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Vermont Business Magazine The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $75 million to help families living in public housing and those participating in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program connect with services to further their education, find good jobs, and to set them on a path to self-sufficiency. Three Vermont organizations received a total of $474,683: Burlington Housing Authority $101,685; Brattleboro Housing Authority $138,000; and Vermont State Housing Authority $234,998.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin announced today new test results from precautionary groundwater sampling of perfluorinated compounds at the closed Shaftsbury Landfill. Results showed PFOA to be present at a concentration of 25 parts per trillion in the one monitoring well tested. The combined Vermont Health Advisory limit for PFOA and PFOS is 20 parts per trillion. Additional monitoring wells at the landfill will be tested within the next several weeks.

Vermont Business Magazine The federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced $501,736 in new awards to two organizations in Vermont. The awards were part of $149 million given nationally through 12 workforce programs to prepare the next generation of skilled, diverse primary care providers to serve communities in need across the country.

Vermont Business Magazine At a ceremony held today in Berlin, Judy Tartaglia, University of Vermont Health Network - Central Vermont Medical Center chief executive officer, dedicated the hospital’s new palliative care suite, the “Sun Room,” to Dr Marilyn Hart and Dr John Valentine for their compassionate efforts to enhance the hospital’s end of life care. Made possible through a generous donation from Lynne and Don Carpenter, the suite offers a light-filled sunroom, gathering area and kitchenette for seriously-ill patients and their families.

Vermont Business Magazine The City of Winooski is pleased to announce the appointment of Raymond Coffey as Interim City Manager. The City Council confirmed Coffey’s appointment on Monday, July 18 after accepting the resignation of former City Manager Katherine “Deac” Decarreau. . Decarreau had served Winooski for the previous seven years as City Manager and has accepted a position at the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union.

Raymond Coffey

Campaign for Vermont Earlier this month Campaign for Vermont (CFV) submitted to gubernatorial candidates Dunne, Galbraith, Lisman, Minter and Scott a series of questions. Campaign for Vermont was assisted in the development of these questions by volunteers and all questions were reviewed for substance, fairness, importance and non-partisanship by the following balanced group of knowledgeable Vermont observers: Bill Schubart, Neale Lunderville, David Coates and Bill Gilbert. We thank them for their assistance. Forum questions focus upon these important areas:

• The Vermont State Budget
• Act 46 and Property Taxes
• Health Care
• Ethics in State Government
• Energy Policy
• Strategic Planning

Candidates Dunne, Lisman (NOTE: Bruce Lisman is the founder and former head of CFV) and Scott have responded and we hope that candidates Minter and Galbraith will soon join them.

Vermont Business Magazine The Williston RehabGYM plans to relocate, expanding its services of physical rehabilitation, health memberships and performance enhancement. The new entity, called Kismet, will unite the RehabGYM’s services with integrative nutrition and psychotherapy to offer more comprehensive holistic care and health coaching. Owner Sharon Gutwin said the essential intent of services at Kismet is to keep people healthy and out of sick care.

Vermont Business Magazine According to a statement issued by the town today, on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at precisely 8:09 pm, Shelburne’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Number 1, located off Crown Road, experienced a level sensor malfunction resulting in approximately 110,000 gallons of unchlorinated wastewater released into Lake Champlain.

Vermont Business Magazine Granite United Way (GUW) recently awarded a grant of $15,000 to Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) in support of the Windsor Connection Resource Center (WCRC), a Hospital-sponsored community program that connects local residents with health and human services resources.

Vermont Business Magazine Hergenrother Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty Vermont has been named one of America’s top real estate professional teams by REAL Trends, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal for the fourth year in a row.  The team is now a member of the “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by REAL Trends and advertised in The Wall Street Journal.  Hergenrother Realty Group is now ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of the more than 1.1 million Realtors® nationwide.

The Thousand real estate professionals was announced on June 24, 2016, with four separate categories honoring the top 250 residential agents and agent teams for excellence in:

by Peter Galbraith Bernie Sanders campaigned for president with a proposal to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities to all high school graduates. We can do this in Vermont at no cost to working Vermonters. I have put forward a plan for four years free tuition for every Vermont high school graduate who wants to attend any of the five colleges in the Vermont State College system. This will benefit the nearly 8,000 Vermonters who enroll in our state colleges, the Community College of Vermont and the Vermont Technical College.

Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that it has formally settled a series of environmental violations against Willie Noyes.