Vermont’s tourism industry professionals gathered this week in Killington, Vt. for the 33rd annual Vermont Tourism Summit, formerly known as the Vermont Travel Industry Conference. Together, they celebrated the success of their peers with six awards; two presented by the Vermont Tourism Summit and four presented by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
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Grant Butterfield from Nedde Real Estate has listed and sold a parking lot/land property previously owned by Charlebois Holdings, LLC located at 623 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester to the State of Vermont.
BioTek’s Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Banks, was recently named to the Scientific & Editorial Advisory Board of the premier biotech publication, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). In this role, Dr. Banks will offer key insights to aid the publication as it addresses the broad commercial trajectory of the international bioindustry.
From coin identification to how our banking system works—Vermont students were challenged this year, through two financial literacy programs, to learn more about how our economy works. State Treasurer Beth Pearce recognized student achievement in the Reading is an Investment program and the Be Money Wise financial literacy poster contest.
The Special Olympics Vermont staff grew with the addition of a new Events
Manager, Sasha Fisher of Burlington. The organization also welcomed four new
Board members since the beginning of 2016.
Doug Nedde and Grant Butterfield from Nedde Real Estate
and Alain Youkel from Youkel Architecture + Development, have acquired
the 22,000 SF historic TD Bank building located at 8 North Main St in downtown
St Albans, Vermont from TD Bank. TD Bank will continue business
in the first floor of the building and plans have begun for renovations on the
Jeff Schulman '89, a member of the University of Vermont athletic department's central administration for more than two decades and a former Catamount student-athlete, has been named the University's next Director of Athletics. University President Tom Sullivan made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon at Patrick Gym.
Margery McCracken, CPA has joined Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs as an Accountant. Margery graduated from George Washington University with a Master of Accounting degree and from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies.
Seven UVM Health Network - Central Vermont Medical Center volunteers were awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award gold medal at this year’s annual volunteer recognition luncheon. This prestigious award confers national recognition to those who volunteer 500 or more hours in a year, and celebrates the positive impact that individuals make by serving their communities.
David Raphael, Broker and Realtor® with Artisan Realty of Vermont, has been reappointed by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin to serve a five year term as a Broker member of the Vermont Real Estate Commission. The Real Estate Commission is a seven-member Board created by the Legislature whose members are appointed by the Governor to administer the laws for this profession in the State of Vermont.
SymQuest Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., recently announced the addition of Shelly Mainus and Matthew Antoniak to its Operations Team. Mainus joins SymQuest as an Administration Support Specialist, and Antoniak as a Field Service Technician.
As part of an ongoing commitment to give consumers the confidence and tools they need to be fiscally healthy, Citizens Bank has announced that three nonprofit organizations across its footprint will receive $42,000 in contributions as part of the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money financial literacy initiative.