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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power is reminding customers about safety and storm preparation tips as the Summer season kicks off with severe thunderstorms in the forecast. Meteorologists say the strong system will roll into Vermont from the west this afternoon, bringing a strong possibility of rain, hail and damaging winds through this evening.

Vermont Business Magazine Lawson’s Finest Liquids has announced that it is accepting applications from Vermont nonprofit organizations for the 2022 Sunshine Fund. Created to assist nonprofits that support the environment and the people of Vermont, the Sunshine Fund is the heart of the company’s Social Impact Program (SIP).

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets It's hard to capture the pride and gratitude we feel knowing that Vermont is the first state in the country where 80% of the eligible population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. We know that the pandemic is far from behind us, and that people throughout the world are still suffering from it's devastating effects, but it feels good to be able to celebrate this collective achievement that has once again established Vermont as a national leader.

by Kelly Notterman “How can we live in Vermont and not be able to find compost?” That question, posed by Lisa Ransom around the dinner table one evening in 2008 was, in hindsight, the start of Grow Compost. Lisa and her husband, Scott Baughman, had purchased 38 acres in Moretown intending to start a small homestead farm, but found the soil was lacking in important nutrients they needed to grow the fruits and vegetables they imagined.

Vermont Business Magazine The winners of the 2021 Vermont Writers’ Prize are Lindsay Knowlton of Glover for poetry and Douglas Robert Boardman Jr of Johnson for prose. Each winner receives $1,500 and their works appear in the summer issue of VERMONT Magazine. The Prize was launched in 1989 to celebrate writing about Vermont and Vermonters, while honoring the literary legacy of the late Ralph Nading Hill Jr, a Vermont historian and writer and longtime member of Green Mountain Power’s board of directors. It is considered by Vermont writers to be one of the state’s premier literary prizes.

Vermont Business Magazine While Americans face challenges unlike any other time in our history, VPR in partnership with StoryCorps, the national nonprofit dedicated to recording and preserving personal stories, invite people to take part in meaningful conversations to help bridge divides and strengthen communities. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Vermont is one of six locations across the country selected to take part in StoryCorps’ nationwide One Small Step initiative to facilitate and broadcast conversations with Americans of opposing viewpoints.

Vermont Business Magazine 14th Star Brewing Company announced it will once again launch its limited-release Forget Me Not beer to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the special brew will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association. Forget Me Not Kölsch will be packaged and available on store shelves in early June to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day initiative. On and around June 20 — the summer solstice and the day with the most light — thousands across the world will participate in The Longest Day to fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s through an activity of their choice. Together, participants will use their creativity and passion to raise funds and awareness to advance Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs.

Vermont Business Magazine Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s non-profit community mental health and developmental disability services agency, was recently selected to receive $63,945 in funding from the Summer Matters for All grant program. According to Governor Phil Scott, the Summer Matters for All grant program will award up to $3.85 million to programs in 13 counties of Vermont, with the goal of expanding access to summer enrichment opportunities for K-12 youth this summer.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife If you have not applied for a moose permit yet, there's still time! The deadline to apply for a 2021 Vermont moose hunting permit is June 30.

The department will issue 60 either-sex moose hunting permits and 40 antlerless moose hunting permits available this year for a hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the northeastern corner of the state.

Hunters who held a permit within the past five years are not eligible to apply for a permit or to buy a bonus point.

Lottery applications for hunting permits are $10 for residents and $25 for nonresidents. Winners of the permit lottery will purchase resident hunting permits for $100 and nonresident hunting permits for $350.

Vermont Business Magazine Community Bank N.A. recently presented Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc. (CVABE) with a $5,000 donation. CVABE is a community-based private nonprofit organization that has provided adult education and literacy services to adults and teens throughout Washington, Orange and Lamoille counties for more than 50 years.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on Friday joined University of Vermont leaders to announce federal funding for the Food Systems Research Center. Leahy, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured $11 million in 2021 to support the Center’s work researching all facets of the regional food system, from production agriculture to food security. The Research Center is a collaboration between UVM and the USDA, with USDA scientists now being chosen to work on campus alongside university researchers.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Regular initial unemployment claims remain at levels more typical of low summer, pre-pandemic weeks after the Vermont Department of Labor was able to eliminate the vast bulk of fraudulent claims. On June 12, 2021, the VDOL reported 388 new weekly filings. Claims are 41 more than the week before. But they are 1,471 fewer than the same time last year.