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Vermont Business Magazine The Lake Champlain Basin Program seeks proposals for projects that improve water quality and ecosystems in the Lake Champlain watershed. The Program anticipates awarding more than 75 grants totaling more than $890,000 to local organizations, municipalities, and educational institutions. The grants will support projects that advance the goals of the long-term Lake Champlain management plan Opportunities for Action.

Vermont Business Magazine On Thursday, Governor Phil Scott will meet with the Boat Sponsor Gloria Valdez, Commanding Officer Commander Henry Roenke and Chief of the Boat Master Chief Petty Officer James Brownson of the PCU Vermont.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) released on Wednesday its 2018 Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard is a tool developed by VCV to help Vermonters track legislators’ voting records on key environmental issues in the latest legislative biennium.

Vermont Business Magazine The Working Lands Enterprise Board announces the 2019 Business Grants request for application release date. The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative supports innovative entrepreneurs at the forefront of Vermont’s Working Lands economy through technical and financial assistance to help growing businesses thrive.

Vermont Business Magazine The classic Vermont village of our imagination – the church with a steeple, the smell of a freshly mowed town green flanked by mature maples and stone walls; a babbling brook, a nearby historic general store, post office, and an assortment of authentic historic homes – exists today in Strafford, Vermont.

The State Downtown Development Board approved the town’s applications to officially designate South Strafford and Stafford Village. The villages respectively became the 150th and 151st village centers officially recognized by the state. The Board celebrated this milestone in the program with ice cream from Strafford Creamery, a one-farm, one-family dairy.

Vermont Business Magazine Following the release of a sworn affidavit from Julie Swetnick detailing new allegations of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy and all 10 Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today urged President Trump to immediately withdraw the nomination or order an FBI investigation into all allegations.

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan announced that Vermont and 49 states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber Technologies, Inc. The settlement addresses the company’s one-year delay in reporting a data breach to its affected drivers. Vermont will receive $600,000 as its portion of the settlement. Uber’s payments across the country total $148 million.

Vermont Business Magazine GMP is alerting customers that crews are ready to respond to possible outages this afternoon and evening as thunderstorms are forecasted to hit Vermont. Forecasters say the line of storms is ahead of a cold front and it could pack strong winds with gusts that could top 50 MPH in some spots.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $7.4 million in financing to support manufacturing, agricultural, small business and energy development projects throughout Vermont. Among the awardees were: Smugglers' Notch Distillery; Northern Gas Transport, Inc; Flex-A-Seal, Inc; Packetized Energy Technologies, Inc; The Afterschool Collaborative; Kid Logic Learning; Londonderry Community Solar; and Eurowest Solar.

"Manufacturing and other jobs will be created by a number of Vermont businesses approved for VEDA financing," said Jo Bradley, VEDA's Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, VEDA's Farm Operating Loan Program continues to provide cash flow relief to Vermont's dairy farmers to help them withstand the pressures of several years of low milk prices."

Vermont Business Magazine In what the mayor calls an important step for the stability of the city’s financial future, on Monday, September 24, the Burlington City Council voted unanimously to adopt a first-known debt policy for the city, just as $100 million in bonding will go to voters. The policy outlines a target and a maximum for the amount of General Obligation debt that the city can incur, as well as for the amount of “overlapping debt,” or the total amount of combined General Obligation Debt incurred between the city and the Burlington School District.

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Our Flavor Gurus are having a bit of a conundrum, so they're enlisting Ben & Jerry's fans for help. From now until October 9th, fans are encouraged to visit BenJerry.com and cast their vote to bring back a Limited Batch flavor. The winning flavor will appear in freezers nationwide this December.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Foundation and the organizing committee for the Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial, Community Leadership are pleased to announce that James Baker will be honored with this year’s award. Baker is the former police chief in Rutland and the current leader of a community revitalization effort in Arlington, where he lives. The $15,000 award, to be used however the recipient chooses, will be presented at a reception on October 3 at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.