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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) on Wednesday announced the recipients of the Vermont Community Leadership Award. It is presented each year to celebrate Vermonters who exemplify “dedication, integrity and honorable service to community and to rural Vermont,” and who have had a “transformational” effect on their communities.
Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Preci Manufacturing Inc.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) offered additional details today about the upcoming Business Emergency Grant Assistance Program. The $20 million program will assist businesses and not-for-profit entities that sustained physical damage in the flood reopen and bring their employees back to work.
Vermont Business Magazine Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBank Boston) today announced it will donate $250,000 to the Vermont Community Foundation in support of its efforts to help people and communities recover from the flooding experienced in July.
Vermont Business Magazine Earlier this month, Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic settled its federal lawsuit on behalf of Wild Horse Fire Brigade (WHFB), achieving an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will halt the agency’s unlawful roundup of wild horses from private lands in and around the Pokegama Wild Horse Management Area.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has been awarded $50,000 from the State Refugee Office of the Vermont Agency of Human Services to serve people from Afghanistan who immigrate to Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Mike Pieciak will participate in a community discussion with Rep. Mike Rice tomorrow, Thursday, July 27 2023, at the Long Trail School in Dorset, VT. Treasurer Pieciak will be discussing his office’s new public retirement program, VT Saves, which passed unanimously through the legislature this past session.
Vermont Business Magazine Citizens is releasing its quarterly business conditions index today. The latest data shows that Vermont businesses are faring well, and the data also shows that the Fed’s moves are working against inflation. The Fed raised rates another quarter point (25 basis points) on Wednesday. Citizens Bank has branches across Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University announced today that six of its professors were awarded research awards from the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN). The funding supports biomedical research at Norwich University from June of 2023 through May of 2024. The combined value of the VBRN funding for 2023-2024 at Norwich is $300,000.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.66 per gallon, up 8 cents per gallon from last week's $3.58/g. Prices are up 7 cents/g from last month and down 84 cents from last year. The national average price of gasoline has risen 8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.67/g today. The US average gas prices has surpassed the Vermont average.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department reminds hunters that muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit applications are available on its website until Wednesday, August 2. The muzzleloader seasons on October 26-29 and December 2-10 will have antlerless permits available for 19 of Vermont’s 21 Wildlife Management Units.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Wednesday to address Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system. The hearing included testimony from the Honorable Katherine Vidal, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S.