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by Michelle Ownes, VPR Vermont Public Radio has received a $1 million commitment from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation in support of the VPR Next Campaign. The Byrne Foundation gift’s intention is to inspire members of the VPR audience to participate in the Campaign.
Vermont Business Magazine Three Vermont CEOs recently graduated from the Babson Cohort of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, a national program created to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital, and business support services (completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program:) Francie Williams Cacc
Vermont Business Magazine Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) issued the following comment Monday after House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) introduced legislation to reform and reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center program, which is currently authorized through September.
by Bill Schubart Whomever we elect to lead us for the next two years, we’ll need to confront two gaping holes in our governance: strategic planning and ethics. Our last few decades ought to have alerted us to the need for both.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont tops the nation in chicken pox vaccinations, according to newly published results from the 2015 National Immunization Survey for Teens (NIS-Teen), but there is more
Vermont Business Magazine The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties (VNA) opened the doors to the new McClure Miller VNA Respite House on Monday. The ribbon cutting celebrates completion of the 21-room Respite House which will replace the current 13-room Vermont Respite House located in Williston.
by Carolyn Shapiro A number of common conditions are mistaken for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disabling central nervous system disease, say researchers at four academic medical centers across the US in a study published online August 31 in the journal
by John Goodrich For nearly 38 years I had the privilege to work for one of the most important companies in the St. Johnsbury area. Weidmann puts bread on the table for 300 families. It was, and is, a mainstay of our local economy.
Vermont Business Magazine National Life Group and the Vermont Historical Society announced a partnership on Monday that will preserve and protect a significant painting that for 55 years has greeted visitors to the company’s Montpelier headquarters. The mural, “Tribute to Vermont” by prominent artist and Dartmouth College instructor Paul
Vermont Business Magazine For the sixth year in a row, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel, Darn Tough Vermont and Smartwool are teaming up to help provide warm, Merino wool socks and much-needed support to Vermont’s homeless population in preparation for the state’s colder months. This Thursday through Saturday, Lenny’s is offering 25% off socks during the 6th Annua
Vermont Business Magazine Combining over 35 years of practice in estate and elder law, Glenn A. Jarrett and Jennifer R. Luitjens, concentrate their South Burlington practice on the many aspects of estate planning, elder law, special needs planning, long term care planning and probate and trust administration.
Vermont Business Magazine Since life emerged from the ooze, there have been five major extinction events on Earth, huge die-offs of the planet’s diversity of plants and animals. Now the sixth extinction is under way — an event unprecedented since the demise of the dinosaurs, sixty-five-million years ago. But this time the cataclysm is not an asteroid impact.