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Vermont Business Magazine Several Vermont companies were recently recognized for their strong commitment to effective workplace safety at the annual Vermont Safety & Health Council meeting held in Killington, Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Theresa Wood of Waterbury to the House seat vacated by former State Representative Rebecca Ellis, who resigned from the Legislature in August to join the Shumlin Administration. The Washington-Chittenden district, which Wood will represent, includes the towns of Waterbury, Huntington, Buel’s Gore, and Bolton.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Chamber of Commerce announced today the highly anticipated 2015-2016 Top Ten Winter Events. Each year, a panel of independent judges chooses Vermont’s best activities, selected for their diversity, wide appeal, and consistency with Vermont's brand.
Vermont Business Magazine SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY), America’s #1 solar power provider, has opened a new 13,000 square foot operations center in South Burlington. The new facility is the California company's first operations center in the state, and it expects to employ approximately 100 people at the center when fully staffed.
Vermont Business Magazine Burlington College announced Tuesday The Communiversity at Burlington College. This formal initiative brings together education and training partners such as Vermont HITEC, Community Kitchen Academy, Oplerno, New England Institute for Teacher Education, and the Association for Anthroposophic Psychology.
by Wendy M Levy/The Commons The Vermont Department of Taxes recently informed Vernon town listers that they must add Vermont Yankee to the town’s grand list for calendar year 2015. This means that according to the state, Entergy, VY’s parent company, must fork over $2 million, which will make its way into the state’s education fund.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Casella, the solid waste and recycling company based in Rutland, has released more financial results that it hopes will ensure that shareholders will elect the slate of directors as nominated by its board.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s emergency management program has once again been accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), Governor Peter Shumlin and Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security (DEMHS) Director Christopher Herrick announced today. DEMHS previously achieved accreditation in 2010.
by Anne Galloway vtdigger.org Opponents of a natural gas pipeline say Vermont Gas is using a legal maneuver to subvert the regulatory process in order to reap double digit rate increases.
Vermont Business Magazine The Oryza Group has announced that the firm has reached a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement with workers at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's Vermont Service Center in St. Albans.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) has announced grants totaling $255,475 for eight projects to benefit Vermont fruit, vegetable, hops, maple, and added-value producers and increase consumer access to locally produced food.
Vermont Business Magazine Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has announced it has purchased the rights to construct two additional ground mount solar systems located on leased property in Proctor and Hartford. Electricity produced by these sites will be sold under long term contracts with two Vermont municipal entities.