​Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is asking the public for feedback on the proposed creation of a rule to regulate how wake boats are operated in public lakes and ponds in Vermont. A wake boat is a motorboat, powerboat, or speedboat that is used to create a wake for activities like wake surfing or wakeboarding.  

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott has appointed Susanne Young, a former deputy attorney general and secretary of administration, to be Vermont’s attorney general. Young will fill a vacancy created when TJ Donovan stepped down on June 20 to pursue other opportunities. She will serve out the six months remaining in the term. Governor Scott said Young is uniquely qualified to serve in the post, having recently retired after 40 years of extensive and dedicated service to the State of Vermont. Most recently, she served as secretary of the Agency of Administration. Prior to that, she was deputy attorney general under Democratic Attorney General Bill Sorrell. In her decades of public service, she also served as deputy state treasurer and governor’s legal counsel.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont is launching a national initiative to support the critical role of local news media around the country and aid colleges in their efforts to help solve the crisis facing local news. The new Center for Community News is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and UVM College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) donors. The $400,000 initiative builds on the successful Community News model in Vermont, which brings students together with professional editors to provide news reporting at no cost to local news outlets. The mission of the Center for Community News (CCN) is to inspire and enable collaborations between local media outlets and students.

Vermont Business Magazine State and local officials gathered with newly certified tradespeople today at the first graduation ceremony of VHV’s four-year apprenticeship program. VHV (formerly Vermont Heating and Ventilating, Company) launched its comprehensive apprentice training program in 2017 with support from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). In 2017, VHV was awarded an $81,290 Vermont Training Program (VTP) grant to offset costs associated with establishing the apprenticeship program including up to 50% of hourly wages for employees to engage in on-the-job training and support for staff to become certified instructors of the accredited program.

Vermont Business Magazine Darn Tough Vermont, the fastest growing American manufacturer of performance outdoor and lifestyle socks, has announced the launch of its Knit to Give Collection. The program will launch an online exclusive new sock style every quarter with all profits going to support neighbors in need via the Vermont Foodbank. Knit to Give will feature styles created with overstock yarn, which is excess material from the knitting mills in Northfield and Waterbury, Vermont. Utilizing overstock yarn allows Darn Tough to give new life to these materials, taking a sustainable leap and turning socks into meals for the local community. Along with these quarterly releases, Darn Tough will continue its ongoing support of the Vermont Foodbank on Giving Tuesday each November.