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Vermont Business Magazine According to a new study, the University of Vermont created $1.33 billion in economic value for the state of Vermont in 2014-15. The university also supported 11,287 jobs throughout the state and generated $78.8 million in state and local taxes.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont’s Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA) program in the Grossman School of Business continues to bolster its growing reputation as one of the nation's most innovative business programs by climbing to the No. 2 spot on The Princeton Review's “Best Green MBA” list, and claiming two other major awards in October.
Vermont Business Magazine The City of South Burlington officially announced today the siting of a solar array on city property on the site of its closed and capped landfill. The site is across the street from the end of the Burlington International Airport runway and backs up to the existing transfer station.
Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) issued the following statement Tuesday after the Social Security Administration announced a 0.3 percent increase, between $2 and $6, for Americans who receive Social Security benefits.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) and the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) are teaming up to tackle economic development in southern Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine The Small Business Administration Vermont District Office is accepting nominations for its 2017 small business awards. Previous Vermont winners include Ben and Jerry’s, Switchback Brewing Company and the 2016 Small Business Person of the Year winner, Tom Stearns, High Mowing Organic Seeds.
Vermont Business Magazine The Burlington School Board committed six unfair labor practices – including multiple attempts to thwart a settlement – in its rush to walk away from contract talks with the city’s teachers, according to an unfair labor practice charge filed by the teachers union Friday with the Vermont Labor Relations Board.
Vermont Business Magazine VHB is the project manager providing design and construction phase services for Green Mountain Transit’s (GMT) new Downtown Transit Center (DTC) in Burlington.
Vermont Business Magazine The M.A.X. Pass gives skiers & snowboarders access to 39 premier mountains across North America, including Killington, Okemo, Pico Mountain, Stratton. The pass originally created by Intrawest, Powdr and Boyne Resorts has six new partner resorts joining for the 2016-2017 ski and snowboard season, in addition to the 10 announced in August.
by Bill McKibben I've been in Pennsylvania and Ohio the last few weeks, following Bernie’s advice by giving speeches and registering young voters in an effort to beat Donald Trump. Thinking about national politics all day has been toxic—by now it’s clear that America is not actually having a political campaign where we think about issues.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Federal Credit Union staff raised over $3,000 and participated in the Light the Night Walk in Burlington to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. On Friday, September 30th Vermont Federal Credit Union staff members joined Vermont community members as they walked the Church Street Marketplace with illuminated balloons
Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden County Opioid Alliance (CCOA) announced today that Samuel Francis-Fath has been hired as data manager. CCOA is a new collaborative partnership of local non-profit agencies, business leaders, community members, state government, the City of Burlington and the University of Vermont Medical Center.