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Vermont Business MagazineThe perception of the threatof litigation toward business in Vermonthas dropped precipitously in the last seven years, as the state has gone from 25th to second.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has awarded City Market Co-op a $125,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sub-grant to support redevelopment of a brownfields site in Burlington.

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Vermont Business Magazine Employees from 25 departments at Southwestern Vermont Health Care collectively purchased 170 backpacks and filled them with school supplies for local children whose families may have financial difficulty purchasing items for the return to school. The children attend 16 local schools, and each school will receive 10 – 11 backpacks to distribute.

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Vermont Business Magazine Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Vermont Housing Finance Agency seeks investors for historic "Housing for All" initiative. Proceeds expected to create or rehabilitate 650 homes statewide.

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Vermont Business MagazineVermont Task Force 1 Swift Water Rescue has returned from its deployment to Texas.The team assisted in searches, well-being checks, and other tasks during its mission.

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Vermont Business MagazineExtending their influence and civic-mindedness across international borders, the Castleton University Nursing Department recently created its own medical brigade chapter under the Global Brigades organization and are set to travel to Honduras in early March for their first medical mission.

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Vermont Business MagazineFollowing seven months of good faith discussions at the bargaining table, the University of Vermont and United Academics declared impasse in their negotiations for a successor contract at9amtoday.United Academics is the union of full and part-time faculty at UVM.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott has appointed Lisa Senecal to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), the state’s non-partisan commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls.

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Vermont Business MagazineGifford Health Care and Vermont Blueprint for Health are offering a free, six-week Healthier Living Workshop for people who have been living with chronic pain for more than 3 to 6 months.

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by Kirk J Woodring, LICSW, Brattleboro Retreat “SUICIDE.” I intentionally write it in capital letters, and place it in quotes, because so many of us find the word extremely difficult to see and to say.

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Vermont Business MagazineOnJune 19, continuing a tradition that began 35 years ago, the Woodstock Country Club hosted the annual MAH Classic golf tournament.

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Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement:

“Sixteen years ago today, our nation experienced terrible and senseless terror attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania that were felt around the country and the world.