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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power is alerting customers that the forecast calls for heavy, wet snow starting overnight tonight, and that outages and some damage is possible. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for parts of Northern, Western, and Central Vermont, and forecasters say snow totals could reach up to 12 inches in some higher elevations. They are calling for very wet snow, and mixed precipitation, which could weigh down trees and take down power lines.

Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University President Richard W Schneider and Senator Patrick Leahy, (D-Vermont) announced on Thursday, March 21, the award of three major contracts totaling approximately $7.3 million that continue Leahy’s long-standing support of cybersecurity education programs and research at Norwich University.

Vermont Business Magazine Long View Forest, Inc and Encore Renewable Energy announced today the commissioning of a 745 kilowattpeak (kWp) community solar array on three acres at the new Long View headquarters and woodyard on Ferry Road in Hartland. The project is on a 28-acre remediated “brownfield” property formerly used as a saw mill and lumber treatment facility. Brownfields, because of prior environmental contamination, are deemed prime solar sites under Vermont regulations.

by Lori Fisher, Executive Director, LCC Earlier this month, Lake Champlain completely iced over for the first time since 2015. In this issue of Enews we share some of the magic of winter on the lake with articles on snow kiting, Nordic skating and ice fishing. Read on to learn about how ice thaws, check out a series of upcoming events including a World Water Day presentation about plastics in Lake Champlain and a special international conference that draws on the past and looks to the future. You’ll also find clean lake tips, nature notes and water news from near and far.

As winter wanes, we hope you have a chance to take in the special beauty of a frozen lake. Thanks as always for your support and stewardship of this great waterway.

by Rob Miller, CEO, VSECU Unlike many financial institutions, VSECU is not run by outside investors, we’re run by our members. This makes us uniquely positioned to respond to what Vermonters need from their lenders. That’s why we’ve put a strong focus on investing in renewable energy. Our members know that investing in efficient renewable energy supports Vermont and our local economy.

Energy Action Network (EAN) recently released their 2018 Annual Progress Report, which adds further evidence for why these investments are the right thing to do for Vermonters, our environment, and our economy.

For instance, supporting Vermonters’ investments in renewable energy supports homegrown Vermont renewable energy businesses, which now employ almost 19,000 Vermonters – 6 percent of our workforce. That’s the highest share of any state’s renewable energy employment in the nation.

Vermont Business Magazine Runamok Maple and Sogle Property LLC (d/b/a Thunder Basin Maple Works) have been granted a combined $95,779.90 in Vermont Training Program (VTP) funds.  Both companies are co-owned by Eric and Laura Sorkin and together tap 81,000 maple trees on 1,350 acres in Cambridge and Fairfield, Vermont. Production across both companies has doubled in size over the last year

Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced the appointment of Deanna Paluba as the new Director of the City’s Department of Human Resources. Paluba brings over 20 years of experience to the position, including three years as the Director of Employee Relations at Gilead Sciences and 12 years in Human Resources at IBM. Mayor Weinberger has asked the City Council to confirm Paluba’s appointment at its meeting on Monday, March 25.

Mayor Miro Weinberger and Deanna Paluba. Courtesy City of Burington.

March 20^th is national SBDC Day, a national movement and social media campaign to help share collectively the small business success stories and notable impact SBDCs have fostered in communities nationwide.  For nearly 40 years the America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network has helped aspiring and emerging small business owners achieve the American dream of entrepreneurship.

Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) along with our clients, stakeholders, and partners will post on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn today, using the hashtag #SBDCDay, and encourage liking, commenting and sharing.

Vermont Business Magazine VHB, with offices in South Burlington, has acquired Montpelier-based The Johnson Company (JCO)—a 30-person environmental science and engineering firm serving clients throughout the US. Together with JCO, VHB’s growing firm is poised to deliver a broader array of services and additional resources to meet market demands for clients nationwide. JCO brings a new Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation (CSAR) practice to VHB.

by Howard Dean The Trump Administration and conservative, right-wing politicians across the nation are waging a war on women’s rights. Health care coverage, birth control access and abortion rights are being systematically dismantled at both the state and federal level. With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the final dam protecting reproductive rights seems set to break. Roe v. Wade could be overturned as soon as this year.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak today announced the appointment of Kevin Gaffney as deputy commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation’s (DFR) Insurance Division.