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Vermont Business Magazine The ground floor at 101 Main Street in the Armory Building in downtown Burlington, VT may still be under construction, but Vermont Comedy Club has announced upcoming their winter season.
by Vijay Desai Businesses typically ask consultants to help them improve what they do and how they do it. When the consultant in turn asks them how they do business today, a wide variety of answers are possible. Most often, businesses can’t describe or show documentation, because it's all in their head, or incomplete, or out of date.
Vermont Business Magazine The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) is pleased to announce a $5,000 contribution from Citizens Bank to support the organization's homelessness prevention efforts through the COTS’ Housing Resource Center.
by Jasper Craven vtdigger.org Public health experts said last Thursday there is inadequate information on the health effects of marijuana, but said lawmakers interested in legalizing the drug should perhaps look to tobacco regulation for guidance.
Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims in Vermont increased above 600, more than doubling after its historic low of under 300 at the end of September. For the week of October 24, there were 610 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont, an increase of 57 from the previous week's total and 187 fewer than they were a year ago.
Vermont Business Magazine The 11th annual Wheels for Warmth tire sales are on Saturday from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Dubois Construction in Montpelier and, for the first time, at Casella Construction in Mendon. Tire donations will also be accepted at these locations only during that time.
Vermont Business Magazine The Public Service Department today announced the next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2015, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Cafetorium at the Vernon Elementary School on Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, Vermont.
by Secretary Rebecca Holcombe Testing is once again in the news. NAEP test results were released across the nation; President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education have supported reductions in testing; and states have been releasing local assessment results. Yet the storyline remains the same: too much testing, not enough student achievement.
Vermont Business Magazine Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has published a new Ratings Report which reaffirms Burlington’s credit rating outlook as “positive” and maintains the City’s credit rating as “Baa2.” Moody’s indicated that one of the events that could lead to a ratings increase for the City includes the audited confirmation of fiscal 2015 surplus (audit is expected
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Department of Energy (DOE), in cooperation with other federal agencies, has issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the New England Clean Power Link transmission line project. The 154-mile transmission line would travel from Quebec to Ludlow, Vermont, with nearly 100 miles of it running under Lake Champlain.
Vermont Business Magazine With open enrollment set to begin next week, Governor Peter Shumlin today in Burlington said that Vermont Health Connect (VHC) is ready and that many Vermonters getting their insurance through the online marketplace will see their monthly health care premiums decrease next year.
by Mike Faher/The Commons A developer is proposing Vermont’s largest, most-powerful wind turbine site — 28 turbines churning out nearly 97 megawatts — on a ridge in the towns of Windham and Grafton, according to new plans released Monday.