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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation Thursday announced that Amtrak passenger rail service and inter-city bus service in Vermont will resume effective July 19, 2021. Governor Scott indicated at a recent press conference that he expected service to resume this summer. It was suspended in Vermont at the beginning of the pandemic last year. The Vermont Amtrak routes are among the last to restart.

Vermont Business Magazine The US Small Business Administration will officially open the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal today, April 8, 2021 at 12 pm EDT for operators of live venues, live performing arts organizations, museums and movie theaters, as well as live venue promoters, theatrical producers and talent representatives to apply for critical economic relief, as those eligible entities are some of the first that had to shutter their doors a year ago in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) Thursday announced that Vermont has received an additional $32 million from the federal government to aid the state’s efforts to vaccinate against COVID-19. Leahy announced the federal funding during a visit to the Morrisville vaccination site hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and to Copley Hospital.

Vermont Business Magazine The ninth annual Vermont’s Greenest Building Awards, hosted by the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN), recognized seven projects and design/build teams. The projects received awards for achieving the highest standard of demonstrated building energy performance for commercial and residential buildings and documentation of green building strategies including health, transportation, water and affordability.

by Joe Fusco Vermont must advance creative economic solutions to climate change. We are now living and working under accelerated change and disruption. While much of it has been driven by a global pandemic, we are also feeling the impact of political and social shifts. And, still, we face the issue of climate disruption.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) has announced the launch of an online training for Municipal officials. Sixteen informative videos, most around 10 minutes long, are intended to help new, and not-so-new, municipal officials learn about ANR’s work and the tools available to help communities. While trainings are specifically tailored to municipal officials, any community member who would like to learn more about ANR’s work is invited to participate.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) announced Wednesday that the current board of directors will continue through the next year and existing officers have been renewed. The continuation of leadership was voted upon during the VPPSA Annual Meeting.

Vermont Business Magazine iSun, Inc (NASDAQ: ISUN), a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company with 50 years of construction experience in solar, electrical and data services, today announced that it has acquired all of the intellectual property of Oakwood Construction Services, Inc, and its affiliates, a utility-scale solar EPC company, for a total consideration of $2.7 million, with $1.0 million due immediately and the remaining $1.7 million contingent upon the achievement of certain milestones.

Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden Solid Waste District's Drop-Off Centers located in Essex, Richmond, and South Burlington are now open additional days. All seven CSWD Drop-Off Centers are open to the public. They've made many changes, so if you haven't visited a DOC lately, visit www.CSWD.net/doc before you go. The website provides full details for each location, including materials, quantities, and vehicles accepted (this may vary by location), hours of operation, fees, and guidelines for ensuring your visit is safe and efficient.

Vermont Business Magazine Boutique Air will begin flight operations from Burlington International Airport (BTV) to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on Thursday, April 29, 2021. The new route will offer one daily round-trip.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting a recent low of 42 cases of COVID-19. There was one more death for 230 statewide. Governor Phil Scott and other officials have now outlined the State’s stepped plan to methodically and safely ease mitigation measures as more Vermonters are vaccinated. The plan uses vaccination rates as the key milestones for transitioning Vermont businesses to more general, universal guidance for preventing the spread of COVID-19, modifying travel guidance, and for when gathering size can increase between now and July 4.

Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that Cushing & Sons, Inc, was fined $12,750 for spilling chlorinated water into a stream in Hartland when it overfilled a company tanker truck. While withdrawing water, the truck operator became distracted by traffic congestion and the water tank overfilled, resulting in a discharge of 50-100 gallons of chlorinated water to Harlow Brook. An investigation the following day revealed more than 60 dead amphibians and fish including brook trout.