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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.91, An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program, legislation that reforms the emergency housing program away from a hotel/motel focused program to a prevention and supportive service-based model.

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by Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts By the end of the month, we’ll have a clearer picture of how Vermont’s sugar makers view this season. How was the yield? What will prices look like? Where will the markets be? In June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will release the official results of its annual survey.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 12. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.

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Vermont Business Magazine Tuesday, April 1st marked the end of Vermont’s winter manure spreading ban, but as spring weather arrives, challenging field conditions may persist in parts of the State.

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Vermont Business Magazine Two public information meetings will be held by the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) this April to discuss how upcoming dam safety rules may affect the management of state-owned, manmade dams that have been impacted by beavers.

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Vermont Business Magazine A painting by Cassy Pan of Lyndon, won the Best of Show in the Vermont competition of the 2025 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Art Contest. The judging was held at the North Branch Nature Center on March 27th. Cassy, a student at Lyndon Institute, entered a painting of a common merganser.

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Vermont Business Magazine The 19th annual Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (VORS) will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Randolph, VT.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) is reminding the public that mud season is here and many trails around the state are closed. During mud season, which can run until Memorial Day in upper elevations, hiking and biking trails are wet and muddy due to the combined effects of snow melt, thawing ground, and seasonal rain.

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by Josh Knight, VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Are you a specialty crop grower in Vermont interested in selling to restaurants?  Or a restaurant owner/buyer interested in purchasing Vermont grown specialty crops?  The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets wants to hear from you!

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Vermont Business Magazine Nearly 250 students from more than a dozen high schools and career centers in Vermont met with health care professionals from across University of Vermont Health Network today, at a health care careers fair at Champlain Valley Exposition.

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Vermont Business Magazine Karen T. Moran will join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as executive vice president and President, Commercial Markets, effective April 7, 2025. Moran will transition into the role, succeeding Ken Dallafior, who is retiring at the end of 2025 following more than 20 years of executive leadership at BCBSM.

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Inclusive Arts Vermont After nearly 40 years of increasing access to the arts for Vermonters with disabilities, with heavy hearts, Inclusive Arts Vermont will sunset operations and programming, effective June 30, 2025. This date allows IAV to honor all commitments for our current program year and ensures a thoughtfully executed closure.