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Vermont Business Magazine On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, Common Good Vermont convened the first annual Vermont Nonprofit Summit in Montpelier. The Summit brought together over 200 nonprofit leaders from across the state to share innovative ideas and best practices.
Vermont Business Magazine National Small Business Week 2025 will take place May 4-10, 2025. SBA will officially recognize these small businesses for their hard work, ingenuity, dedication, and their contributions to the economy.
Vermont Business Magazine Representatives from Comcast and the Vermont nonprofit Technology for Tomorrow (T4T) recently spent the afternoon on Church Street Marketplace teaching people how to be safe on the internet and helping them with technical and online privacy questions.
Vermont Business Magazine The SBA has announced a single-year record for federal contracting certifications for FY24, in which the SBA certified more than 17,000 small businesses—a nearly 40 percent increase over FY23, across its certification programs for women, veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, and HUBZones.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Education announced today three additional public engagement sessions in Chittenden and Windham Counties. Visit the Agency's website to learn more about this opportunity to share your thoughts and help the Agency craft a strategic plan which reflects the priorities and needs of Vermont communities.
Community News Service reporters were out and about across Vermont on Election Day to capture scenes from polling places. Many were paired up with partner news outlets and putting together stories for them, and another cohort was headed out to places in Chittenden County to provide live updates from the polls during the day. Here you can find those dispatches.
by Cheryl Casey and Lucia McCallum As the country prepares to elect its 47th president, the biggest choice on the Election Day ballot happens to be depicted along a quiet street in Duxbury. Next-door neighbors on both sides of the presidential race decided to put some time and creativity into supporting their candidates this campaign season.
Vermont Business Magazine Norfolk & Dedham (N&D) and Union Mutual announced today that they have received approval from the Massachusetts and Vermont Departments of Insurance to affiliate the Companies, which are each rated A (Excellent) with a Stable outlook by AM Best.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine For the week ending October 26, 2024, the Vermont Department of Health reported that the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fell again, while the number of fatalities also decreased. Vermont cases are now under 100 and lower than they were a year ago. Hospitalizations also saw a drop in admissions.
by Bill Schubart Vermont’s most intractable financial challenges are healthcare, education, and housing. Costs for all three have skyrocketed in the last two decades.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) and Vermont State University (VTSU) partnered last year to breathe new life into the state’s only Respiratory Therapy (RT) program—a program that continues to thrive and has once again added new students this year. Respiratory therapy is a key function of the medical field.
Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University, respected for over two centuries of practical education that seamlessly merges outdoor activities with educational pursuits, just concluded the annual three-day Legacy March.