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Vermont Business Magazine On Monday, August 15, Burlington City Council voted to allow Burlington School District (BSD) to put a bond request on the November ballot. After months of planning, District leaders presented City Council with a request to ask voters to allow the District to borrow up to $165 million to build a new high and technical center at the same location on Institute Road. City Council voted unanimously to allow the measure to go on the November ballot. The total project cost is estimated to be $190 million.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center, the anchor academic hospital for the UVM Health Network, has again earned a 5-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which announced its annual hospital ratings for 2022 in late July. The ratings, found on Medicare’s Care Compare website, rate hospitals based on more than 40 quality measures over five categories: safety of care, readmissions after treatment of common conditions, patient experience, mortality, and timely and effective care. CMS reviewed data from the 2021 calendar year for the ranking determination.

Vermont Business Magazine At their meeting on August 13th, the Vermont Progressive Party nominated three candidates for Statewide Office for the November General election. The Party nominated Brenda Siegel (D/P) for Governor, David Zuckerman (P/D) for Lieutenant Governor, and Doug Hoffer (D/P) for Auditor. The Party also called on all candidates to make passage of Proposition 5/Article 22 in favor of reproductive liberty in Vermont a priority in their campaigns.

Vermont Business Magazine The State’s General Fund, Transportation Fund (T-Fund), and Education Fund receipts in July were a combined $227.0 million, or 2.8%, above monthly consensus expectations. The General Fund, Education Fund and even the Transportation Fund all finished the month with revenues above target, marking a strong start for the new fiscal year. The sales tax, with feeds the Ed Fund, was particularly strong (plus 8.5%). General Fund revenues collected for the month totaled $136.6 million, $0.6 million above the monthly consensus cash flow revenue target.

Vermont Business Magazine Today the Vermont Secretary of State’s office announced that the 2022 Statewide and Federal Primary Election Canvass will be delayed. The office’s priority is ensuring all vote reports certified as official precisely match the official return of votes as submitted by the Town and City Clerks. To date, the state’s contractor has been unable to resolve an administrative technology issue impacting the office’s ability to generate reports based on the official return of votes submitted by Town and City Clerks. The canvassing was scheduled for 10am today. Office staff continue to work around the clock with the state’s software contractor to identify a solution and produce reports based on the official return of votes submitted by the Clerks.

Vermont Business Magazine iSun, Inc (NASDAQ: ISUN), a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company based in Williston with 50-years of experience accelerating the adoption of innovative electrical technologies, announced on Wednesday results for the second quarter of 2022. Revenue was $16.5 million in the second quarter, up 278% over the second quarter in 2021. Gross profit was $3.8 million in the second quarter compared to ($0.6) million for the same period in 2021.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Monday, August 15, 2022, in the town of Ludlow by a member of the Ludlow Police Department. The shooting occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Monday on South Hill Road. An adult man was struck by gunfire and sustained life-threatening injuries. The subject was brought by ambulance to Springfield Hospital and is expected to be airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Vermont Business Magazine Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) received a donation of over 80 blankets from Saint J Subaru, which partnered with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) as part of the Subaru Loves to Care program, on Friday, July 22, 2022. This is the 7th consecutive year that Subaru has partnered with LLS. Nationwide, LLS and Subaru delivered more than 230,000, blankets total. Also delivered with the blankets were messages of hope written by Subaru customers and staff. LLS is a nonprofit dedicated to combating blood cancers. Their mission, which is supported by nearly $1.3 billion in research, is to improve the quality of life of patients and their families by searching for a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma.

Vermont Business Magazine On Saturday, August 20, Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC), a member of Dartmouth Health, will host a free Community Health and Wellness Fair at the Windsor Connection Resource Center and Windsor Welcome Center located at 3 Railroad Avenue in Windsor, Vermont, from 1 to 4 pm. The family-friendly fair will showcase more than 40 partners of the Hospital who provide resources for access to nutritious food, housing, mental and emotional wellness, early childhood education, harm reduction, aging-in-place, and much more! Great chance to make connections and to see what's available to you and folks of all ages in our community throughout the year. Attendees can participate in giveaways, activities and demonstrations. Healthy snacks and refreshments will be available.

Vermont Business Magazine Gifford will distribute meals for Upper Valley Everyone Eats this month on Tuesday, August 23 between 5 – 5:30 p.m. at Gifford’s South Parking lot. The frozen meals, provided by Global Village Foods, are available by reservation. Upper Valley Everyone Eats is the local hub of Vermont’s coronavirus relief program, Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE). VEE provides nutritious meals to Vermonters in need of food assistance, as well as a stabilizing source of income for Vermont restaurants, farmers, and food producers.

Vermont Business Magazine Kris Perry is a social worker, a child advocate, the director of the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, and the next guest on Medical Matters Weekly at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17. Perry holds a bachelor’s in sociology and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master’s in social work from San Francisco State University. She made her career as a child advocate within several organizations starting with the Alameda County Social Services Agency, where she worked in child protective services. She pivoted to leading systems change as executive director of First Five San Mateo and later as executive director of First Five in California and nationally in Washington, D.C. She served as president of Save the Children Action Network.