Burlington Electric’s 100 percent renewability accomplishment featured internationally
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Kiplinger names Saint Michael’s College a 2016 ‘Best College Value’
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Vermont Small Business Training Center launches
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Saint Michael’s College adjuncts ratify first union contract
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AllEarth’s Andrew Savage reelected to represent national solar industry
Andrew Savage, chief strategy officer at the Vermont solar manufacturer AllEarth Renewables, has been reelected to serve on the board representing the national solar industry.
Savage will serve another two year term on the Solar Energy Industry Association's (SEIA) Board of Directors, the U.S. solar energy trade association with nearly 1,000 member-companies. The American solar industry employs nearly 200,000 workers and is one of the fastest growing industries in the country, creating jobs at a rate ten times the national job growth rate over the last year.
Nedde Real Estate welcomes Fernando Cresta to team
Nedde Real Estate welcomes new Realtor Fernando Cresta to the team. Fernando Cresta was formerly the Vice President of Business Development at Reinhart Foodservice and holds extensive connections in the Chittenden County community.
Specialty Food Association welcomes new members
The Vermont Specialty Food Association welcomes the following members to the organization that have joined recently:
Hidden Springs Maple
Hidden Springs Maple is a family maple farm located in Putney, Vermont. They offer 100% natural and organic maple syrup tapped on family farms in Vermont. Their products are available in their farm store, over the web and at restaurants and specialty stores throughout the US.
Peter Cooper-Ellis
Putney, VT
408-391-5945
Goddard board elects new chair
The Goddard College Board of Trustees elected Goddard alumna and longtime trustee Jill Mattuck Tarule as its new chair.
Jill Mattuck Tarule is a University of Vermont Professor Emerita and, as dean of the College of Educaiton and Social Services, was one of the university’s longest serving deans. Tarule is the recipient of the Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education, the Gender Equity Architect Award from the American Association of College of Teacher Education, and the Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award from the Vermont Women in Higher Education.
Nedde Real Estate Brokers lease with Burlington Furniture Company
Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate has brokered a lease between Burlington Furniture Company and Cresta Cooper Nedde, LLC for 38,548+/- SF.
Burlington Furniture Company will be moving their store and warehouse to the newly renovated building at 747 Pine Street, Burlington, VT.
Pictured (left to right): Doug Nedde (Nedde Real Estate), Mark Binkhorst (Burlington Furniture Company) and Julie Binkhorst (Burlington Furniture Company).
Rutland Regional names new vice president of human resources
Rutland Regional Medical Center has named Brian Kerns as its new vice president of Human Resources. Kerns replaces Allison Wollen, who accepted a position as vice president of Human Resources with Loretto Management in Syracuse, NY.
Kerns, a Rutland native, has more than 20 years of experience in human resources and was most recently the director of Human Resources at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Prior to that, Kerns worked for Office Depot in Delray Beach, Florida.