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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Economic Development (DED) is requesting businesses that endured damage as a result of the July 2024 flooding events to complete DED’s Flood Damage Survey for Businesses to capture the type and scale of the flood-related damage.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.42 per gallon, down 2 cents per gallon from last week, unchanged from last month and down 33 cents/g from last year. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.94/g in West Brattleboro, while the highest was $3.79/g in Westminster.

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Vermont Business Magazine As previously announced, the Department is highlighting changes to the availability of sub-state data through our Labor Market Information division. The federal government has discontinued using New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs).

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Northeastern Vermont Development Association There are $50-100K Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) available for Vermont municipalities.

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Northeastern Vermont Development Association  Join hundreds of community builders from across the state on August 6th. The theme is Forge Forward, Thrive Together!

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by LAUREN MILIDEO, UVM At least 20 times in the past 70 years, part of the hill by Burlington’s Riverside Avenue has tumbled into the Winooski River, according to new UVM research. With structures atop the unstable slope, it’s just a matter of time before the next landslide, with the potential for property and environmental damage, the researchers say. It started with a walk.

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by Kate Kampner, Community News Service Julie Parker-Dickinson, a master gardener and a second-grade teacher, was encouraging kids about their futures back in 2017 when she realized something: She didn’t feel she was doing anything to ensure a bright future would still be there for them.

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Vermont Business Magazine If you or someone you know would like to go hunting this fall but have never taken a hunter education course, this is the time to act.  Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state.

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Vermont Business Magazine In its latest effort to ensure state leaders are held accountable and follow their own climate laws, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) last week sent a notice of alleged violation to Vermont’s Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources for failing to meet her legal responsibilities set by the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), ensuring the state is

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Vermont Business Magazine The annual Rabies Vaccine Bait Drop will take place from Aug. 7 through Aug. 22. The rabies vaccine bait drop is a nationally coordinated effort between Vermont’s Department of Health, Fish & Wildlife Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services to prevent the spread of rabies among wildlife.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, U.S.

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Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a bipartisan 20-1 vote to reauthorize, expand, and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA) – critical legislation that will substantially increase funding for services for older Americans.