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VDH COVID-19 Update: Health leaders push for school opening

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:52pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Scientific evidence continues to support school reopening in Vermont. Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD said at a press conference Tuesday that as new medical literature about COVID-19 continues to emerge, we must carefully consider and review each one for nuances and how the findings may apply to our policies and actions. The VDH also reported today that there were five new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 1,431. Vermont has the lowest case count and lowest positivity rate in the nation.

Gusty winds knock out power to more than 13,800 GMP customers already

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:31pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Tropical Storm Isaias reached Vermont late this afternoon, bringing damaging winds that tore down trees and powerlines, knocking out power to more than 11,500 customers mostly in Bennington and Windham Counties. The storm is forecasted to roll north and exit Vermont around midnight. GMP is urging customers to be safe, be prepared in case of outages, and stay away from any downed lines or trees.

OneCare releases quality measure scores for performance year 2019

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:21pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine OneCare Vermont is announcing all available quality measure scores for Performance Year 2019. As an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), OneCare is accountable for both the quality and cost of health care for attributed Vermonters and is committed to supporting providers as they work to reach quality targets. Each year, health care organizations and providers in the ACO work to meet specific quality measures. Quality measures help OneCare assess health care processes, outcomes, and patient perceptions linked to high-quality health care delivery. 

Bennington and Windsor counties win 2020 Census PUSH Week

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:17pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Census PUSH Week concluded Sunday after pushing 2020 Census self-response rates higher throughout the Northeast. Among Vermont counties, Bennington and Windsor counties tied for the top spot by boosting their rates 0.6 percentage points from July 27 to Aug. 2. The counties got help during Push Week from several Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA) events, during which residents were able to get their Census questions answered and complete their questionnaires on the spot. Several other Vermont counties were close behind. The state’s overall response rate increased 0.5 percentage points during the week.

Leahy introduces bill to protect federal employees’ right to file FOIA requests

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:11pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), along with Rep. Carolyn B Maloney and Rep. Gerald E Connolly, introduced the Federal Employee Access to Information Act to ensure that federal employees are able to use the nation’s premier transparency law, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), without reprisal. FOIA helps expose government wrongdoing and abuses, and Leahy believes that federal employees must be free to use FOIA in the same way as other citizens.

Vermont Arts Council announces public art design grantees

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 5:05pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Infusing art with infrastructure, the three award-winning projects of the Vermont Art Council’s 2020 Animating Infrastructure grants promise to help create unique places where people want to live, work, visit and play: Town of Hyde Park: $5,000; Town of South Royalton: $5,000; Franklin Grand Isle Bookmobile: $5,000.

158th Fighter Wing departs for Northern Lightning training exercise

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 4:59pm -- tim
Over 250 Airmen to Train at Volk Field Wisconsin

Vermont Business Magazine Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, began departing on August 3rd to train at the Volk Field Air National Guard base, Wis. This two-week exercise, known as Northern Lightning, will be conducted in a joint training environment, which places emphasis on the integration of 4th generation aircraft, like the F-18 Hornet, and 5th generation aircraft, like the F-35 Lightning II.

Emerging Leaders of Southern Vermont Class of 2020 recognized

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 4:49pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Thirty-one young professionals are being recognized as Emerging Leaders of Southern Vermont by the Southern Vermont Young Professionals and the Shires Young Professionals. This recognition celebrates young people from the Bennington and Windham Regions, based on their work as community leaders and volunteers, and for their professional accomplishments and commitment to serving the region. The Emerging Leader recognition was created to increase visibility and support for young leaders in the region, and to increase statewide recognition of southern Vermont’s young leaders. Nominations come from friends, colleagues, and fellow volunteers.

New ownership group takes over Manchester Country Club

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 4:38pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine The Manchester Country Club has announced big changes in the ownership structure of the club along with a keen focus on providing superior golf, ensuring the vitality of the club long into the future. A consortium of club members formed a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and purchased the club’s debt from Berkshire Bank. Like many of its peers in golf, Manchester Country Club has been challenged in recent years to maintain supportive membership numbers. Now, with the financial health of the club assured, the group intends to go further, expanding and upgrading the physical facility and operations.

VPR/VTPBS poll finds support for mask mandate, BLM and Scott’s leadership, but concern for economy

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 2:34pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont residents support a mask mandate, the Black Lives Matter movement and the leadership of Governor Phil Scott and are concerned (93%) over the future of small businesses in the state. Those are four of the big takeaways from a joint statewide poll released today by Vermont PBS and Vermont Public Radio.

Home Health & Hospice President Judy Peterson retiring after 8 years

Tue, 08/04/2020 - 1:53pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Judy Peterson, president and chief operating office for the University of Vermont Health Network – Home Health & Hospice, today announced her plans to retire in January 2021 after eight years of leadership in the role. Peterson, a registered nurse and native Vermonter, began her role as president and chief operating officer at UVM Health Network Home Health & Hospice (then the VNA of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties) in July 2012. At that time, she committed to remaining in the position for five years, but stayed on to guide the organization through affiliation with The UVM Health Network, formalized in October 2018.

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