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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.

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.