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Vermont Business Magazine Businesses and organizations impacted by flooding and severe weather are now able to apply for emergency grant funding through the new Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP). $20 million has been budgeted for this first come, first serve program, which includes $1 million specifically for agricultural operations.
Vermont Business Magazine The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce recently conducted its annual State of the Commerce survey, providing valuable insights into the prevailing economic trends and sentiments about the regional economy.
Vermont Business Magazine Sean Diehl, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, has played a significant role in advancing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention.
Vermont Business Magazine Two captive insurance media publications are now naming Vermont the top captive insurance domicile in the world. The main data point utilized in determining domicile ranking is the number of active captives licensed in a domicile.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Vermont could see a significant transition of its energy management and transmission sources in the coming years. The state’s Public Utility Commission has begun the process of developing the Clean Heat Standard as mandated by the Legislature.
Vermont Business Magazine The two Disaster Recovery Centers in Londonderry and Plainfield will close permanently at 7 p.m. Aug. 6.
Vermont State Police he Vermont State Police investigation into Saturday’s shooting in Danville is continuing. The deceased man is identified as Wayne Payton, 50, of Danville. An autopsy performed Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington determined his cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death is a homicide.
Vermont Business Magazine FEMA, in partnership with the State of Vermont, is hiring state residents to assist with recovery from the July floods, severe storms, landslides and mudslides. The agency has several openings for short-term, full-time jobs based at FEMA’s temporary offices in the surrounding areas.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Mike Smith has a lot of work to do and not much time in which to do it. But he has a plan on how to lead Vermont State University through an auspicious and difficult nascence.
Vermont Business Magazine This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont for the Week of August 7.
by Steven Berbeco Youth mental health has been a priority of our state government and many organizations. During the pandemic, when so many social structures became unsteady, Vermont prioritized child care and school-aged youth through generous financial assistance programs and significant and swift regulatory changes.