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Vermont Business Magazine Disassembly of the Alternate Healthcare Facility (AHF) established in the Champlain Valley Exposition Center will begin on June 21, 2021. The Vermont National Guard will store all modular components of the AHF on Camp Johnson, Colchester, for potential reuse when needed.

Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) is pleased to announce that Salvation Farms will be receiving $77,550 for the second Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) awarded by CSWD and approved by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Salvation Farms is a federally recognized non-profit with a mission to build increased resilience in Vermont's food system through agricultural surplus management.

Vermont Agency of Transportation This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways throughout Vermont for the week of June 21, 2021. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Tuesday alongside Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), reintroduced bicameral legislation to stop government use of biometric technology, including facial recognition tools. The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act responds to reports that hundreds of local, state, and federal entities, including law enforcement agencies, have used unregulated facial recognition technologies on US citizens.

Vermont Business Magazine The British Consulate-General Boston will be hosting a hybrid virtual and in-person visit to Vermont next week from 21-25 June. Peter Abbott OBE, HM Consul General to New England, and Deputy Consul General Tom Nickalls, First Secretary of Trade Policy, will be meeting with political leaders, government officials, academics, and business leaders from across the state.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center (VT PTAC) invites Vermont businesses and educational institutions involved in Research and Development (R&D) to a live, virtual classroom on Tuesday June 22, 2021, at 9 am for assistance with proposal preparations for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Vermont Business Magazine On Saturday, June 19, 2021, the City of Burlington’s Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (REIB) hosts the City’s first-ever Juneteenth celebration in multiple locations around Burlington. Featuring music, performances, traveling exhibitions, discussion panels, educational and networking opportunities, food, and more, the day-long festival focuses on celebrating Black liberation in the United States while looking ahead to the significant improvements to society that are yet to be fulfilled. All food and events are free, though tickets are required for the Gospel Brunch.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, Mayor Miro Weinberger hosted an in-person COVID-19 briefing at City Hall to announce the end of the Coronavirus Emergency in Burlington by Executive Order, and to present key findings of a new Covid-19 Pandemic Response After Action Report released by the City. The report details decisions and choices the current City team made in 2020 and 2021 about how to restructure City operations, overhaul existing communication practices, leverage and empower community leaders and organizations, allocate resources, and – rarely – break with conventional Federal public health guidance in the face of accumulating evidence to better serve and protect residents.

Vermont Business Magazine The VDH announced today that there were nine new cases of COVID-19, with four people in the hospital and one in the ICU. COVID deaths are holding at 256, with only one fatality in three weeks. Health Commissioner Dr Mark Levine is urging those not vaccinated to get their shot. He cited the increase in cases associated with the Delta variant, first identified in India, as an important reason to get vaccinated. This variant – which accounts for about 10% of cases in the U.S. and more than 90% of new cases in the United Kingdom – is showing traits of being far more contagious and potentially more dangerous than the more common strains circulating. Three cases of this variant have been identified in Vermont.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Colleges System today announced the appointment of two new members of the Board of Trustees, Shirley Jefferson and Susan Zeller, and the re-appointment of Shawn Tester, CEO of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital by Governor Phil Scott.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced that Diane Snelling, who has served as chair of the NRB since 2016, will be leaving to pursue other opportunities, and thanked her for her years of service to the people of Vermont. Snelling previously represented Chittenden County in the State Senate from 2002 to 2016, before she was appointed by then-Governor Peter Shumlin to lead the NRB. Governor Scott reappointed her to the post in 2017, 2019 and again earlier this year.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) will participate in a roundtable discussion Friday at 2 pm at the University of Vermont focused on hunger and Vermont’s local food system. Leahy chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and has the most seniority on the Senate Agriculture Committee. The discussion will be convened by the UVM/ARS Food Systems Research Center. Following that, Leahy will be joined by UVM President Suresh Garimella to announce federal support for the Food Systems Research Center.