PRESS ADVISORY
Contact Kathryn
Mathieson: 802-828-2148
For Immediate Release: March 22, 2005
This press release is available digitally at http://www.sec.state.vt.us
Secretary of State To
Announce Vermont’s
2nd Annual Centennial
Business Award Winners
Wednesday,
March 23
4-7
p.m.
Billings Student Center, UVM Campus
Montpelier. On Tuesday, March 23rd,
Vermont’s 24 oldest businesses will be recognized at an awards ceremony
to be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Billings Student Center on the UVM campus. The
Vermont Centennial Business Awards recognize businesses that have operated in Vermont
for at least 100 years. This is a joint project of the Office of the
Secretary of State, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Business Magazine. Special guests
include Governor Jim Douglas and UVM President Daniel Fogel.
A
complete list of the businesses to be recognized with a Centennial Business
Award is attached.
2005 Centennial Business Award Winners
Business
County
Year
Founded
Old Tavern at Grafton
Windham
1801
Newfane Market
Windham
1825
National Life Group
Washington
1848
Rutland & Whitehall Railroad Co.
Chittenden
1848
G.S. Blodgett Corporation
Chittenden
1848
Community National Bank
Orleans
1851
Hastings Store
Caledonia
1853
Denis, Ricker & Brown
Washington
1865
Springfield Printing Corporation
Windsor
1870
Greene Corporation
Lamoille
1872
Harrington’s in Vermont
Chittenden
1873
The Herald of Randolph
Orange
1874
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Washington
1874
A.C. Hathorne Co.
Chittenden
1875
Randolph National Bank
Orange
1875
Reynolds & Son, Inc.
Washington
1875
The County Courier
Franklin
1878
White River Paper Company
Windsor
1881
Verizon New England
Chittenden
1883
Factory Point National Bank
Bennington
1883
Rutland Fire Clay Co.
Rutland
1883
Lyndonville Savings Bank
Orleans
1884
Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad Co.
Chittenden
1885
Granite City Tool of Vermont
Washington
1885
People’s Trust Company of St.
Albans.
Franklin
1886
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