storm packing significant precipitation heads towards the East Coast today. Forecasters say Vermont will see rainfall starting this afternoon, and with temperatures expected to drop late tonight, it will turn to heavy wet snow which can damage trees and lines, bringing the possibility of outages early Monday. Gusty winds are also expected. Travel conditions are expected to be extremely difficult for the Monday morning commute.

by Lindsay Foxwell, Community News Service As Burlington International Airport braces for the holidays, officials with the city’s vehicle-for-hire licensing board want to see more action on a slew of proposals to improve peoples’ experience going to and from the airport.

Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Meet Shaneall Ferron, a serial entrepreneur from Jamaica who began to make her mark in Vermont just three years ago. Impressive isn’t the word—she’s not only established one, not two, but three flourishing businesses from homecare, to travel, to food industries. Join us on this episode of Start Here to uncover Shaneall’s secrets to managing it all.

by Ali Jalili Various groups are once again calling for Vermont’s wealthiest to “pay their fair share of taxes” to raise revenues for worthy social goals. While I agree with this thinking on the national level, I believe it would be a big mistake for the state. On the national level, there are few rich democracies with lower tax burdens. If you raise taxes on the wealthiest households, very few would give up their citizenship and move to another country. On a state level however, it’s a completely different picture. 

by Alicia Wolfram, Community News Service Agricultural, food and nutrition advocates in the state want to see increased focus on climate, protection for nutrition initiatives and stronger support for small-scale growers and dairy farmers, among other things, in the next bill.

Vermont Business Magazine Dr. Deb Kennedy, Ph.D. nutritionist, chef, and leader in culinary medicine is excited to announce the launch of Food Coach Academy on January 3, 2024. Designed in partnership with Rouxbe, the leading online culinary school, Food Coach Academy uses a modular learning approach, delivering content in bite-sized, easily digestible pieces that can be completed at one’s own pace. 

Vermont Business Magazine NuHarbor Security, trusted managed security provider based in Colchester, has partnered with Zscaler to deliver a new level of cybersecurity capability and business value based on the proven effectiveness of the largest security cloud on the planet. Combining NuHarbor’s nationally recognized leadership and security insight with Zscaler’s market-leading Zero Trust Exchange, clients now can leverage Zscaler’s advanced technology with the simplicity and tailored services of NuHarbor’s team of experts. The increased prevalence of remote work has changed the nature of both business and computing. Industry leaders and federal regulators have begun to focus on the need for a Zero Trust model to ensure continuing security and auditability in this new, distributed, workplace. 

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as avian influenza, in a non-commercial backyard (non-poultry) flock in Orleans County this week.  

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) yesterday in introducing the Fans First Act, which would help address flaws in the current live event ticketing system.

Vermont Business Magazine The Natural Resources Board will host an online public meeting to present its draft legislative report “Necessary Updates to the Act 250 Program.” The online public meeting will be held Thursday, December 14, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. EST. The draft report can be found here. A link to participate in the online meeting can be accessed here. Act 182 of 2022 and Act 47 of 2023 directed the Natural Resources Board with reporting to the House Committees on Environment and Energy and Ways and Means and the Senate Committees on Finance and Natural Resources and Energy on “necessary updates to the Act 250 program,” on or before December 31, 2023.

Vermont Business Magazine To support its continued growth and support the regional labor force, Casella Waste Systems, Inc has announced the addition of a Diesel Technician Training program to complement its flourishing Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Training School, with its inaugural class already completing its first session. As the current labor market continues to pose challenges throughout the country, and many young people look to secure meaningful employment through careers in the trades instead of opting for traditional college degrees, Casella has created a robust suite of training offerings designed to facilitate a more streamlined entry into the industry. 

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont): “Unfortunately, under Postmaster General DeJoy’s tenure mail service in rural communities has continued to deteriorate."