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Vermont Business Magazine Standing in front of the Royall Tyler Theatre this afternoon, surrounded by a gathering of students and faculty, Executive Director Kelley Di Dio, PhD, formally introduced the University of Vermont’s new School of the Arts. This unique, collaborative arts community brings programs in Music, Theatre, Dance, Art, Art History, Creative Writing, and Film and Television Studies together for the first time. Led by world-class, award-winning faculty dedicated to nurturing the artistic voices of the future, the School of the Arts offers small classes, inclusive liberal-arts curricula, and an extensive array of community partnership opportunities to create a rich, student-centered environment of technical advancement, exploration within and across media, professional development, and experiential learning.

Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) is hosting a delegation of Montreal area businesses and entrepreneurs looking to expand into the US market. This event will bring together entities from both sides of the border to share best practices, encourage innovation, and increase bi-lateral trade including: investors, economic development organizations, associations, regional institutions, sector representatives, state officials, financial investment and legal firms, and existing Vermont-based Canadian companies.

Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) will join Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network to celebrate the success of Farm to School in Vermont in Duxbury Tuesday afternoon. That event will be followed by an event in Waterbury hosted by the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Vermont Center for Crime Victims Service, and the National Center for Restorative Justice at Vermont Law School, who will be honoring Senator Leahy for his efforts to assist victims of crime throughout his career in the Senate.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont has launched the first phase of a new incentive program to help residents with lower incomes replace older, high-polluting light-duty vehicles with clean transportation alternatives. Under the Replace Your Ride program, incentives of $3,000 are available on a first-come, first-served basis to income-eligible Vermont residents who retire an operational high-polluting vehicle that is at least 10 years old and switch to a new or used plug-in electric vehicle (PEV). Only California offers a similar scrap-and-replace program (Clean Cars 4 All) to transition drivers to electric vehicles.

VermontBiz is proud to announce the winners of its Rising Stars recognition award. The list is composed of 40 winners under the age of 40. Award recipients were selected by a panel of judges for their commitment to business growth, professional excellence and involvement in their communities. “We are thrilled by the response to this initiative to recognize these up-and-coming leaders, especially during this pandemic. This is our thirteenth year” said VermontBiz Publisher John Boutin. “We received over 100 outstanding nominations this year. The total number of honorees over the past 13 years totals 591,” Boutin said. “The five judges had a difficult time picking the top 40. These young professionals have chosen to make Vermont home. These honorees over the years have stepped up as leaders, not only at their place of employment but also in their communities,” Boutin said.

Vermont Business Magazine October is National Farm to School Month! Schools and early childhood providers can celebrate by applying for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets’ Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant. This grant provides financial and technical assistance to schools and early childhood education providers to help develop or grow their farm to school and early childhood programs. The Farm to School and Early Childhood Grant opens for applications on October 3rd.

Vermont Business Magazine Farmworkers will lead weekly pickets of Hannaford Supermarkets to protest poor conditions in the company’s dairy supply chain. Dairy workers and allies will engage with store managers and shoppers to raise awareness and urge the company to join the Milk with Dignity Program, according to advocacy organization Migrant Justice.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Police will hold its Annual Awards Ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, in the House Chamber of the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. Commissioner of Public Safety Thomas D. Anderson and Col. Matthew T. Birmingham, director of the state police, will honor members of the agency and others for acts of heroism and community service. They also will recognize 22 sworn and two civilian members of the state police who are receiving promotions.

“This event provides an opportunity to commemorate and thank the members of our organization, which is built on public service and where everyone is committed to doing their best for their communities every single day,” Birmingham said.

Vermont Business Magazine One hundred years ago, the University of Vermont launched the state’s first radio station, which eventually became WCAX, TV channel 3. In honor of this milestone, today Secretary of State Jim Condos and State Archivist Tanya Marshall announced that the theme for Vermont Archives Month this October is ‘communication,’ to showcase the myriad ways people have conveyed information to each other over time.

by Senator Bernie Sanders Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to visit town fairs in every part of Vermont, each with its own history, personality, and tradition. And I have a lot of memories from them all. Like many other Vermonters, my kids, grandchildren, and I have enjoyed the rides, the food, the agricultural exhibits, the historical displays, the demolition derbies, the tractor pulls, the beer tents, the concerts, and many other activities. There is something special, however, about the Caledonia County Fair which this year celebrated its 176th anniversary. In a rural state like Vermont, the Caledonia County Fair is very rural.

Vermont Business Magazine ISO New England has reached a settlement agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement (FERC OE) to resolve a long-standing dispute stemming from the delay in the commercialization of the Salem Harbor Power Development generating facility in Massachusetts (formerly known as Footprint Power) and its receipt of capacity payments. In June, the ISO publicly disclosed initial information concerning the investigation into whether there were violations of the ISO’s tariff with regard to the participation of the power plant in the region’s forward capacity market. FERC commissioners approved the settlement Friday.