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Vermont Business Magazine Keurig Green Mountain, Incthis week released the recipients of its second annual Supplier Recognition Awards.
by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine William Ernest McKibben, 56, sits in the eye of the hurricane of climate change, trying to save the world from the danger in which it finds itself.
by John McClaughry Act 250, Vermont’s landmark land use and environmental control act of 1970, is coming up on its 50th anniversary, and the people who promoted it then have a lot more of the same in store for us. The organization that went all out to pass Act 250 is the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC).
Vermont Business MagazineVermont Fish & Wildlife Department recently added nearly 3,000 acres to Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Ira and Poultney, bringing the total publicly-conserved area to more than 3,600 acres.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s US Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and Bernie Sanders (I) have joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and others in announcing that they will reintroduce the Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2017 to simplify and decrease the costs of the tax filing process for millions of American taxpayers.
Vermont Business Magazine As part of its ongoing commitment to give consumers the confidence and tools they need to be fiscally healthy, Citizens Bank announced Tuesday that two nonprofit organizations in Vermont – Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity and Champlain Housing Trust – will receive $5,000 each as part of theCitizens Helping Citizens Manage Moneyf
Vermont Business Magazine USDA Rural Development will help rural, low-income homeowners repair or improve their homes this spring through the Single Family Housing Repair Program.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) is seeking to work with 10 communities to support thedevelopment of town forest recreation and stewardship plans.
Vermont Business Magazine Mayor Miro Weinberger and BTV Ignite partners today announced the appointment of Dennis Moynihan as the Executive Director of BTV Ignite, a non-profit dedicated to aligning Burlington’s powerful gigabit infrastructure as a tool, test bed, and accelerator for economic, educational, and community benefit.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Gas announced today that it has completed its 41-mile Addison Natural Gas Project and is now serving customers in Middlebury. Service to other Addison towns will begin throughout the year as more distribution lines to homes and businesses are complete, the company said in a press release issued Wednesday.
Vermont Business Magazine Housing developers, business leaders, smart growth policy experts and poverty advocates joined together Wednesday to call on the Legislature to pass a $35 million housing bond. The housing bond was recommended by Governor Scott in his budget proposal.
Vermont Business MagazineOn his first day in office, Governor Phil Scott signed an executive order to merge the state commissions that regulate Liquor and Lottery into a single entity. The House on Tuesday, however, introduced a bill (H525) that would form a committe to study whether to merge Liquor and the Lottery, even while saying that it seems to make sense.