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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Police is investigating an incident in which Rutland City police officers shot and wounded a subject early Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Preliminary investigation indicates that at about 12:15 am, members of the Rutland City Police Department were conducting a narcotics investigation on Terrill Street involving a vehicle with two adult male occupants. During the subsequent interaction, city police fired upon the vehicle. The circumstances that prompted the shooting and the number of officers who fired is under investigation.

Vermont Business Magazine The way we work has likely forever changed due to the pandemic, and so has the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), the state’s largest coworking community. As startups, remote workers, and entrepreneurs, resume or return to work their workspace needs are drastically different, but their desire to stay connected, productive, and innovative is the same, if not stronger.

Vermont Business Magazine Tech Vault, the premier “green” data center in the Northeast based in South Burlington, announced Monday that it is now offering direct connectivity to leading public cloud providers via Megaport, a global leading Network as a Service provider.

Vermont Business Magazine Recently, the Community Bank NA New England branches matched each dollar-for-dollar donation to the Burlington City Arts (BCA) up to $5,000 to support its educational programming and scholarship fund during its spring fundraising campaign, which ran through June 30.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont is strongly committed to meeting or exceeding all the expectations outlined In Governor Scott’s “Safe and Healthy Return to Campus” mandatory guidance document, UVM president Suresh V Garimella said. The document was published Monday and discussed in the governor’s press briefing today. Garimella was on the conference call today and UVM worked closely with the state in developing the guidance.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today released the state’s college reopening plan. The college task force is led by Rich Schneider, former president of Norwich University. Schneider pointed out that while these are the minimum requirements all colleges must adhere to; the schools could institute even stricter requirements.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today reported that there were three new cases of COVID-19 statewide. Health Commissioner Dr Mark Levine attributed Vermont's ongoing low case count to Vermonters' behavior in mask wearing and social distancing and to the state's vigilance in testing and contact tracing. The contact tracing helps prevent cases turning into clusters of cases which then can turn into outbreaks. In other states experiencing spikes in cases, they've had to even abandon contact tracing, he said, and reverted back into "Stay Home" type mitigation efforts in order to try and get the virus spread back under control.

Vermont Business Magazine The Board of Directors of Co-operative Insurance Companies is pleased to announce the election of Lee Dowgiewicz as President & CEO, effective July 1, 2020. Dowgiewicz joined Co-op in September 2019, and replaces retiring CEO Marie Jewett. He is a 29-year veteran of the insurance business, starting with ITT Hartford in 1991 as a commercial lines underwriter.

Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center will expand its substance use and recovery services in northwestern Vermont by offering a new medication-assisted treatment (MAT) Spoke serving Franklin and Grand Isle counties at 172 Fairfield Street in St Albans. Partners in Hope and Recovery at Northwestern Medical Center (NMC), a long-time partner and provider, is transitioning from offering medication assisted-treatment in the county.

Jonathan Billings, Vice President of Community Relations at Northwestern Medical Center says, “we have worked closely in partnership with Howard Center for many years, and we are confident in their ability to provide exceptional care and treatment for the community. Both of our organizations are committed to ensuring a smooth transition for patients.”

Vermont Business Magazine The US Small Business Administration on Monday released detailed loan-level data regarding the loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Between the large and small loans which totaled 11,929 companies, Vermont received about $1.1 billion. Total jobs retained were 113,838. There were 10,387 PPP loans in Vermont under $150,000 with a total value of $367,897,165 and the associated jobs retained were 45,179. There were 1,542 loans of $150,000 or more which retained 68,659 jobs. There are 171 organizations that received at least $1 million, ranging from for-private businesses to non-profit entities.

Vermont Department of Health The Vermont COVID-19 Testing Registration website provides information on testing and registratin for pop-up sites across Vermont. The pop-up sites fill up fast. This is for asymptomatic people to sign up for a COVID-19 test to tell you if you currently have a COVID-19 infection. This is not a serology/antibody test, and will not tell you if you were sick with COVID-19 in the past.

Vermont Business Magazine Northeast Delta Dental’s ongoing support of businesses and nonprofits negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is primarily focused on advancing the oral health and overall wellness of its customers and the public. President & CEO, Tom Raffio, said, “We’re committed to thoughtfully and methodically providing forms of relief to our stakeholders and our communities that would be most beneficial to them, with their safety and health uppermost in our considerations. None of the related costs were passed along to them.”