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Vermont Business MagazineOn the firstWednesdayof the month, a lively group of volunteer knitters gathers at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin to knit together, share patterns and ideas, and be reminded of the reason they do what they do.
Vermont Business Magazine The Rutland Chamber recently held a ribbon cutting at the new, expanded location of Back On Track Physical Therapy, 365 US Route 4 East in Rutland Town.Back On Track Physical Therapy offers private treatment rooms, as well as, a welcoming gym area with state of the art equipment.
Vermont Business MagazineDrEllamarie Russo-DeMara has moved full time to Gifford’s Twin River Health Center, where she will focus on providing comprehensive women's health services. A board certified OB/GYN since 1990, and at Gifford since 2005, she became the first menopause practitioner in Vermont in 2011. Dr.
Vermont Business MagazineGifford Health Care is partnering with Vermont Blueprint for Health, the Vermont Department for Health, and the Greater Burlington YMCA to offer the year-long, 25-session YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. This is the first time workshops will be offered in Rochester, Vt., and will be facilitated by Lifestyle Coach Cynthia Thurston.
by Tim McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine BLA Partners, LLC which acquired Burlington Labs in January 2017, announced today the company will now be known asAspentiHealth.
Vermont Business Magazine Manufacturing Solutions Inc (MSI), a full-scale contract manufacturing, logistics, and commercial properties leasing company, has announced their firm has been tapped to produce DC Invents’ Quickeeze Sleeve Strap product. DC Invents, based in Hardwick, VT, has created a new product that makes work easier, faster, and safer.
by Mike Smith Last week North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. President Donald Trump tweeted, “North Korea has just launched another missile.
Vermont Business Magazine What can universities learn from the maker movement about teaching biology to undergraduate students? Can the world of making help universities get more creative students excited about careers in biology? The National Science Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to a team of faculty at The University of Vermont to find out.
Vermont Business MagazineTwo University of Vermont-affiliated research teams have been awarded SPARK-VT grants by the university to help commercialize their work and move it a step closer to the marketplace.UVM PhDalumnus Ryan McDevitt; his doctoral adviser, Darren Hitt, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Scien
Vermont Business MagazineVermont tax revenue collections for the month of May 2017 were ahead of targets and the year-to-date numbers have nearly caught up with one month left in the fiscal year.The Vermont Department of Labor reported in June that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for May was 3.1 percent.Vermont skier visits finished this past season at nearl
Vermont Business Magazine The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) has received an $18,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Innovations and Collaborations grant program. This grant will help further CVOEO’s mission by supporting the Financial Empowerment for New Americans Project.
Vermont Business Magazine In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday, Attorney General Donovan, and a bi-partisan group of 30 Attorneys General are urging the federal government to adopt rules that would allow telephone providers to block illegal robocalls.