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Associated Industries of Vermont convenes its 89th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 6 at the Capitol
Plaza Hotel in Montpelier. Vermont is currently seeing a convergence of several very significant energy policies that pose imminent
challenges for the state and carry serious implications for Vermont's ratepayers. The Legislature, Public

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The Douglas Administration marked the first anniversary of RGGI auctions by announcing that Vermont will receive $471,319 as its share of this week’s cap-and-trade carbon allowance sale.

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From Monday, September 14 to Friday, September 18 the Champlain Housing Trust will host 25 housing policy researchers and practitioners from thirteen countries and six different continents for a week-long study visit to learn about CHT’s innovative and internationally recognized Community Land Trust model of housing delivery.

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Fast-growing e-commerce platform provider CommerceV3 and leading online marketing agency Timberline Interactive of Middlebury today announced a merger. The combined company will unite a proven online store platform with a vast array of e-commerce marketing services.

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The Ware Building at the Champlain Valley Fair was bustling from morning to night with special events, cooking demonstrations and kids activities. This year something there was something new - the Best of Vermont competition.

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Bolton Valley Resort, a locally owned and operated family ski and snowboard area, has announced construction of a wind turbine that will be operational in late autumn. It is the first wind turbine to be constructed at a Vermont ski area.

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Vermont continues to have the lowest foreclosure rate in the nation as foreclosure rates here and across US continue to be near their all time high in July.

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Jim Douglas, Governor of Vermont and Chair of the National Governors Association will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on September 17, 2009, to discuss his yearlong NGA initiative, Rx for Health Reform: Affordable, Accessible, Accountable which looks at opportunities for states to contribute to the success of national health care reform.

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Three Vermont counties were awarded economic stimulus funding for energy efficiency and conservation projects through a block grant program created in legislation sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Vermont’s first county-specific block grants include $128,900 for Caledonia County; $115,200 for Orleans County; and $195,600 for Franklin County.

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FairPoint Communications CEO David Hauser today delivered the following remarks to a joint meeting of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont utility regulators in Derry, New Hampshire.

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The Douglas Administration is reminding people who may want to apply for an Act 250 permit that they can reduce the risk and upfront costs associated with the process by seeking to have the most problematic aspects of a project reviewed first.

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The owner of the Jay Peak Resort is using a little-known federal visa program to finance an ambitious expansion project that's expected to generate hundreds of jobs in the Northeast Kingdom. Bill Stenger, who purchased the resort last year, persuaded 35 citizens of other countries to put up a total of $17.5 million toward the cost of a 57-suite hotel scheduled to open early next year.