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Vermont Business Magazine Dr. Bruce Hamory and the team at Oliver Wyman Life Sciences will present their final report to the Green Mountain Care Board in a public board meeting on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Oliver Wyman was contracted to develop community- and data- informed options to transform Vermont’s healthcare system.

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Vermont Business Magazine A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in the town of Hinesburg at the Hinesburg Town Hall. The DRC will be open Sunday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Vermont Business Magazine The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $69.1 million in awards to properties across 10 states under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations in almost 2,000 homes.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State University (VTSU) begins its second year by welcoming more than 1,700 new degree-seeking students in the Class of 2028 to its campuses last week and reports a strong retention of returning students as well, meeting expectations for all campuses and exceeding projections in many programs.

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Vermont State Police Paul Lachapelle Jr., the suspect in the 2022 fatal shooting of 38-year-old Justin Gilliam in Springfield, has been returned to Vermont to face charges. Following his arrest in New Hampshire late last month, Lachapelle, 28, of Littleton, New Hampshire, waived extradition and was brought back to Vermont on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont $3.33 per gallon, down 1 cent/g from last week. The lowest price in the state this week was $2.83/g while the highest was $3.49/g, a difference of 66.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28/g today.

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Vermont Business Magazine If your privately-owned road, driveway, or bridge was damaged or destroyed by Vermont’s storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in July 9-11, 2024, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) may be able to provide financial assistance for replacement or repairs.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Original Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Clean Royalties, a developer and builder of solar energy and storage systems, has acquired Williston, Vermont-based iSun and its companies SunCommon (Waterbury) and Liberty Electric (Salem, NH).

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Vermont Business Magazine Concerts from Guster, Jason Mraz, Train, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead got cleaner this summer thanks to NOMAD Transportable Power Systems.

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Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Join VBSR, Rebuild by Design, and Vermont leaders (including Vermont's Chief Recovery Officer) for this virtual policy forum exploring the history of Vermont’s federal disaster declarations and recovery funding, the economic impact of climate disasters and recovery, and actions Vermont business and policy leaders can take toward a cl

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Northeastern Vermont Development Association The MERP Implementation Grant application recently went live. Municipalities designated with high/highest energy burden by Efficiency Vermont's 2019 Report are eligible and must apply by Sept 20. Unfortunately, low and moderate energy burden communities are no longer eligible to apply.

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Vermont Business Magazine Union Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ - UNB) today announced the completion of a balance sheet repositioning related to its investment securities portfolio.