Immerse Yourself in an Inspiring Cohort Experience; Apply to the Snelling Center for Government’s Vermont Leadership Institute Class of 2023
March 31, 2022 – As Vermont transitions away from the pandemic, leaders who value a strong network of support to move forward will find the greatest success. After such a challenging, exhausting, and at times isolating, two years, there is strength now to be gained from comradery. Strong leadership rooted in the value of peers […]
A Burlington Entrepreneur Plans to Launch an Amazon Rival With a Buy-Local Mission
Bill Calfee had no work experience in the tech sector when he dreamed up Myti. Founded in 2020, the e-commerce platform will soon enable online shoppers to buy from retailers in their own communities and get their products delivered in two days or less. Consumers will have no membership dues, while local retailers — or “shopkeepers,” […]
BIPOC Business Roundtables Coming in April and May
Brattleboro — Vermont Partnership for Fairness & Diversity will host a series of virtual BIPOC Business Roundtables during April and May of this year. These Roundtables will inform recommendations on how the State of Vermont, technical assistance providers, and the BIPOC business community itself might best serve the needs of this growing segment of Vermont’s […]
Union Mutual Raises Over $85,000 for Special Olympics Vermont
MONTPELIER – Union Mutual was proudly represented by nearly four dozen employees, independent agency partners, and family members at the Burlington Waterfront for the Penguin Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Vermont on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The Union Mutual Popsicles were the event’s leading fundraiser for the fourth year in a row, with a grand […]
City Market Awards $35,000 in Co-op Seedling Grants to 5 Vermont Non-Profits
Burlington, VT — City Market is excited to invite members of the media to visit our South End store on Friday, March 25th at 10am to congratulate our 2021 Co-op Seedling Grant recipients and launch our 2022 Grant process. This year’s Co-op Seedling Grant program was funded through City Market’s successful Rally for Change program. […]
Press Release: Reaching Energy Equity Goals with GreenSavingSmart
For Immediate Release Contact: Kelsey Gibb, Capstone Community Action Financial and Energy Coaching Initiative Statewide Team Lead Email: Kgibb@capstonevt.org Cell: 802-249-2184 Main Line: 802-479-1053 Reaching Energy Equity Goals with GreenSavingSmart New Program Maps the Way to Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings for Eligible Vermonters (Barre, VT) – Capstone Community Action launches GreenSavingSmart, a new […]
Governor Scott Recognizes Salvation Farms
Vermont’s Executive Department Recognizes Salvation Farms for lighting the way and being a ray of kindness and goodwill. In a letter dated December 21st 2021, Vermont’s Governor Phil Scott thanked Salvation Farms for its efforts to spread joy and kindness. Accompanying the letter was an official Executive Department Recognition for the organization’s work to reduce […]
Member Blog: The Purpose of Blogging for Your Business
Just like a complete toolkit needs more than just a hammer alone, a successful blog uses a variety of “tools,” each with their own purpose. These purposes make up the reason you’re choosing the topic, time, and place to write that particular post. They help with planning, and give your blog a path to support […]
Member Blog: Social Justice & Equity in a Covid-19 World
By Alexandra Polla, Sustainable Innovation MBA graduate, The University of Vermont Status Quo In the pre-COVID-19 world, mass consumption was the way of life for most consumers while companies continuously turned a blind eye to the compounding climate and social inequity crisis they had a hand in. For generations, it was believed that profit powered the […]
Grid Fruit Founders Focus on Refrigeration to Help Cool the Planet
Brattleboro startup provides tools for grocers to optimize energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Kelly Nottermann, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Passionate about climate change and sustainability, Jesse Thornburg and Javad Mohammadi met in Pennsylvania through their respective research on ways to reduce energy demand on the power grid—the key, they felt, to reducing […]
