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The following is a statement issued by Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss in regards to Burlington Telecom, following a meeting with the Public Service Board. BT's chief creditor is seeking to repossess some of the municipal telecommunications company's hard assets. BT also owes the city $16.9 million. The circumstances of that financing are being investigated at the state and federal levels.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine. At the height of last Wednesday’s surprise windstorm, Green Mountain Power’s call center was hobbled by a coincidental telecommunications network problem that affected some 4,000 calls into the utility’s headquarters in Colchester.
Over the past decade Vermont has spent tens of millions of dollars in state tax revenue to subsidize businesses ‘ state and local tax breaks, cash grants, government-financed infrastructure, and other help in exchange for job creation. Yet a government watchdog organization says taxpayers do not know much about what they’ve gotten for their money.
After being named on almost every list as one of the top ski resorts the East, North America and the World, Stowe Mountain Resort debuts new amenities and programs unequaled in the resort industry. This season Stowe debuts new additions to the resort almost 20 years in the making.
Quality Management Support, Inc, a full service quality and business management consulting firm, announces that it has opened offices in Cornwall, Vermont. The newly established Vermont office will allow QMS to expand its services in the Northeast. The company will maintain its existing offices in Metairie, LA.
The Michael Dunn property in Derby is now part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The 458-acre parcel, on the shore of Lake Memphremagog along the state’s border with Canada, was donated to the US Fish and Wildlife Service according to the terms of the Michael Dunn Trust and is now legally owned by the federal government. Closing for the property took place today in Newport.
Vermont’s State Historic Sites posted a one-and-a-half percent increase in attendance for the 2010 season, with officials crediting more family-oriented events and improved promotion.
A total of 66,900 people visited the state’s 10 historic sites during the 2010 season, which ran from May to October, up 1,012 from last year’s 65,888 visitors.
A new survey conducted recently by Harris Interactive for The Vermont Country Store shows what classic toys and candy people remember most when they were young. Of the 2,104 adults age 18 or older who were surveyed online, more than a third (39%) responded that chocolate bars were their top candy choice when they were a child.
DEW Construction Corp was among five companies awarded an Associated General Contractors of Vermont (AGC-VT) Best Builders Award for Outstanding Quality of Work and Effort at the AGC-VT Annual Meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel on December 7, 2010.
With this week’s debut of a $10 million base-area expansion, Sugarbush Resort has once again strengthened its commitment to lifelong learning and the creation of new snowsports enthusiasts.
Governor-elect Peter Shumlin today announced the appointments of Vermont’s next Tax Commissioner, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and Commissioner of Human Resources. Mary Peterson will be Tax Commissioner, Kate Duffy will be Commissioner of Human Resources and Robert Ide will remain as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
At the December 6, 2010 Newport City Council meeting, Newport became the first municipality in the state of Vermont to adopt form-based code into its zoning by-law. Form-based code is graphic form standards that regulate form of building rather than use of building.