The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce named the Brooks House Development team as the 2012 Corporate Citizen of the Year on Friday, November 1 at the annual Chamber gala.
Craig Miskovich, Drew Richards, Pete Richards, Bob Stevens and Ben Taggard were recognized for the work they have done to redevelop the Brooks House following the April 2011 fire that devastated the historic Main Street building.
Regina Darmoni, co-founder of Timely Transformations, a professional development consulting practice located in Waitsfield, spoke recently at TEDx, Drexel University under the theme, “The NeXt Thing in…”
TEDx events are presented under license from TED. The TEDx format consists of “short talks, demonstrations and performances on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration, and wonder – and to provoke conversations that matter.”
One of Vermont's fiercest fighters for human rights, Peg Franzen, recently passed on after battling cancer. Ms. Franzen has been a key leader of the Vermont Workers’ Center and the Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign over the last decade. She had a long career working for disability rights, social and economic justice for over 30 years before joining the Workers’ Center.
“Environmentalists long ago won the scientific battle, but we needed to reach people’s hearts as well. This superb volume will do exactly that.”—Bill McKibben
Saint Michael’s College poet/professor Greg Delanty is the lead author of a new book coming out with a new press. The book, So Little Time: An interpretative look at what it means to be ‘Green’ in an evolving world,features Delanty and other poets, essayists, and photographers, with a foreword by nature writer, John Elder.
The ribbon is cut by owner Rebecca Buonadonna at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at Raw Honey Apparel. Raw Honey Apparel is now open at 5 Center St. in Downtown Rutland. The store offers a fun, urban shopping experience with a focus on premium denim and fashion forward clothing in a variety of styles. Beautiful accessories, shoes and purses as well as exciting gifts for every occasion.
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Tom Donahue, Executive Vice President/CEO, Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce
PC Construction is pleased to announce the promotion of three of its employee-owners. Mike Franzoni, Chip LaBonte and Chet Layman have each been appointed to the role of project executive, helping to strengthen leadership within the company’s Water Treatment business segment and Special Projects group.
H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr., Managing Director of Merritt & Merritt & Moulton was recently elected to the Board of Directors of Broadcast Pix, Inc. based in Billerica, MA. Broadcast Pix sells state of the art video production integration systems. Broadcast Pix is a portfolio company of North Country Angels, Vermont’s angel investor group which meets monthly in South Burlington.
Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) today announced the appointment of Dana Clark to lead technical support specialist, Suzanne Garrow to project manager, Sue Powers to clinical analyst, and Angela Shaheen to technical support specialist.
As lead technical support specialist with VITL, Clark will assist in providing client service with regards to data delivery and education on technical topics. Most recently employed at General Dynamics, she has a background in systems analysis and accounting/finance. Clark resides in Fairfax.
The Vermont Women’s Fund, a component fund at the Vermont Community Foundation, is excited to announce that Meg Smith has been hired as their new director. The Vermont Women’s Fund harnesses the collective power of giving to promote leadership, equality, and economic independence for Vermont women and girls.
