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Vermont Business Magazine The Upper Valley Aquatic Center has been awarded $24,999 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) 2024 Direct Effect 2nd Cycle Quality of Life grants. Fifty-three grants totaling $1,056,391 were awarded.
Vermont Business Magazine If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a maple syrup paradise – complete with a fully operational Tiki Bar, panoramic Vermont views, and a whiskey-powered cold plunge – now’s your chance.
by Jules Older, Vermont Business Magazine To my great surprise, and with zero training and no observable skills in: art, illustration, AI artificial intelligence), or ChatGPT. I find myself creating cover art for my wife’s children’s books. I was thrust into this unforeseen role by a cover crisis—her book, HELP!
Vermont Business Magazine Nine students from high schools around the country and the world were selected as winners of Bennington College’s 2024-2025 Young Writers Awards. This annual competition, which accepts entries in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, is free to enter and open to high school students.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont House of Representatives passed both the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget and tax reduction legislation on a strong tri-partisan vote. Both bills reflect months of work, deep collaboration across parties, and thoughtful input from Vermonters. The vote on the budget was 103-38.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today issued an executive order to extend eligibility for families with children and medically vulnerable individuals scheduled to exit the General Assistance program on April 1. These individuals will remain housed in the program through June 30, 2025.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to pass the revised House Budget Adjustment Act bill that retained language to extend the Hotel/Motel program for the homeless through June, for a program that is scheduled to end in April.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor today reported that the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for February was 2.6 percent. This reflects no change from the prior month’s revised estimate. The three major indices were slightly worse from last month, as the Labor Force and Employed fell and Unemployed increased.
Vermont Business Magazine The Office of Workforce Strategy and Development announced today the members of Vermont’s new State Workforce Development Board (SWDB), which includes business owners, workforce experts, municipal officials, and representatives from state government.
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Tyler Kenneth George Leavine, 34, of Dannemora, New York, and Jody Lynn McGuire, 52, of Plattsburgh, New York, have been charged by criminal complaint with illegally transporting Sandeep Chawla, 34, Jay Sisodiya Kumar, 27, and Chintan Patel, 29, all citizens of India, within th
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that James Mailhiot, Jr., 56, of Rutland, was sentenced Thursday in United States District Court in Rutland to four years of probation following his guilty plea to a charge of federal income tax evasion. U.S.
Vermont Business Magazine Chestnut Carbon, a nature-based carbon project developer, today announced that since its inception, it has enrolled over 160,000 acres in its Improved Forest Management (IFM) membership program branded as "Forest Carbon Works." The program is one of the largest in the U.S.