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Vermont Business Magazine A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Lyndon, at the Lyndonville Public Safety Facility from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Vermont Business Magazine Bennington, Vermont is once again set to sizzle, sauté, and spice things up as the town transforms into Garlic Town, USA on Saturday, August 31, 2024, during Labor Day Weekend.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is announcing today the publication of the Vermont 2025-2029 Statewide Housing Needs Assessment, a five-year document the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires from government entities that receive federal funding.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Thursday joined Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington for the ribbon cutting and celebration of its newly modernized emergency department.

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Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has approved Governor Phil Scott’s request for a Secretarial Disaster Designation for six Vermont counties in response to this July’s rain and flooding events. Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Chittenden, Lamoille and Washington counties were recognized as part of the declaration.

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Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP) application portal is now open. Before businesses and nonprofits apply, they are encouraged to visit the Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program page to learn how the program works and what they need to have on hand to successfully submit an application.

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Vermont Business Magazine GasBuddy today released its annual Labor Day travel forecast, predicting the average price of gas will continue its recent downward trend, falling to $3.27 per gallon on Labor Day, the lowest Labor Day price since 2021.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) has been awarded a $300,000 Wood Innovations Grant from the United States Forest Service to help working lands businesses install new or upgrade existing advanced wood heating (AWH) systems. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP) application portal is now open.

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Vermont Business Magazine Michael Costa will join Gifford Health Care as president and chief executive officer on Oct. 14, Gifford’s Board of Directors announced today. Costa will succeed Dan Bennett, who will retire from the role at the Randolph hospital on Oct. 11. Costa currently serves as the CEO of Northern Counties Health Care in St.

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Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Electric Department (BED) was awarded a $4,890,821 Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Program grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration to deploy electric vehicle (EV) chargers throughout the City of Burlington.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) has released a draft rule to guide the management planning process for lands owned and managed by ANR.