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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF VERMONT ANNOUNCES DISTINGUISHED EMPLOYEE FOR OCTOBER 2006
Berlin, VT Cheryl Bennett, a resident of Barre Town, VT, has been chosen as distinguished employee for the month of October 2006.
Ms. Bennett is a policy analyst in the operations department and has been with Blue Cross and Blue Shield for over 20 years. She is cited for the excellent internal customer service she provides and for her organizational skills. A co-worker stated, Her ability to identify issues and then step up to solve them is a credit to her and a huge advantage for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
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BURLINGTON, Vt.-- Champlain College has created a regional center for computer forensics with major funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
On December 28, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who helped secure the funding, joined Champlain College President David F. Finney on campus to discuss the important role of the new Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation (C3DI), which received a $650,000 grant from the DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The new center has been developed to advance three major initiatives. First, two new Champlain faculty members work with federal, state and local law enforcement investigators, performing digital investigations and adding capacity to law enforcement agencies in Vermont. Based at the Burlington Police Department, these investigators sift through digital evidence found on computers, cell phones, iPods and other digital devices so that crucial pieces of evidence can be applied to criminal investigations.
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Woodstock and Burlington, VT The VT/NH Direct Marketing Group announces its next educational seminar; Search, Surveys & E-mail Best Practices, will be held on March 2, 2007 at the Burlington Sheraton in Burlington, Vermont.
E-mail is conceptually brilliant: low cost, high speed, personal, dynamic, and interactive. Today, e-mail is a key driver of multi-channel marketing. Your message needs to stand out. Speakers; Sundeep Kapur and Sharmila Sorenson will review 15 case studies that you can apply to your own business, helping you transform valuable transactions into very valuable business relationships.
This one-day workshop will show you what others are doing effectively, allow you to learn from each other, share in best practices, and make sure your message gets through to the reciepent. One thing for sure, you will increase the effectiveness of your e-mail marketing program.
For more information call: 802-457-2807
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WAITSFIELD, Vermont The December issue of Sign Business, a leading sign industrys source magazine, featured two of Wood & Woods custom signs system in their yearly international Portfolio competition. Selection criteria included execution of design, layout, appropriate environmental context and visitor eye appeal.
Wood & Wood took Fourth Place for Spruce Peak at Stowes
13-ft. tall x 18-ft. wide monument entryway sign, which was designed in collaboration with landscape architects Chris Dunn and Jason Hoover of the SE Group, and David Norden of Spruce Peak Realty. Part of the inspiration came from the natural rock formations and boulders found on site, says Sparky Potter, president Wood & Wood Signs, Inc.
The other part came from the architectural history of the area. Installed November 2005 by a staff of Wood & Wood crafts people in concert with David Di Pentima of Bella Fiore Landscaping.
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BURLINGTON, Vt.--Champlain College is building upon the success of some of its most innovative academic programs with the unveiling of the Emergent Media Center.
Directed by Ann DeMarle, who founded Champlain Colleges pioneering Electronic Game & Interactive Development program in 2004, the Center will strengthen connections between the international game and interactive development industries, Champlain students and faculty, and Vermont businesses. The Center will advance the use of emergent media such as games, social networks, blogs and wikis for broader purposes. This includes collaborating with organizations to develop serious games -- games that harness technology for non-entertainment purposes, such as to enhance learning and training or to create positive change.
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The American Institute of Architectures Vermont chapter honored Freeman French Freeman (FFF) with an Interior Architecture award for the Burlington International Airport expansion project. This award was one of eight given by the local AIA chapter and is the firms third consecutive award for its work at the airport.
The jury, a panel of architects from the Connecticut chapter of AIA, was impressed by the interesting use of modernist materials and also praised the bringing of art to architecture in a place where people spend a lot of time.
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Exterus Technology for Business of Shelburne announced that Don MacLellan was hired as a Systems Engineer. Mr. MacLellan has been in the IT industry for over seven years and holds a Computer Information Systems, Networking (CISN) degree from the Nova Scotia Community College.
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groSolar Acquires Energy Outfitters
Venture Makes Solar
Company One of Nation’s Leading Solar Energy Suppliers
White River Junction, VT/Grants Pass, OR –
groSolar, a national solar energy firm, announced today that it has acquired
Energy Outfitters, an Oregon-based solar energy distribution company. The
acquisition makes groSolar one of the largest solar distribution and
installation firms in the U.S.,
with additional offices in western and eastern Canada.
“This is a great day for groSolar and
even a better day for those dedicated to mitigating global
warming,’’ groSolar CEO Jeff Wolfe said. “The combined assets
and expertise of the two companies will enable us to put more solar on more
roofs across the U.S. and Canada.’’
“We share the same values, mission and
goals,’’ said Bob Maynard, President of Energy Outfitters.
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Champlain Valley Exposition to Host January Business After Hours
ESSEX JUNCTION -- If you are looking for a fun evening and some great silent auction bargains from local businesses and merchants, plan on attending the Ambassadors Silent Auction and Taste of the Chamber on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 5:30-8 p.m. at Champlain Valley Exposition (CVE).
Champlain Valley Exposition, a non-profit organization, is home to many of Vermonts biggest events, including the annual Champlain Valley Fair, Rock Maple Snocross Racing, Vermont Flower Show, Everything Equine (named a Top Ten 2007 Vermont Chamber event), the Vermont Balloon and Music Festival, Spring and Fall Essex Crafts, Vermont Quilt Festival, NSRA Street Rods and the Champlain Valley Antiques Festival to name just a few of more than 100 special events.
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Burlington, VT December 8, 2006 Northfield Savings Bank has become the new Presenting Sponsor of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Burlingtons annual 10-day community celebration.