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MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) announced it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation's Sustainable Communities grant program, the Eagleridge Fund, and the Sustainable Future Fund to support the development of Vermont Sustainable Wood Guide Specifications (SWGS), or the Green Guide Specs project.
Vermont Receives $9 Million Grant to Support State's Youth in Transition Efforts
Waterbury, Vt.- Governor Jim Douglas today announced that Vermont will receive over $9 million to support youth in transition through a Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA).
Vermont's High-Tech Exports Total $2.8 Billion in 2007
LIVE GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE KICKS OFF VPR'S 2008 DEBATE SERIES
Vermont Public Radio will broadcast a live debate among the major party candidates for Vermont Governor Wednesday, September 24, at 7 p.m. The debate will include Republican Jim Douglas, Democrat Gaye Symington, Independent Anthony Pollina, and Liberty Union candidate Peter Diamondstone.
38 States Hit All-Time GSP Highs 2008Q2
Economic research firm e-forecasting.com on September 22, 2008, announced
the release of their second quarter estimates of quarterly
gross state product, with Texas leading the nation in GSP
growth.
Champlain Finalizes Agreement for Woodbury Institute
Students See Little Change as Woodbury Programs Move to New Home
Eating With Grace" creator, Anya Raven Hunter, LICSW, offers womens therapy groups and other services (individual counseling and coaching, phone and email consults, consultation and referral) to individuals over 18 who struggle with food, weight and body image issues. Anya also gives talks to community organizations and other health care providers about compulsive overeating.
Governor Announces Vermont Castings and New England Precision Expansions
New International Program Expands Semester Abroad Choices for Juniors
BURLINGTON, VT - Champlain College is expanding its international study abroad program with the fall opening of Champlain College Dublin, a new program that will offer juniors the chance to spend a semester studying in the heart of Irelands economic, administrative and cultural center.
Businesses give Shareheat major boost, but CVPS issues urgent plea
RUTLAND, Vt. - A handful of leading Vermont businesses has stepped forward in an effort to head off potential heating crises, boosting the CVPS Shareheat matching fund to a record $187,000, but CVPS has issued an urgent plea for donations to the crisis heating program.
Vermont's conservative financial ethos spares state, so far
By Kevin Kelley
The conservative financial practices of Vermont banks and of many individual Vermonters appear to have spared the state, so far, from the full impact of the financial crisis besetting much of the country.
Williston, VT - DEW Construction Corp. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Open House at its newly constructed LEED Registered Corporate Headquarters onsite at on September 18, 2008.