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Vermont Business Magazine December is the right time to reflect on the important youth culture trends in 2015 for the purpose of identifying the big opportunities they may present in the coming year, according to the Burlington-based marketing agency Fuse, which just released its "Youth Culture Trends to Plan for in 2016." Here are the top four trends Fuse thinks marketers ough
Vermont Business Magazine With an option to buy Vermont's iconic Woodchuck Hard Cider, Pabst Brewing Company has announced an exclusive long-term partnership agreement with Vermont Hard Cider Company, a leading American manufacturer, marketer and importer of cider, and a subsidiary of C&C Group plc, for the sale and distribution of Vermont’s cider brands within the United S
by Mike Smith It’s about time. I think that’s what many Vermonters were thinking to themselves as some Vermont Republican politicians finally spoke out against the outrageous comments from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin issued the following statement after world leaders reached an historic climate agreement in Paris, which acknowledges the consensus of the 195 countries on the need to move away from carbon-based fuels and sets the goal of limiting rising global average temperates to below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
Vermont Business Magazine College of St Joseph has been awarded a grant by the Bowse Health Trust, a department of Rutland Regional Medical Center. The grant awards $88,400 over three years. Marble Valley Grows, the farm-to-school network run by Kimberly Griffin, College of St.
by Erin Mansfield vtdigger.org Four pediatricians say they’re packing up and leaving Franklin County because the Medicaid programs that insure about half of the community’s children aren’t paying them enough. Two of the doctors work in St Albans for Franklin County Pediatrics, which will close down completely.
Vermont Business Magazine ANEW Place homeless shelter in Burlington’s Old North End has received a $30,000 gift from the Hoehl Family Foundation. This gift will support ANEW Place’s 4-Phase process, which is designed to address the root causes of homelessness, helping homeless individuals to build a strong foundation with the tools needed to start ANEW life.
by Mike Faher vtdigger.org Federal officials issued formal notification on Thursday that Vermont Yankee emergency operations can be drastically scaled back due to a “significantly lower” risk of radiological accidents at the shutdown Vernon plant.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont's weekly unemployment claims, which have been steadily increasing since the end of the summer, rose only slightly last week, but pushed ahead of last year's totals. Generally, claims in 2015 have been running below last year's totals.
Vermont Business Magazine FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England, announced today that The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., the largest handcrafter of teddy bears in North America, has selected FirstLight’s fiber-based, high-speed Internet services for its corporate headquarters in Shelburne.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center Board of Trustees, based in Berlin, elected Mike Dellipriscoli as the new chair during their annual meeting on Wednesday. He will be joined on the board by two new trustees, Sandy Rousse and Marilyn White.
Vermont Business Magazine In the country’s annual health checkup, Vermont ranks #2 this year when compared with other states – according to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Annual Report. Hawaii was first; Louisiana was last.