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Town of Hartford and The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will be awarded a $255,000 Vermont Community Development Program Implementation Grant to launch the Inky Solomon Center, a state-of-the-art industry center designed to help CCS alumni launch projects, incubate start-up companies and create jobs.
The Vermont Chamber of Commerce announces the highly anticipated 2011-2012 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.
The Executive Board of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association (Vermont Chapter) will officially recognize Jim’s House, Inc., with a grant from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) in the amount of $2,000. The APDA Vermont Chapter will match PhRMA’s grant for a total of $4,000.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) today announced the launch of the VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C. The fund is the first business-lending program in Vermont focused on royalty financing for growth stage businesses ‘ and one of only two such investment-lending programs of its scale in New England.
More Vermonters will be able to purchase homes using Vermont Housing Finance Agency's low-interest mortgages thanks to new income and purchase price limits put in place last Friday.
Vermont is the most successful of U. domiciles in the captive industry, licensing over 900 captive companies in its 30 years. Just as Vermont officials are touting the industry milestones with a 30th anniversary celebration, Vermont captive insurance law firm, Paul Frank + Collins’ lawyers are reflecting on their contributions to the industry and their future role.
A Vermont specialty food company will receive a $550,000 grant from the state to expand its operation and create new jobs, Gov. Peter Shumlin announced today.
The Goddard College Board of Trustees today announced the election of seven new members: Marty Baumrind of Brooklyn, NY; Wayne Fawbush of New York, New York and Montpelier, VT; David Hales of Bar Harbor, ME; Liam Murphy of Burlington, VT; Avram Patt of Marshfield, VT; Hillary Web of Eliot, ME and Laurie Zivetz of Chevy Chase, MD.
Green Mountain College received the Second Nature Climate Leadership Award June 23 at the fifth annual Climate Leadership Summit of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in Washington, D.C.
Plasan, a global leader in the mass production of composite materials for defense and automotive clients with two plants in Bennington, today announced the acquisition of KaZaK Composites, a Massachusetts-based engineering design and manufacturing company specializing in pultrusion processing. The deal is not expected to effect employment at either company.
People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) today announced the merger consideration to be received by Danvers shareholders in People's United's acquisition of Danvers Bancorp, Inc.
Secretary of State Jim Condos announces updated fee structures for licenses in four of the 45 professions the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) oversees. Each year, OPR reviews the costs of each program and adjusts its fees accordingly.