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There is still time to nominate a deserving individual or business for the 2012 Vermont Small Business Awards! All nominations should be submitted to the SBA Vermont District Office on or before November 10, 2011.
If you know someone who deserves recognition for their outstanding contributions to Vermont’s business community and economy, please take a moment and nominate that person. The process is simple and requires minimal effort on your part.
Award categories and easy completion instructions are included in the nomination form.
Nomination Form and Guidelines
If you have questions or need assistance with your nomination, please contact the SBA Vermont District Office at 802-828-4422. We'll be glad to help!
National Small Business Week 2012
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The Vermont Retail Association, as part of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), along with 125 business groups and employers from across the country is asking the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to include in their recommendations to the House and Senate a provision that would close the online sales tax loophole that they claim is harming brick and mortar retail businesses and the communities they serve. The private companies involved include Walmart, JC Penney and Barnes & Noble.
RILA Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Katherine Lugar urged the super committee to help Main Street retailers and the states by including e-fairness legislation in the final recommendations made to Congress.
On November 1, NBT Bank held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open its Essex Office. This office, located at 2 Commonwealth Avenue, is NBT Bank’s third office in Vermont.
On hand for the ceremony were NBT Bank executives and employees, local public officials, area business leaders and invited guests. NBT Bank Regional President Matt Durkee said, ‘We are excited about the opportunity opening our third Vermont location provides us to introduce our unique brand of community banking and customer service to residents and businesses in this community.’
The accompanying photo of the ribbon cutting shows (from left): Dan Johnson, vice president and NBT Bank retail regional manager; Tom Torti, president of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce; Robert Provost, NBT Bank of Essex branch manager; Jim Douglas, former Vermont Governor and NBT Bancorp Board Member, and Matt Durkee, regional president of NBT Bank operations in Vermont.
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is back on line after completing its twenty-ninth refueling and maintenance outage. Control room operators returned the plant to service on Tuesday, November 2 at 11:52 pm. Operators will gradually raise the plant’s output to full power over the next few days.
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Three hundred women from throughout Vermont gathered at the Sheraton on November 2 for the 10th annual Key4Women Forum to discuss courage in leadership and why courage is vital to the achievement of success by women in business.
All proceeds from the Key4Women Forum were donated to Vermont Women’s Fund and totaled more than $6,000. Over the event's 10 years, more than $55,000 has gone to the organization.
‘The Vermont Women’s Fund appreciates KeyBank’s ongoing commitment to women’s leadership and professional development,’ said Catherine Kalkstein, executive director of the organization. ‘We also applaud Key’s efforts to support the Vermont Women’s Fund’s mission of empowering women and girls.’
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FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NasdaqCM: FRP) (FairPoint or the Company), a leading provider of communications services, November 2 announced its financial results for the third quarter ended
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Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS:KAMN) today announced that its subsidiary, Kaman Aerospace Group, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire Vermont Composites Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of composite aerostructures and advanced composite medical equipment based in Bennington, Vermont.
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Woodchuck Hard Cider is again expanding its line of craft cider. November will see the debut of the Farmhouse Select Hard Cider Series. Farmhouse Select is a small batch artisanal line, featured in a 750ml corked bottle.
The first of the Farmhouse Select Series is called Original ‘91. It is crafted exclusively with Vermont apples. The Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC ‘ makers of Woodchuck Hard Cider ‘ reached an agreement with Shoreham based Champlain Orchards to custom press a weekly shipment of sweet cider from locally grown apples.
‘This agreement with Champlain Orchards, an orchard that also calls Addison County home, reinforces the strong commitment we have to our home state,’ said Bret Williams, President and CEO of the Vermont Hard Cider Company. ‘We source only the highest quality ingredients for our cider, and Vermont apples are some of the best in the world.’
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One thousand days ago, Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced an ambitious goal to install and help its customers install 10,000 solar panels in 1,000 days. GMP announced today that it has exceeded that goal with more than 26,000 panels installed or approved for installation within its service territory.
"Our customers clearly want more solar, and we are determined to help provide it," says Mary Powell, the company's President and CEO. "Local distributed generation from renewable energy has economic and environmental benefits for our customers and for Vermont. In-state development of renewable energy promotes the green economy, creating jobs, and enhancing Vermont's energy independence."
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The Champlain Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) recently honored Heidi G. Clute, CFP, owner of Clute Wealth Management, as Businesswoman of the Year.
Nominees for Businesswoman of the Year must be currently employed and the person must exhibit "the highest degree of integrity in her daily life and be highly respected in her community," according to Amanda Maggy, BPW President.
Heidi Clute’s nomination was submitted by Plattsburgh State's Distinguished Service professor Dr. Nancy Church, and jointly prepared by Heidi’s employees at Clute Wealth Management. The submission cited specific examples of beneficial and fair business practices toward her employees and the community, including Heidi’s help to establish the Champlain Valley BPW scholarship endowments with the Plattsburgh State Foundation and the Clinton Community College Foundation.
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With about 27,800 low-income Vermont families dependent upon heating assistance to stay warm this winter, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin today directed an initial $13.5 million LIHEAP payment to assist families in need of heating assistance, and called on Congress and the White House to boost heating aid to northeastern states.
‘We can’t make low-income Vermont families put off heating their homes until Washington takes action on this critical issue,’ Shumlin said. ‘And these families cannot be asked to choose between basic human needs - heat, food, health care and housing. Vermont and other states will push hard to ensure all families can afford to stay warm this winter.’
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Patrick Moore was among the first of an idealistic generation to join Greenpeace. He was on its first trip to stop nuclear bomb tests by the United States in the Aleutians in 1971. The US stopped nuclear testing shortly after. He later was among those who intervened against Soviet whaling. He was aboard the Rainbow Warrior when she was sunk by the French during another nuclear test intervention. One of Moore’s colleagues died in that event in 1985.
Moore left Greenpeace as a director in 1986 after he felt the movement moved away from sound science. It’s fair to say he is now a foe of Greenpeace.