Energy Co-op of Vermont Names New General Manager
November 20, 2017 – Colchester, VT – The Board of Directors of the Vermont Energy Co-op, a member-owned fuel services and energy efficiency cooperative located in Colchester, Vermont has named Brian Gray as the Co-op’s new General Manager. Gray comes to the Energy Co-op with 30 years experience serving the local utility community, most recently as […]
Peggy Day Joins CCS Board
Champlain Community Services (CCS) recently announced that Peggy Day of Shelburne, VT has joined its Board of Directors. Day worked for 28 years as an intellectual property attorney before retiring, then working part-time at a state university, supporting students with disabilities, for six years. She “re-retired” and moved to Shelburne last year. CCS, a VBSR […]
Seven Days Wins 30 Vermont Press Association Awards
December 1, 2017 — Burlington, Vt. — Seven Days picked up 30 journalism awards, including 13 first-place prizes, at the Vermont Press Association’s annual meeting Thursday in Montpelier. VPA officials handed out awards for two separate contests — one covering July 2015 through June 2016 and one covering July 2016 through June 2017 — at the gathering, […]
SATEC celebrates largest solar array on a school in Vermont
St. Albans, Vt. –Saint Albans Town Educational Center hosted an event to celebrate their new 2089-panel solar array, the largest on any school in the state. The array will meet 100% of SATEC’s electricity needs, plus share extra production with the nearby Bellows Falls Academy, St Albans’ high school. Waterbury-based SunCommon is SATEC’s solar partner […]
Capstone and VSECU Partner on Fuel Your Neighbors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yvonne Lory, Capstone Community Action Phone: (802) 479-1053 Email: ylory@capstonevt.org Capstone and VSECU Partner on Fuel Your Neighbors Initiative provides emergency food and heating assistance to vulnerable central Vermonters Barre, Vt. – Winter is a tough time for thousands of central Vermonters as they’re forced to choose between […]
City Market Opens South End Co-op
As of Thursday, Burlington is home to two community-owned food cooperatives! Burlington, VT – City Market’s long anticipated second store (207 Flynn Avenue, Burlington) opens to the public on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Regular hours at the South End store are 7am to 9pm daily with many of the same amenities the community enjoys at […]
Local First Vermont Releases Buy Local Book and App, Partners with VSECU
Burlington, VT – Buying local just got easier. Local First Vermont recently released the 8th edition of the Buy Local Coupon Book and Mobile App. With coupons at more than 250 locally-owned, independent Vermont businesses, the resource makes it easier to learn about and support those businesses that routinely reinvest 45% back into Vermont’s economy. […]
VLS Presents ‘Energize Democracy: How to Run for Office’ Workshop Nov. 11
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Nov. 1, 2017––The New Economy Law Center at Vermont Law School will present “Energize Democracy: How to Run for Office,” a nonpartisan workshop covering the basics of campaigning, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in Chase Community Center at VLS. The workshop is free and open to the public and […]
Workforce development and business succession necessary for continued growth in Vermont’s food system
Vermont Farm to Plate Network identifies skilled and larger workforce, shifts in food system career perceptions, and business exit strategies needed to sustain Vermont farm and food economy Montpelier, VT – Over 270 members of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network convened October 26-27, 2017 at the 7th annual Farm to Plate Network Gathering in Killington […]
