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As of Today, Clifford of Vermont is now Power & Tel Enterprise, taking the name of its parent company.
Thanks to a $99,000 USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG), small businesses in eightcounties of Vermont will soon have access to technical assistance grants to start or grow theirbusiness.
Rep. Peter Welch announced today that he has joined the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, at the request of the Vermont Chamber Hospitality Council, to help promote the importance of the travel and tourism industry as a strong contributor to the overall economy.
Governor Jim Douglas and Vermont Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee will visit France in early September as guests of the French government and at the request of the French Embassy. The purpose of the visit is to investigate potential markets, export/import opportunities and resource exchange for Vermont agricultural producers.
FairPoint Communications has filed a letter with the Vermont Public Service Board denying allegations made in an anonymous e-mail sent to the Board. The e-mail purportedly relates to the testing and presentations conducted by FairPoint for the Liberty Consulting Group regarding the status of the cutover systems.
The Vermont Department of Libraries announced today that they have submitted an application for $601,753 in federal grant funds from the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act Broadband Opportunities Program for Public Computing Centers. The proposal was designed through a partnership with the Vermont State Colleges.
Shelburne Museum has received two major federal grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Museum Director Stephan Jost announced. The museum has been awarded IMLS grants totaling over $210,000, to underwrite new educational programs for school-age children and to conserve a group of 19 American paintings in the museum s permanent collection.
The National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) has awarded $1.5 million in research grants to two research groups based in the University of Vermont s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) to study topics that are NASA research priorities. Each research group has been awarded $750,000 over three-years beginning September 1, 2009. Prof. William D.
Governor Jim Douglas on September 1 will join Agency of Transportation Secretary David Dill, Federal Aviation Administration Regional Administrator Amy Corbett, Pike Industry President Christian Zimmermann, and Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce Executive Director George Malek to break ground at Knapp Airport in Berlin on a $6 million federal stimulus project that will create dozens of jobs.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) has announced that $484,300 in grant funds have been awarded to develop homegrown biofuels through its Vermont Biofuels Initiative (VBI).
Governor Jim Douglas said Vermont will pay tribute to the service of 2nd Lt. Joseph Fortin by ordering flags to half staff. Governor Douglas ordered that the U.S. flag, the Vermont State flag, the POW flag, and any other flag flown at all state and federal facilities in Vermont be lowered to half staff beginning today – the day of 2nd Lt. Fortin’s funeral service.
Dealer.com, the global leader of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced the launch of comprehensive employee training and development programs.