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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber have announced the three finalists for the 2018 Deane C Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award: Chroma Technology Corp, Bellows Falls, Green Mountain Power, Colchester and ReArch Company, South Burlington. One of these impressive finalists will be named the 2018 Deane C Davis Outstanding Vermont Business of the Year on Wednesday, May 22nd in an awards presentation ceremony at the UVM Grossman School of Business.

Vermont Business Magazine At a press conference Thursday, Governor Phil Scott and Green Up Vermont celebrated the upcoming 49^th Annual Green Up Day, taking place Saturday, May 4 in towns throughout Vermont. Since 1970, Vermonters have greened up 13,000 miles of roadside in the nation’s largest and oldest statewide green up event. The governor was joined by Green Up Vermont Board Chairman Mike Casella and the winners of this year’s Green Up Vermont poster and writing contests, which engage Vermont students in promoting Green Up Day awareness. This year’s poster contest winners are Chloe Jenkins of Chester, HeatherAnne Lee of Shelburne, Greta Bernier of Andover and Lyla LaBossiere of Westford, and the writing contest winner is Bella Schultz-Mitchell of Bakersfield.

Vermont Business Magazine Liquid Measurement Systems, Inc (LMS) announced today that, effective immediately, it is reorganizing its internal management structure in order to accelerate decision-making and increase customer responsiveness. The move will eliminate the Georgia-based company’s C-Suite and Operational Team and replace it with a single director-level leadership team that will report to company President William Fewell. 

by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine In July 2018 the Rutland Southwest and Rutland Central supervisory unions merged, becoming the Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union under the terms of Act 46, which mandated school district mergers across the state. Since then the GRCSU's teachers have been working under the terms of expired contracts with the defunct supervisory unions – contracts that are far from comparable in their conditions.

Frustrated with that arrangement, some 35 of those teachers held an informational picket outside the GRCSU offices on Rutland's Evelyn Street during the afternoon rush hour Tuesday, April 30, to demand a contract.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott acted on eight more bills between April 23, 2019 and April 30, 2019. They include H.7, An act relating to second degree aggravated domestic assault; H.19, An act relating to sexual exploitation of a person in law enforcement officer custody; and H.394, An act relating to the disposition of the remains of veterans.

Vermont Business Magazine The Magic Hat Brewing Company & Performing Arts Center has announced the release of Magic Hat X, an epic new collaboration with rock stars X Ambassadors. This American Pale Ale is kicking off just as the band begins their summer tour in support of their new album.

Vermont Business Magazine ValleyNet, ECFiber's implementation partner, announced today that it has chosen a new Managing Director, Christopher Recchia, of Randolph, VT. Recchia brings a wealth of non-profit and telecom regulatory experience, most notably as the head of Vermont’s Department of Public Service from 2012-2017. “ValleyNet and ECFiber have created a now-proven model for expanding quality high-speed broadband to rural New England and I look forward to expanding its availability to other areas, as well as bringing ECFiber’s network to its full potential,” Chris stated.

Vermont Research News Vermont is home to 191 historical societies who tell stories of Vermont’s rich past with photos, books, events and exhibits. For a full list see the Vermont Historical Society. In this special edition of the Vermont Research News we highlight 25 stories from around the state – there are many more! As summer comes plan a visit to your neighborhood museum, society or historical place.

Vermont Business Magazine Blake Hill’s “Wild Rose-infused Strawberry jam” from their new Botanical Jam Collection has won the Specialty Food Associations’ 2019 SOFI for Best New Jam/Preserve, as announced Wednesday. With Blake Hill’s new botanical “Wild Bergamot-infused Raspberry jam” also winning the US Good Food Awards earlier this year, this is an exceptional start for any new range.

Blake Hill’s new Botanical Jam Collection captures the essence of everything that is Blake Hill. At the very heart of this most exquisite range of jams are the wild edible flowers foraged from the Vermont meadows surrounding Blake Hill, providing a unique taste of terroir.  

Vermont Business Magazine Peck Electric Co, a leading commercial solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company based in Burlington, has announced the completion of seven solar projects in the fourth quarter of 2018 ranging from a 7-MW utility scale solar array to a 20.6-kW rooftop installation. Peck also recently anounced that it will become a publicly traded company during the second quarter of this year.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Electric Co-operative members will be able to get the very latest on the fast-moving electric vehicle marketplace in Vermont and also enjoy a complimentary breakfast and great door prizes at the co-op’s annual meeting May 11 at Jay Peak Resort. The meeting’s theme is Driving into the Future: Electric Vehicles in Rural Vermont, and the event will feature a panel of experts on electric vehicles - including a VEC member who owns an all-electric Nissan Leaf - who will share their expertise and experience with this emerging technology.

Plug-in hybrid electric car charging. Photo VEC/Kevin Goddard