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Vermont Business Magazine The Small Business Administration Vermont District Office is accepting nominations for its 2016 small business awards. Previous Vermont winners include Ben and Jerry’s, Switchback Brewing Company and the 2015 Small Business Person of the Year winner, Monica Greene, Vermont Precision Tools.
Vermont Business Magazine Governors and state legislators routinely praise small businesses for their contributions to economic growth and job creation, but states actually give big businesses the dominant share of their economic development incentive awards, according to a study of 14 states.
Vermont Business Magazine SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY), the nation's #1 solar provider, will host an all-day hiring event on Wednesday, October 21, with the aim of adding 500 employees to its sales force across 10 states, including Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Susan Koch, a Union Elementary School Kindergarten and First Grade teacher in Montpelier, has been selected as the 2016 Vermont Teacher of the Year (VT-TOY), the Agency of Education announced today. In addition to teaching first grade, she has encouraged and developed the Educating Children Outdoors (ECO) Program in Montpelier.
Vermont Business Magazine US Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dr Gregory Parham visited Slopeside Syrup in Richmond Tuesday joining USDA Rural Development State Director Ted Brady who announced that the maple producer was one of six Vermont forest and agricultural producers receiving $734,045 in USDA Value Added Producer Grants.
Vermont Business Magazine In the third quarter of 2015, the Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) provided $790,000 in flexible, supported financing to small businesses, early education and child care programs, affordable housing developers, and community-focused organizations, to support job creation, safe and affordable homes, high-quality early care and vital community services
Vermont Business Magazine Today Governor Peter Shumlin and Corrections Commissioner Lisa Menard announced that Cheryl Ward Elovirta has been appointed Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Corrections (DOC), making the first all-female leadership team at the Department in Vermont history.
Vermont Business Magazine Burlington's Mach7 Technologies, a global provider of enterprise medical image management solutions, has been named the Asia Pacific Medical Imaging Informatics Company of the Year by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Following the August report that showed weakness but no change in the unemployment rate, the September Vermont jobless rate increased one-tenth as all three broad measures were negative: the Labor Force declined; employment was down, and unemployment was up.
Vermont Business Magazine Porter Airlines is resuming seasonal service between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Burlington. Tickets are available now on www.flyporter.com or by contacting a registered travel agent. Service begins December 17, and runs until April 3, two-times weekly.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today in Montpelier recommended using funds from the Vermont Enterprise Fund to attract over 120 jobs – more than 50 in the Northeast Kingdom and up to 73 in the Bethel/Royalton area. In addition to the jobs, the $700,000 in awards would more than pay for themselves, generating millions in state revenue.
Vermont Business Magazine Approximately 150 Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing in Burlington returned home from missions supporting the Pacific Command Theater Security Package, most recently in Japan. Air National Guard members were welcomed home Monday afternoon.