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Vermont Business Magazine For the 2023 running of the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay, sponsor M&T Bank and organizer RunVermont are preparing to welcome thousands of runners, volunteers, and spectators to Burlington for the weekend-long celebration, marathon, and relay.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Board of Directors has announced the departure of Christopher Oldham as Executive Director of the Park-McCullough Historic Governor’s Mansion effective mid-June. Stacey New will also be exiting as board president and Kelly Clarke Harrington will be coming in as interim board president of the historic property in North Bennington.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America and a POWDR company, will be the only ski resort in the Northeast open Memorial Day Weekend for skiing and riding, mountain biking, and golfing.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7,250,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Vermont while advancing environmental justice.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Auditor of Accounts Doug Hoffer today released his office’s report on South Burlington’s city managed TIF District. These reports are required by the Legislature. South Burlington has begun an extensive growth program through its City Center development projects.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) kicked off a new initiative today, “Homes for All: A ‘Design & Do’ Toolkit for Small-scale Home Builders, Investors & Community Leaders.” The Homes for All (H4A) Toolkit, which is under development and will be released in December 2023, will provide prospective and emerging smal

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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont rose over the last week, but remain slightly lower than the national average, according to GasBuddy. Vermont prices averaged $3.51 per gallon, up 4 cents per gallon from last week's $3.47/g. Prices are 5 cents lower/g than a month ago and $1.20 lower than a year ago.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today signed into law several bills as passed by the General Assembly.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that Four Quarters Brewing, LLC, a brewery in Winooski, was fined $5,035 for violating its Pretreatment Discharge Permit to discharge process wastewater to the City of Winooski Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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Vermont Business Magazine Following a CBS News investigation that uncovered repeated instances of defense contractors overcharging the Department of Defense (DOD) to secure excess profits of 40 to 50 percent, costing the US taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Mike Braun (R-IN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ron W

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Vermont Business Magazine In an effort to address the threat posed by the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB), the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation urges both residents and visitors to stay informed and follow recommendations.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s annual, statewide Summer Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10 this year, and it will be highlighted by a free family fishing festival in Grand Isle as well as opening day of the state’s regular bass fishing season.