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Vermont Business Magazine Registration is open to join more than 275 Vermont educators, government officials, business advisors, business leaders, and students on Feb. 9 for the free 14th annual and third virtual Vermont Student Entrepreneurship Day. In the spirit of bringing forward-thinking Vermonters together to celebrate successful communication in the workforce, the theme of this year’s event is, “Vermont Entrepreneurs – Tell Your Story.” Vermont students in grades 9 through 12 will hear from an amazing panel of young, enterprising Vermont entrepreneurs. They will learn about communication from keynote and TedX speaker Tessa Rawson, founder of Resonance. She will present a workshop about “Telling Your Story” to help students learn how to better articulate and share their knowledge, experience, and passions to open new opportunities for them now and in the future.

Vermont Business Magazine The hours of operation at The University of Vermont Medical Center’s lab sample collection sites are changing January 9, the hospital announced today. The changes will allow the clinics to continue serving the needs of patients while accommodating increased patient volumes.

Vermont Business Magazine Funding is now available from the Vermont Women’s Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation for nonprofits that support economic security and provide career opportunities and programs that drive change for Vermont women and girls. The competitive grant program will award grants of up to $15,000 for proposals. In 2022, the Vermont Women’s Fund distributed $331,190 to 35 Vermont nonprofits. Those organizations reflect the fund’s mission to advance gender equity and justice.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today was sworn in to his fourth term as Governor of Vermont and delivered his Inaugural Address to a joint session of General Assembly. The governor called on lawmakers in Montpelier to focus efforts on supporting economically disadvantaged communities across the state. Scott also highlighted the importance of following through on the historic investments he and lawmakers made in housing, climate change mitigation, water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure, broadband, economic revitalization and more.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) is asking Vermont’s employers, universities, colleges, hospitals, and other institutions to help spread the word to their employees, students, patients, and networks about the importance of challenging the FCC National Broadband Map. Getting as many people as possible to check their addresses and challenge incorrect information could mean tens of millions of additional federal dollars to get all Vermonters connected to broadband.

Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont were up 3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.39 per gallon today, according to GasBuddy. Prices are down 33 cents/g for the month and are 4 cents higher than they were one year ago. The lowest price was $2.99 in Brattleboro. The highest was $3.65 in Burlington. Nationally, prices are up 14 cents/g for the week. They are now at $3.27/g, down 8 cents from last month and 3 cents lower than last year.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Arts Council announces $3,692,500 in awards to 49 creative sector organizations and businesses in its first round of funding through the Creative Futures program. Round two opens for applications today, January 5. Supported by $9 million from Vermont’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act, the program aims to provide relief to one of the state’s economic sectors hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic. Funding of up to $200,000 is available to Vermont-based creative economy nonprofits and for-profit entities, including sole proprietors, that can demonstrate economic harm caused by or exacerbated by the pandemic. This marks the first time that the Council has the ability to grant funds to the full creative sector, including for-profit businesses.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Fish & Wildlife is offering shooting range improvement grants to create more access to safe places to shoot. Developed to encourage upgrades of shooting ranges to enhance their safety and operation, the Shooting Range Improvement Grant Program seeks grant applications from shooting clubs, sportsmen's groups and government agencies involved in the operation of shooting ranges, including archery ranges until 4:30 pm on March 15. The grant period begins July 1, 2017.

Eligible projects include shooting range re-development, noise abatement structures, safety berms, shooting pads and stations, and the construction or improvement of access roads and parking lots. Grant money can be also used for lead mitigation, such as recycling, reducing range floor surface drainage or liming range property.

Vermont Business Magazine In response to recent recommendations from Vermont’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB), physicians from the Vermont Medical Society (VMS), the American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter (AAPVT), the Vermont Psychiatric Association (VPA) and the Vermont Academy of Family Physicians (VTAFP) urge the Vermont legislature to maintain the current statutory THC potency limits for the retail sale of cannabis flower and solid cannabis concentrate as an important factor in protecting public health. During the last legislative session, our organizations were successful in defeating a similar proposal, when lawmakers voted to support the retention of the 60% THC cap on solid concentrates and 30% THC cap on cannabis flower.

Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Vermont Pay for Performance (VPFP) program. VPFP is a new and innovative program that uses environmental modeling to provide performance-based payments to Vermont farmers for reducing phosphorus (P) losses from their agricultural fields. Applications for the 2023 VPFP Program are due by January 20, 2023. All applications will be competitively ranked and reviewed.