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Vermont Environmental Court Judge Meridith Wright has vacated Omya’s solid waste disposal certification, ruling that the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) must conduct a public trust analysis when issuing a waste disposal certification because the company’s marble processing activities may impact the groundwater.
Vermont youth are part of an increasingly influential consumer group. A 2010 Harris Interactive Poll reports that today’s 8 to 24 year olds in the U.S. spend approximately $239 billion annually.
The State of Vermont is awarding $57,000 in grant funding to seven communities dedicated to local historic preservation and restoration efforts.
The Vermont District Office of the US Small Business Administration has reported that financing for the first five months of fiscal 2011 exceeded $35 million ($35,163,500). For the same period last year, the total was $30,008,647. The 504 Loan Program was $3,553,859 so far in 2011 and $4,487,583 last year.
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February 1, 2011 --February 28, 2011
There were 1,228 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 342 from the week before, as claims increased following a steady decline. Altogether 12,821 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 456 from a week ago and 2,696 fewer than a year earlier.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $450,000 to two Vermont organizations to educate the public and combat housing and lending discrimination in the state, one to Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity for $125 and the other to Vermont Legal Aid Inc of $325,000.
The Community Health Center of Burlington (CHCB) has received a grant award from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program. The $25,000 grant will be used to support CHCB’s school-based dental program for low-income and uninsured Burlington children without a dental home.
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan tasted some of the best local food products in the US in a new USDA video promoting the Value Added Producer Grant Program. Among those products was Apple Cider Syrup from Vermont. The program is undergoing some changes and USDA is getting out the word.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced that it acquired a MSW landfill in McKean County, PA out of bankruptcy proceedings on February 24 for $0.5 million in cash and the assumption of certain contractual obligations.
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL), operator of Vermont's statewide health information exchange (HIE), announced today that it has selected Medicity's suite of health information exchange solutions to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care in Vermont.
Verizon Wireless recently activated a new cell site in Shelburne that expands wireless voice and 3G data coverage along Route 7, as well as the surrounding areas. The company invested in Chittenden County to continue to stay ahead of increasing demand for reliable voice and mobile Internet access.
The Vermont Business Center is affiliated with the University of Vermont's School of Business Administration. The VBC offers a series of management development seminars, training needs assessment services and custom training programs. In addition, we are a point of access for area businesses to a variety of UVM resources.