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Vermont Business Magazine Norwich Solar has received a Certificate of Public Good (CPG) from the Vermont Public Utility Commission for a 500 kW AC solar array in Newbury, VT. The ground-mounted system will generate enough renewable clean energy to power approximately 135 homes per year and offset the carbon emission equivalent of almost 150 cars per year.
Vermont Business Magazine Rutland residents will soon be able to enjoy Reimagine Depot Park thanks to a recently launched crowdfunding campaign. The campaign is sponsored by the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development’s Better Places program and led by Come Alive Outside.
Vermont Business Magazine In a unanimous vote, the Vermont Senate passed VT Saves, a program championed by State Treasurer Mike Pieciak and Senate Democrats, and designed to create greater retirement security for all Vermonters. In Vermont, 45% of employers do not offer retirement benefits. For small businesses with 20 employees or less, 55% do not offer retirement benefits.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Braun (R-IN) to reintroduce the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow the use of ‘529’ education savings accounts for skills training, credentialing, and certification programs.
Vermont Business Magazine Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) is cosponsoring the HR 12, the Women’s Health Protection Act. The bill creates a statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care, and a right for their patients to receive that care, free from bans and restrictions that single out abortion and impede access.
Vermont Business Magazine Most COVID-era masking requirements and restrictions on hospital visitation will be rolled back early next week by UVM Health Network hospitals in the state of Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont rose 2 cents in the last week to $3.40 per gallon today, according to GasBuddy. Prices are down 2 cents from a month ago and down 75 cents/g from the same time last year. The cheapest price in the state is $3.05 in Middlebury and the most expensive is $3.55 in Northfield.
Vermont Business Magazine Teucrium Trading, LLC, the Sponsor of commodity futures-based ETFs, announced that the Teucrium AiLA Long-Short Base Metals Strategy ETF began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday under the ticker OAIB.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted on April 5 to have 80 either-sex moose hunting permits and 100 antlerless moose hunting permits available this year for a hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the northeastern corner of the state.
Vermont Business Magazine Hiking Vermont’s hillsides is a great way to enjoy a spring day, but the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont recommend people check to see if the area they are planning to hike or climb is open.
Vermont Business Magazine Despite the late arrival of winter to Vermont, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) wants to remind the public that mud season is here and many trails around the state are closed.
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Vermont released three notices of of funding opportunities (NFO) for Farm Bill conservation planning and implementation support and fulfillment of the NRCS Vermont Strategic Plan.