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Vermont Business Magazine A year after establishing a commitment to end family homelessness in Vermont by 2020, Governor Peter Shumlin today announced a 28 percent decline in homelessness in the last year and issued a new Executive Order to increase access to affordable housing.
Vermont Business Magazine Robert (Bob) W Allen, President and CEO of The Windham Foundation of Grafton, and an experienced leader of academic and business institutions, has been named the eighth President of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. He will succeed Dr. Paul Fonteyn, the College’s president for the past eight years, who is retiring.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on Wednesday hailed the House Judiciary Committee for overwhelmingly approving his legislation to reauthorize the lifesaving Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, a federal grant program whose charter has long been expired and needs to be renewed.
Vermont Business Magazine A $100,000 grant to COTS from the
Vermont Business Magazine On Thursday, April 21, Norwich University will kick off a celebration and symposium marking 100 years of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
by Tom Pelham Just two months following Governor Shumlin’s first inauguration, I penned this scenario in a commentary: “For Shumlin, a perfect storm hits the Fifth Floor, should he allow the Legislature to raise taxes rather than trim spending; to raise property taxes rather than contain education spending; and to pass and commit Vermonters to a “trust me now
Vermont Business Magazine According to a statement released Monday by the Town of Essex, on April 7 & 8, 2016, an unknown person sent fraudulent emails to the Town of Essex, pretending to be an Essex Town Official. This email requested payroll records for all Essex Town personnel.
Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center’s Safe Recovery Program received a $25,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation. Safe Recovery is a full-time, professionally-staffed recovery center for people living with addiction to opioids.
Vermont Business Magazine Community College of Vermont (CCV) is partnering with G.S. Precision to offer a Certified Production Technician (CPT) course in Brattleboro, beginning May 18. This course is the first step in establishing a manufacturing pathway to help G.S.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today announced two positive developments in the State’s continued response to PFOA contamination in Southern Vermont.
by Patrick Leahy Years ago when I began working to reform the national EB-5 program, the problems we saw seemed far removed from the many promising EB-5 development projects in Vermont. It is heartbreaking, and it is maddening, to see such problems here at home. It is now painfully clear to all Vermonters that the EB-5 Regional Center program is flawed.
Vermont Business Magazine Lake Sunapee Bank Group (NASDAQ: LSBG), the holding company for Lake Sunapee Bank, fsb, today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.