Current News
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The City of Burlington will be conducting an inventory of historic
buildings over the next several months in an area of Burlington's Hill
Section historically known as known as "Prospect Park."
Lyssa Papazian, a historic preservation consultant, and Phillip Barlow, a
graduate student in historic preservation, will be recording architectural
styles, details, history, and photographing buildings for the City's
Historic Sites and Structures Survey. This survey is an inventory of
historic structures that is used to assist city & state officials,
researchers, and property owners in planning for the protection,
preservation, interpretation, and promotion of important cultural and
architectural resources.
The area of the City being researched this year is between South Prospect
and South Willard streets south of Main Street in the city's Hill Section
neighborhood. More specifically, there are two areas:
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Charlie Poulin of Pomerleau Business Services was the selling agent and Kevin DArcy of Pomerleau Real Estate was the listing broker on the sale transaction of Waterbury Beverage and The Vermont Liquor Agency in Waterbury, VT to Quinland Farms, Inc. Their operation will be relocated to the Crossroads Beverage & Deli in Waterbury.
Charlie Poulin of Pomerleau Real Estate was the leasing broker representing the tenant, New England Federal Credit Union on the lease transaction of 750 square feet at 100 Bank Street in Burlington. The Bank expects an August 1, 2004 opening and will install a full service ATM as well as have an office facility at this location. Bill Kiendl of V/T Commercial represented the Landlord in this transaction.
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July 2004 begins the process for preparing Chittenden Countys next
Regional Plan. The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) will develop
the advisory regional plan, which is used to guide public and private decisions affecting land
development, infrastructure, public services, and natural resources. Greg Brown (CCRPCs
Executive Director) notes, The Commission will devote over two years to develop the 2006
Regional Plan in order to maximize public involvement at every stage of the process.
That process will be quite different from the approach used to prepare the 2001 Regional
Plan. Over the next two years, CCRPC will solicit and use public feedback to prepare a series
of three draft plans. Each successive draft plan will build upon the previous draft to address
a wider scope of issues in greater detail than its predecessor.
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Women Business Owners Network (WBON) announces that Gloria Salvanelli will become the organizations new appointee to the Vermont Commission on Women Advisory Council.
According to Meredith Martin Davis, WBON Executive Director, Gloria has a very strong passion for womens issues and will be a positive contributor to the Advisory Council. We are looking forward to having a member of WBON participate on the Advisory Council and contribute to the wonderful work that the Vermont Commission on Women does for women in our state.
The Womens Business Owners Network (WBON) is an association of over 140 women business owners from Vermont and New Hampshire who support one another in the pursuit of business and personal success. WBON has monthly chapter meetings in Burlington, Brattleboro, the Upper Valley, Rutland, and Montpelier, as well as conferences and social events throughout the year.
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DominionTech Computer Services has been in business since 2000. It's recent growth in the Champlain Valley prompted the opening of it's new Service Center in Colchester.
DominionTech is now authorized to repair Apple Branded products as an "Apple Authorized Service Provider"
They now offer same day service for all major brands of computer equipment including PC's Macintosh and Linux OS based systems.
More information about DominionTech can be found at http://www.DominionTech.com
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Dr. Gary Scudder, professor of history at Champlain College, is traveling this summer to India to teach college students in that country. As part of Champlains International Program, selected business and technology degree programs are offered on-site in Mumbai, India, and Scudder is the first Champlain professor to teach at this overseas campus.
In addition to teaching history courses and working with faculty in Mumbai, Scudder will also set up the mechanics for future student and faculty exchanges. He will also further develop plans to share class projects between Burlington and international students using Champlains online capabilities. A year ago, Scudder worked with a professor in the United Arab Emirates to facilitate online class discussions between students in a contemporary world issues course.
Scudder is the coordinator of social sciences at Champlain College and he has taught at the College for four years.
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Third Sector Systems announces the latest release of its organization-wide software - Mission Maestro Version 4.0. Mission Maestro manages and reports on all the details of an organization's programs, services, membership, fundraising, events, activities, grants and more.
Version 4.0 consists of enhancements to Mission Maestro's integrated email and print communication system. The communication system enables users to create completely personalized communication that specifically references interaction that a constituent has had with the organization - whether as a client, service provider, donor, volunteer, attendee, board member -- or any other role.
For example, a program manager could automatically produce a letter or email that thanks an individual for participating in a specific panel, thanks them for the amount of their recent contribution, or suggests the names, dates and times of several upcoming events that meet the individual's interests.
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Financing commitments approved by the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) Board of Directors will return a large industrial facility in Springfield to productive use; support the purchase and expansion of an existing manufacturing facility in Sharon; and help fund the purchase of a country inn in Fayston. The Board also made financing commitments through the Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation (VACC) to support the purchase and operation of two equine facilities one in New Haven and the other in Colchester.
VEDAs traditional and growing -- support for the preeminent sectors of Vermonts economy; manufacturing, tourism and agriculture is exemplified by the Boards financing decisions this month, said VEDA Manager Jo Bradley. Jobs will be created and retained through these projects, and thats good news for all of us.
The projects approved for financing are:
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Cambium Group, LLC, a leading web site development firm specializing in innovative web site designs and content management systems launched a new web site for ManagedStorage International (MSI).
MSI's new site www.msiservice.com presents a completely new design for the company. In addition to the website, Cambium Group designed print collateral to coordinate with the new look of the site, thus providing a consistent look and feel between media.
Cambium Groups content management system is the ideal solution for MSI. The system allows me to instantly add, modify, or delete web content through an online interface without needing to use any internal IT resources, said Kevin Thomas, director of marketing communications for ManagedStorage International.
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Champlain College is launching its Computer and Digital Forensics program on the Internet this fall. The program prepares professionals to examine computers and pull relevant evidence from them, and it is the first online degree of its kind in the country.
Computers represent the fastest growing technology used by criminals for literally all types of crimes, and the numbers of computer and network security incidents are increasing, said program director Gary Kessler, a nationally recognized computer security expert. The professional computer forensics examiner needs to understand the law, the technology and the investigative process.
Today, computers often play a key role in the commission of crimes, as in financial fraud and identity theft, while at other times they serve as record-keepers of conversations and incriminating data.
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> The Creative Services Department of WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont has
> been awarded two first place honors for Television Commercial
> Production and Public Service Announcement in the 2003 New York State
> Broadcasters Association Awards. The awards were presented at a
> ceremony in Lake George, New York on June 22, 2004.
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> The New York State Broadcasters Association conducted its 39th Annual
> Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting at the Sagamore Resort Hotel.
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The Women Business Owners Network (WBON) welcomes 16 new members.
Lisa Dagett, The UPS Store #4618; Linda Doty, Vermont By the Bushel; Sarah Forbes, Sarah Forbes Design; Sue Gillis, Vermont Woman; Bonnie Horsford, Universal Mortgage; Doris Kopp, Granny Blossom's Specialty Foods & Marketing, Inc; Dr. Maria Kowalchyk-DeVito, De Vito Associates; Joan Lynch, The Inner Garden; Elizabeth Meyer, Child Care Resource; Catherine Miller, Education Consultant; Linda Mirabile, Mirabile Designs; Michelle Parent, Child Care Resource; Joanne Patalano, Eservices of Vermont, Web Designer - Database Developer - Computer Instructor; Cheryl Pickreign, Vermont Economic Development Authority; Pamela Scanlon, Athena Consulting; Emily Stebbins, Stebbins Ink;