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Vermont Business Magazine NewStore, the first to provide Omnichannel-as-a-Service, today announced that Burlington, Vermont-based Burton Snowboards will implement the NewStore Omnichannel Platform in all of its stores globally. NewStore will leverage its partnership with Salesforce to connect into Salesforce Commerce Cloud, giving Burton a single unified platform to manage ecommerce, customers, transactions, store operations and inventory management.​

Vermont Business Magazine US Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) are demanding answers from Amazon as work-related injuries at the company’s facilities continued to rise over the holidays, and recent reports indicate poor and unsafe working conditions.

by Representative Heidi E Scheuermann (R-Stowe) As we begin the sixth week of the 2020 Legislative Session, the differences between the Democratic supermajorities in the legislature and Governor Phil Scott in how to move our state forward, have become clear again.

NVRH practices receive certificate of recognition for patient-centered, coordinated care management

Vermont Business Magazine All three Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) primary care practices – Kingdom Internal Medicine in St Johnsbury, Corner Medical in Lyndonville and St Johnsbury Pediatrics in St Johnsbury – have been awarded recognition by the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Systematic Use of Patient-Centered and Coordinated Care Management Processes.

​by John McClaughry The battle lines have been drawn on the state’s political landscape, and they are somewhat different than in previous years. Traditionally, Democratic legislators have favored taxing and spending to benefit members of their electoral coalition, such as unionized workers, enviromentalists, lower income families and disadvantaged groups.

Vermont Business Magazine Throughout its more than 150-year history, Community Bank N.A has remained committed to giving back to the communities it serves. In 2019, the bank’s annual charitable giving reached more than $2.6 million in sponsorships, donations and grants, with its branches across New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massachusetts donating to more than 2,500 local organizations.

Vermont Business Magazine Kinney Drugs has earned special recognition for 2019 as the #2 fundraiser in the country from the American Heart Association. Kinney raised $41,000 through a month-long in-store National Wear Red Day fundraising campaign. Wear Red Day, the first Friday in February, is the American Heart Association’s campaign that encourages employees in businesses across the U.S. to wear red and donate $5 to help fight heart disease in women. For its 2019 campaign, Kinney employees, customers, partners, vendors and its general community all donated critical funds for research and for people living with heart disease and stroke.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott Monday evening vetoed S.23, a bill that would have mandated an increase to Vermont’s minimum wage. The governor already this year vetoed a mandatory paid leave bill, which was sustained by a single vote in a contentious House action at the end of last week.

Vermont Business Magazine A second high ranking member of the Burlington Police Department has stepped down as part of the fallout from the resignation of former police chief Brandon Del Pozo over misuse of a social media account. Deputy Chief Jan Wright had at first been appointed by Mayor Miro Weinberger as acting chief in December after Del Pozo had resigned for creating a fake Twitter account in order to taunt a frequent critic of his and the department's.

But Wright then admitted to her own fake Facebook account that first led to her suspension and eventually to Monday evening's forced resignation, when her anonymous social media use turned out to be more widespread than she initially admitted to.

In response to the resignation of Wright, Mayor Miro Weinberger released the following statement Monday evening:

Senator Patrick Leahy For the fourth year in a row, President Trump has sent Congress a reckless and cynical budget proposal that is divorced from reality and, if implemented, would do more harm than good. The President continues his attack on affordable health care, proposing cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, which millions of American’s rely on to ensure they can see a doctor when they need one.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont 211 will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary February 11, 2020, with a Joint Legislative Proclamation and an afternoon coffee break from 1:30 pm–3 pm in the Vermont State House cafeteria. February 11 also is celebrated internationally every year as 211 Day. As a free, 24/7 information and referral service, 211 provides unmatched, critical services. Every day, Vermonters contact 211 for confidential help to access crisis and emergency counseling, disaster assistance, food, health care and insurance assistance, stable housing and utilities payment assistance, employment services, veteran services, and childcare and family services.

Vermont Business Magazine An update of Vermont Solar Pathways Report shows that solar progress in Vermont has declined steadily over the last three years. The current annual installation rate would not be sufficient to reach the 20 percent by 2025 Solar Pathways target.

“The update sends a mixed message,” said the study’s lead author, David Hill, PhD. “On one hand the growth rates required to meet the target are attainable, and have been demonstrated in the period from 2014 to 2019 in both Vermont and national markets. During the last three years Vermont’s solar market has seen declines that if not corrected will fall well short of the solar pathway potential.”