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The Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (CFWM) are pleased to announce the 20011 grant cycle for the Deerfield River Enhancement Fund, which was established in 1999 for the environmental preservation of the Deerfield River Watershed.

by Anne Galloway, www.vtdigger.org May 4, 2011 After months of struggle over big questions and mind-numbing minutiae, the leaders in the Vermont House and Senate celebrated a moment of triumph on Tuesday: They came to final agreement on the single-payer health care legislation.

Leaders of four diverse business organizations in Vermont have found general agreement over some of the most important economic issues facing the state, including on nuclear power and health care access.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is working to stay ahead of the weather to keep roads open and safe for the travelling public. Lake Champlain has reached historic levels following continued precipitation throughout April and melting snow pack from the very snowy winter, and numerous rivers and streams are at flood level across the state.

Five out-of-state companies that charged local consumers and businesses on their telephone bills for services that many of the affected Vermonters claim they did not agree to buy have entered into settlements with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, bringing to eight the total of such settlements since mid-March.

This year’s competition for the highly anticipated Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award was impressive. All of the Vermont businesses who applied for this prestigious award were worthy but only three could be named as finalists. The finalists this year are The Foley Family of Companies of Rutland, Green Mountain Power of Colchester and Small Dog Electronics of Waitsfield.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that it plans to offer an aggregate of 7,100,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Certain stockholders also plan to offer an aggregate of 403,883 shares of common stock in the offering.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffeemakers, today announced its fiscal 2011 second quarter results for the thirteen weeks ended March 26, 2011. Revenues doubled over the second quarter of 2010 and net income nearly tripled. GMCR also announced that it was initiating a new stock offering (see related story).

Vermont’s best downtown revitalization projects of 2010 were recognized at the annual Vermont Green Mountain Awards Ceremony last week at the Vermont Preservation and Downtown Conference in Poultney.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is recognizing the State of Vermont and the city of Burlington with its coveted ‘Doorknocker Award’ for their outstanding work in producing affordable housing.

David Ashley, Senior Vice President of Freeman French Freeman, will reach two milestones May 13 ‘ his 75th birthday and the day he retires after a 53-year career with Vermont’s oldest architectural firm.

Manufacturing Solutions Inc of Morrisville has received designation as a HUBZone certified small business concern (SBC). The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting program, enacted into law in 1997, encourages economic development in historically underutilized business zones - "HUBZones" by providing access to more Federal contracting opportunities.