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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) has awarded two grants to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) to expand access to workforce training and career development for Vermont youth. The first grant, totaling $20,726, supports a summer employment and training program for 10 New American youth from Winooski and Burlington.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance (VRJA) has announced the activities leading up to the Commemoration of First African Landing Day. Activities include a documentary showing, the 1619 Traveling Exhibit and a press conference.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for its multimedia coverage of the 2024 total solar eclipse.
Vermont Business Magazine Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s non-profit community mental health agency, has announced that Chief Executive Officer George Karabakakis, Ph.D., will retire at the end of June 2026, after more than 30 years of service to the agency, including the past 11 years as CEO.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported last week that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations rose slightly after they fell to a near record-low number of cases statewide over the last two months since the beginning of the pandemic over five years ago.
Vermont Business Magazine Winooski Mayor Kristine Lott announced today that she will step down as mayor on September 15. She is the first woman to serve as mayor. Lott was 33 when she was elected in 2019. Deputy Mayor Thomas Renner will fill the post until elections on Town Meeting Day next March. She did not offer a reason for resigning.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Department of Labor reported that the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for July was 2.6 percent. This reflects no change from the prior month’s revised estimate.
Vermont Business Magazine The Brattleboro Retreat has named Lyndsy McIntyre, MSN, RN, Vice President of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety. Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer, McIntyre will serve as a key member of the executive team, leading the organization’s quality and safety initiatives.
Vermont Business Magazine On Saturday, September 6 head to Oxbow Park in Morrisville for Central Vermont Council on Aging’s annual fundraiser, Hit the Trail: a bicycle ride and 5K run or walk on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.
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by Mike del Trecco, VAHHs As I write, Vermont’s hospitals are just wrapping their annual budget hearings with the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB). These conversations follow their July 1 budget submissions and offer an opportunity for our non-profit hospitals to tell their unique story that underpins their budgets.
Vermont Business Magazine On Monday, August 18th President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform that he plans to issue an Executive Order eliminating vote-by-mail and the use of “voting machines” in next year’s Midterm Elections.