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Vermont Business Magazine Raise awareness surrounding recovery month and ending stigma with Aspenti's 2019 Recovery Month Toolkit. They're providing you with the assets you need to help reduce stigma in the workplace and heighten understanding surrounding substance use disorder and those in recovery.

Vermont Business Magazine An estimated 2,500 soldiers, mainly from the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (MTN), which includes soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard, are scheduled to perform a federal active-duty deployment supporting US Central Command, US European Command, and US African Command in 2021. Soldiers assigned to the Garrison Support Command are also included in the notification of sourcing.

Brigadier General Greg Knight, Vermont Adjutant General. Click image for video announcement.

Clubs in Florida, Colorado and Vermont win Back2School 'Stuff the Bus' Challenge from Boys & Girls Clubs of America, receiving Toyota Sienna minivans, cash and supplies worth more than $75,000

Vermont Business Magazine Boys & Girls Clubs of America presented three Boys & Girls Clubs across the country, incluidng in Brattleboro, with brand new 2019 Toyota Sienna vehicles as a culmination to the nonprofit's Back2School Stuff the Bus Tour – powered by Toyota. The minivans were generously donated by national partner Toyota. In addition, each Club will receive a $25,000 cash prize.

Vermont Business Magazine Casella Waste Systems, Inc (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company based in Rutland, announced today that the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board have issued all necessary permits and approvals for the company to expand its WasteUSA landfill located in Coventry, Vermont. The expansion will increase the lined disposal area by 51.2 acres, or by approximately 13.7 million cubic yards, which will create approximately 20 years of additional airspace at the current run-rate. 

The landfill is currently permitted to accept up to 600,000 tons per year of municipal solid waste (MSW). 

3rd Quarter 2019 Business Conditions Survey and Index

Vermont Business Magazine Lisa Ventriss, President of Vermont Business Roundtable (VBR) and Jeffrey Carr, President, Economic & Policy Resources (EPR), announced Monday the Q3 of 2019 outlook results of their joint initiative, the VBR/EPR Business Conditions Survey and Index. Two-thirds of respondents shared negative outlooks specifically with ease of hiring for available positions; a majority of respondents expressed a neutral outlook about the state’s overall business climate; optimism has waned slightly over the last quarter; but data indicate Vermont is more positive than the national trends.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) is awarding $3.6 million in grants to municipalities for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvement projects. The combination of construction projects and planning grants will benefit cities and towns statewide by improving connectivity and safety for the traveling public as well as providing tangible economic benefits.

The larger projects are funded by about $3.3 million in federal money. In a joint statement, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said, “This funding will enable Vermont to improve the safety and reach of its bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Vermonters, businesses, public health, and the environment will all benefit from these projects throughout the state.”

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan announced today that his office has reviewed the officer-involved-shooting incident that occurred on May 11, 2019, in Tunbridge, Vermont. The Attorney General’s Office said in a state that it is declining to prosecute Vermont State Police Troopers Neil Carey and Matthew Tarricone for charges related to the fatal shooting of Jeremy Potwin. In reaching this decision, the office said it reviewed all the materials provided by the Vermont State Police, who conducted the investigation.

On May 11, 2019, the Vermont State Police located Jeremy Potwin at a home in Tunbridge, Vermont to serve an arrest warrant for an alleged violation of probation. Mr. Potwin, despite repeated requests by the Vermont State Police to exit the home, refused to be taken into custody and fired several shots out of the house in the direction of members of the Vermont State Police Tactical Services Unit.

by John McClaughry Get ready for the Global Climate Strike. This will occur in Vermont, and around the world, on September 20 and continue with “actions” throughout the ensuing week to publicize a frightening “climate emergency.” The Climate Strike activists have been taught to believe that the Earth is relentlessly heading toward a climate disaster. This is said to proven by “science,” evidenced by whatever calamitous weather event just appeared on your television screen.

More than half of this trend since 1950 is said to be due to the emission of greenhouse gases by human activities, notably the combustion of carbon fuels to provide electricity, transportation, and home and industrial process heating.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) is pleased to announce that $1 million dollars in funding is available for farmers, custom applicators, non-profit organizations and phosphorus separation equipment providers through the Capital Equipment Assistance Program (CEAP). Financial assistance is available for new or used innovative equipment that will aid in the reduction of surface runoff of agricultural wastes to State waters, improve water quality of State waters, reduce odors from manure application, separate phosphorus from manure, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce costs to farmers. The following equipment categories are eligible for funding:

Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, joined by Burlington Electric Department (BED) General Manager Darren Springer, City Director of Sustainability Jennifer Green, and other stakeholders, on Sunday publicly released the City’s Net Zero Energy Roadmap. More than a year in the making, the Roadmap studies what it will take for Burlington to accomplish its goal to become a Net Zero Energy city by 2030, and identifies four key pathways to get there.

Vermont Business Magazine Army Veteran Shannon Blake, of Shelburne, VT, is participating in the 2019 National Disabled Veterans TEE (Train, Expose, Experience) Tournament being held in Iowa City, September 8-13. The 26th National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament (NDVTEE) is an annual rehabilitative event sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Disabled American Veterans (DAV). The week-long event promotes rehabilitation by offering visually impaired veterans and those with other disabilities the opportunity to enjoy therapeutic adaptive golfing and other recreational sports.

Vermont Business Magazine More than 90 percent of people who died by suicide showed symptoms of mental health conditions, yet 59 percent of US adults with a mental health condition received no mental health services in the past year, according to a new report. States with a high rate of access to mental health care tend to have low prevalence of mental illness, Vermont was nearly opposite. The state has high incidence of mental health conditions (7) and also a high rate of access (2). Vermont also has a growing rate of suicide.