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Community National Bank (CNB) Wellness Committee members attended a conference held on October 24, 2023, at the Doubletree in Burlington, VT. The Vermont Department of Health and the Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports held this conference for 112 businesses that have Worksite Wellness Committees.
The Vermont Growers Association Retailer Working Group, a committee comprised of local industry cannabis retailer leaders, has announced Retailer Principles to serve as a foundation of awareness and understanding of cannabis across the state market, to hold each other accountable to those principles, and to use their position in the market to contribute to and help guide the fo
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and Austrian Ambassador to Unites States Petra Schneebauer today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging close collaboration between the State of Vermont and Austria on advancing apprenticeships, vocational and professional education and training, and other work-based learning.
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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is applauding the announcement of over $1 million in grants to the Northeastern Vermont Development Association of St Johnsbury, and the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) in Hartland, awarded by the US Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration through its ‘Build to Scale’ program.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led a committee hearing titled, “Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families,” which heard testimony from UAW International President Shawn Fain, Teamsters General President Sean O’Bri
Vermont Business Magazine Starting January 1, 2024, a new state law will prohibit the sale of specific mercury-containing fluorescent lightbulbs in Vermont. Restrictions include the sale of general purpose, indoor/outdoor, residential, and business mercury-containing four-foot linear, compact fluorescent, and twist-based fluorescent lightbulbs.
Vermont Business Magazine The 2023 “State of Lung Cancer” report reveals that Vermont ranks in the top 5 in the nation for screening, early diagnosis, and 5-year survival rates when it comes to lung cancer.
Vermont Business Magazine On Friday, November 3, the gated lot at Rutland Regional Medical Center was the site for a portable hospital demonstration by the Vermont Department of Health’s Medical Countermeasures Program and the Medical Reserve Corps. A portable hospital with a 20-bed capacity and a small surgical suite, was set up on the hospital’s campus.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Governor Phil Scott recently proclaimed November as Adoption Month in Vermont, recognizing the importance of ensuring every child has a permanent, safe, and entrusted family. Project Family, a partnership between Lund and the Department for Children and Families (DCF), works to find permanent families for children and youth.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences Exercise Science bachelor’s degree program has earned national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences (CoAES).
Vermont Business Magazine November is National Marrow Donor Month and this year it marks the 25th anniversary of the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) at Rutland Regional Medical Center. The first marrow donor registration event was held on November 17, 1998, and the hospital is celebrating the 25th anniversary milestone on this same date, 25 years later.