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Vermont Business Magazine The Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV) and Breeze Airways, U.S.’ only NLCC, or “Nice Low-Cost Carrier, today announced new, nonstop service to Tampa International Airport (TPA) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) with Breeze Airways. Flights to Tampa will begin January 31, 2023 and flights to Orlando will begin February 14, 2023. The flights will be twice a week and year-round to both destinations.

Vermont Business Magazine Dairy processors across the Northeast are receiving an important investment intended to build resiliency and spur industry growth in our region. The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) announced today 35 businesses have been selected for over $12 million in awards through the Existing Dairy Processor Expansion Grant. With total funding of $12,287,001 across eight states, individual awards range from $25,852 to $1 million.  Those selected for awards represent processors of all sizes: from farmstead creameries to multi-state businesses and co-ops. 

Vermont Business Magazine On November 8, 2023, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont honored a number of individuals from a variety of law enforcement agencies at the US Attorney’s Office’s Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony. Individual investigators and officers from federal, state, and local agencies were nominated by US Attorney’s Office staff in a variety of categories for their outstanding work supporting the mission of this office and promoting public safety. 

Vermont Business Magazine November 8th is First Generation College Celebration day (FGCC), celebrated annually to commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act (“HEA”) of 1965 by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. This act created federal financial aid programs to fund students’ educations and made key investments in colleges and universities. Many of the HEA’s programs promote postsecondary access, retention and completion for today’s first-generation college students. For Vermont State University, this is a particularly important movement because nearly half of the students are the first in their families to attend college. 

Vermont Business Magazine In honor of Native American Heritage month, and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, Vermont Evaporator Company is donating a portion of its sales to support indigenous peoples and causes for the sixth year in a row this November. This year, the company will be setting aside a portion of its November sales for a local nonprofit, Alnôbaiwi. In past years, Vermont Evaporator Company has supported a tribe's struggle to reestablish sovereignty over their ancestral lands, organizations helping indigenous communities emerge from COVID, and groups leading BIPOC food and land justice and sovereignty efforts across the country. This year, the company is bringing its dollars back home to support people working to preserve Vermont Abenaki cultural heritage right here in Vermont.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Athletic Department is proud to announce that newly signed partner Vermont Federal Credit Union will serve as the presenting sponsor for the Women's Basketball program as well as the UVM She Roars Program for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. Vermont Federal Credit Union will also sponsor the Vermont Night games across all winter sports. To support women in Catamount Country and beyond, the partnership will incorporate a season long, in-arena promotion, titled "When Women Win." Vermont Federal Credit Union has pledged to donate $25 to Vermont Works for Women every time a UVM women's athletic team wins at home.

Vermont Business Magazine To address what the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recognizes as “the defining public health crisis of our time,” thirteen colleges have received $3.275 million in funding from The Endeavor Foundation for the first phase of “Enhancing Student Learning and Experience through Campus Wellness, Student Wellbeing, and Mental Health Initiatives.” The multi-year collaborative project seeks both to respond to pressing needs and to integrate attention to mental health, wellbeing, and wellness throughout student learning.    

Vermont Business Magazine To honor Veterans Day 2023, November 11, the Vermont Department of Labor is organizing three Job Fairs this week designed to connect veterans and other job seekers with employment opportunities. These events are free and will highlight Vermont employers who actively recruit Military Veterans. “The Department is committed to helping Veterans find great opportunities in the workforce” said Lloyd Goodrow, Local Veterans Representative. “The first hour of each job fair will be exclusively reserved for Military Veterans to have the opportunity to meet with local employers.” 

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) today announced the formation of a Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel to fill the expected vacancy on the federal bench in the District of Vermont, created by Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford stepping down from active service. As federal judicial nominees go through the Senate, Sanders and Welch are standing up a joint Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel to screen candidates and make recommendations, continuing the tradition established by the late Senator Robert Stafford and Senator Patrick Leahy. Sanders and Welch, in consultation with Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) and the Vermont Bar Association, will make recommendations to the White House to fill the vacancy. 

Vermont Business Magazine The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region invites the community to attend a free memorial service on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 3pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse on 108 School Street in Bennington. Through music, poetry, art and fellowship, this special ceremony, open to individuals of all ages and faiths, will help pay tribute to loved ones who have passed away. 

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) recognized Tammy Gosley of Bennington as the 2023 Vermont Early Childhood Educator of the Year. Gosley is a Lead Teacher with Head Start / Early Head Start of Bennington County, a program of United Counseling Service. The prestigious annual award honors exceptional early childhood educators and spotlights the importance of high-quality early childhood education for Vermont’s children, families and communities. The award was announced on November 7 at the VTAEYC Annual Conference, in a ceremony sponsored by Mascoma Bank and held at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in Stowe, Vermont.

Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America, is ready for winter with a jam-packed event series kicking off with the Loaded Turkey Rail Jam on November 18 and concluding with VT Green Up Day on May 4.  After that, Killington’s lifts will continue to spin as long as the snow lasts, with eyes on a multi-sport Memorial Day weekend and June skiing and riding. On November 24-26, Killington Resort will host the biggest event of the year, The Stifel Killington Cup, with performances by nationally touring acts Young the Giant, Matisyahu, Mix Master Mike and 220 KID. Double brit-nominated, multi-platinum-selling songwriter and producer 220 KID will play Friday evening as part of the athlete bib presentation and fireworks display, and again on Saturday night at the Wobbly Barn.