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VermontBiz The Vermont Community Foundation announced today that it has awarded another $1,069,338 in grants to help Vermont recover from the devastating flooding across the state last month. 

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VermontBiz Today, the Green Mountain Care Board is starting FY24 hospital budget hearings using new evidence-based tools to examine expense growth against established national and regional benchmarks.

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VermontBiz With the start of Vermont’s 2023-24 academic year just around the corner, leaders from UVM Health Network, Vermont State University and Community College of Vermont (CCV) on Wednesday welcomed more than a dozen students who will enter the University’s revitalized Respiratory Therapy Training program this year.

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VermontBiz The Lake Champlain Chamber, in partnership with TBW Consulting and Padgett Coaching, is pleased to announce the launch of the THRIVE Executive Program. THRIVE Executive is an intensive leadership development program designed to provide senior leaders with the tools needed to inspire and lead their team and organization, today and into the future.

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Vermont Business Magazine The ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain will open a new and expanded toy store in early September in downtown Burlington in collaboration with Vermont Teddy Bear.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Southern Vermont CUD (SoVT CUD) celebrated the region’s future during a ribbon cutting yesterday, announcing the region as Gig Community. Through a partnership with Fidium, SoVT CUD will reach universal service coverage just 13 months after receiving a grant from the Vermont Community Broadband Board in October 2022.

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Vermont Business Magazine A Disaster Recovery Center will open at 8 a.m. Aug. 9 in Jamaica (Windham County) to help Vermont residents affected by the July severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Disaster Recovery Center in Springfield will close temporarily at 5 p.m. Aug. 10. It will reopen at 1 p.m. Aug.12; it will then continue to be open regular hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Voice for Refuge Action Fund has announced the launch of our ‘State Legislators for Welcome’ initiative with 129 state legislators representing 34 states and the District of Columbia joining for the initial launch; with more to follow in the coming months. ## members from [state] are among those who joined.

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Vermont Business Magazine Residents and businesses can bring their flood-related hazardous materials to the State of Vermont hazardous materials collection site at the former Middlesex Police Barracks at 1078 U.S. Route 2 in Middlesex through this Saturday, August 12, 2023, at 4 PM when this temporary collection facility will be shut down for good.

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Vermont Business Magazine Disaster survivors in Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham and Windsor counties who applied for assistance from FEMA for the July severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides will receive an eligibility determination letter from FEMA in the mail or via email.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) issued decisions requiring Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) and MVP Health Plan, Inc. (MVP) to modify the premiums they wanted to charge individuals and small businesses for health insurance plans in 2024.