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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Colleges System Board of Trustees is calling for nominations for its Award for Extraordinary Contribution to be conferred at the 2019 VSCS Hall of Fame event. The Board will recognize the winner of the Award for Extraordinary Contribution and four alumni inductees at its fourth annual Hall of Fame celebration on March 14, 2019 at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier. Proceeds from the event will fund scholarships for Vermont students.

Vermont Business Magazine As faculty gathered to begin a new academic year, Sterling College in Craftsbury Common has announced it has successfully concluded its five-year Nourish the Roots comprehensive campaign by exceeding the original $9 million campaign goal, raising $11.6 million in gifts and pledges. Sterling College is among the smallest colleges in the United States and during the campaign raised more annually for its environmental stewardship mission than colleges and universities that are many times larger.

Vermont Business Magazine Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) led the fight against the opioid epidemic in another Senate-passed appropriations bill Thursday, securing $3 billion in new funding to address the crisis. The bill also contains Leahy-authored legislation to establish three “Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders” and directs $10 million to a new research program in the Department of Defense to study alternatives to opioids for chronic pain management.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), locally representing ESGR, a Department of Defense agency, announced that Governor Phil Scott has signed a proclamation declaring August 19-25, 2018 as Vermont Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week. This proclamation mirrors the spirit and intent of a Presidential Proclamation signed earlier in the week, giving gratitude to our many employers who have provided exceptional support to our citizen warriors.

Vermont Business Magazine Northern Vermont Off Leash K9 Training — an award-winning, dog-training business boasting more than 115 locations nationwide — is now available to Burlington residents and their canine charges of all breeds and ages, courtesy of Stockbridge, Massachusetts Transplant Eve-Marie Troy.

Aggressive dogs, fussy dogs, shy dogs and even dogs sporting an overall unruly nature can all benefit from obedience training unlike what has been offered before in Vermont’s Queen City.

Vermont Business Magazine Ian and Kara Bouchett, co-owners of Juicebox announced this month that they will be expanding operations to an additional location in the Berlin Mall. Juicebox opened on College Street in Burlington in late 2013, to offer a variety of fresh, healthy juices, smoothie bowls, and smoothies. At the beginning of the year, the Burlington juice bar began conversations with the mall owners (Heidenberg Properties) about a location in the space neighboring the mall’s successful Planet Fitness.

Vermont Business Magazine In a letter to the community issued Wednesday, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the Vermont Department of Health, stated that test results of indoor and outdoor air at the Integrated Arts Academy (HO Wheeler) show that it is safe for students, teachers and staff to be at the elementary school. School begins August 29.

Vermont Busienss Magazine Governor Phil Scott revealed Wednesday he will reappoint Kevin Mullin, of Rutland, as chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. For the last 15 months, Mullin served as the interim chair, completing the remainder of Al Gobeille’s term, who stepped down in January 2017 to serve as the secretary of Human Services.

Kevin Mullin, GMCB chair.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Grossman School of Business today announced the launch of its new 15-credit Certificate of Graduate Study in Sustainable Enterprise and its Leading Sustainable Innovation Professional Certificate Program, both accepting enrollments for January 2019.

Vermont Business Magazine On Tuesday, August 21^st, the Burlington Board of School Commissioners passed a resolution asking City Council to place a $70 million bond question on the November ballot. The School board passed the resolution by a margin of 9-1.

Vermont Business Magazine Strolling of the Heifers’ successful farm & food business accelerator, Windham Grows, is in full swing with its third cohort. The current group of entrepreneurs, who started the program in July, are from all over the Northeast. In its first eighteen months, Windham Grows mentored thirteen Windham County businesses. The combined scale of the program’s first phase equates to the 13th largest employer in the county with 150 employees, over $500,000 in outside investments, and 30 new jobs to the region.

“Windham Grows is excited to continue growing conscious food and agriculture businesses by providing them with state of the art tools, resources, and mentorship needed to evolve businesses to the next level by helping them create positive change in their community, and revolutionize the future of food” said Orly Munzing, Executive Director of Strolling of the Heifers.

Vermont Business Magazine On Primary Day last Tuesday, Republicans in Chittenden County added a third name to the two listed on their ballot for State Senate. Former Essex Junction State Representative Paul Dame's name was placed into nomination after receiving the required number of write-in votes across the county. Former representative Dame will now join fellow Republicans Alex Farrell and Dana Maxfield on the ballot in November in an attempt to break up the 6-person Senate District (the largest such legislative district in the country) currently held entirely by Democrats.