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by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine Barre City has a conundrum: How can it become more resilient to future flooding while also preserving land for housing? During last summer’s flood, the city’s mostly residential, low-income North End neighborhood absorbed a devastating blow.
by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine Depending on who you ask, Vermont needs anywhere from 3,500 to 7,000 new housing units to meet its immediate needs. Both estimates, however, exceed the amount of new housing built annually in the state.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Agency of Transportation highway and bridge projects scheduled for 2024.
by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine As construction season gets underway in Vermont, the Agency of Transportation appears to have resolved the most urgent problems created by last July’s floods — undercut roadways, damaged culverts, washed-out roadside slopes and so forth.
Vermont Business Magazine The extensive inventory of ceramics by artist and Benedictine monk Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007) created while he was part of the monastic community at Weston Priory (Weston, VT) will be sold in two sessions at Maine auction company, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, on June 28, 29 & 30 and August 23, 24 & 25, 2024.
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Who knew being a chef in New York City would inspire Ashley Farland to start a luxury home goods business! Founder of DandyLion Designs, Ashley joins us to share her exciting journey into the realm of luxury goods, but with a unique twist – her creations are crafted from deadstock materials.
Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced the winners of the 2024 Vermont Writers’ Prize, which are featured now in the summer issue of Vermont Magazine. In the poetry category, D. Slayton Avery won for “At the Fair,” and in the prose category, Thea Lewis won for “Farm Boy,” a short story.
Vermont Business Magazine A new study has revealed the states with the most Olympic gold medal wins, with Vermont taking the top spot. Online casino review site Lucky Gambler analyzed data from Team USA to find the number of Olympic gold medals won by American athletes in the Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics and Paralympics since the first Olympics in 1896.
Vermont Business Magazine Walmart has announced it is starting a new annual bonus program for eligible full- and part-time hourly associates in stores, including hourly associates in the pharmacy and optical departments.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Williston-based iSun Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, June 3. Also, the SEC delisted iSun as a publicly traded stock. This comes after a significant financial loss in 2023, multiple shakeups in leadership in April, which included the hiring of a restructuring officer, and the canceling of a reverse stock split.
Vermont Business Magazine Saturday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) will host the annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference, which includes interactive workshops on growing economic opportunity, cultivating new audiences, and improving skills.
Vermont Business Magazine The Windham Foundation announced today the appointment of Dan Lerner, Ph.D. as its new Executive Director, effective mid-June 2024. Lerner succeeds Bob Donald who retires this summer after 14 years as CEO/CFO. The Windham Foundation is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the vitality of rural communities in Vermont.