Vermont Business Magazine back issues from June 2007:
The Summer's Big Showdown
Jun 01, 2007; ... I don't recall right off another non-election year summer when political confrontation has loomed quite so large in the Green Mountains, do you? And the date for this summer's day of battle is already carved in stone. The gavel falls loud and clear on Wednesday July 11 under Montpelier's ...
Frank Lloyd Wright in Vermont: Copeland Furniture
Jun 01, 2007; ... The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) never built a project in Vermont. He never lived in Vermont. As far as we know, he never even visited Vermont. In fact, the closest connection he had came when New Hampshire clients gifted him with a tin of Vermont maple ...
Exports rose 2.5 percent in March
Jun 01, 2007; ... Improving economic conditions in foreign markets where consumers and businesses buy goods made in Vermont contributed to stronger sales abroad in March. Vermont's companies shipped abroad in March $6.6 million more of merchandise than in February. As a result of March's 2.5 percent rise ...
Catamount Health is coming, hold your breath
Jun 01, 2007; ... Vermont is embarking on a potentially path-breaking initiative to provide thousands of uninsured individuals with private health coverage to be subsidized by public funds and assessments on employers. The ambitious and complex plan, known as Catamount Health, carries many ...
Vermont has high rate of growth in HSAs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Rapidly growing numbers of Vermonters are choosing health savings accounts (HSAs) over traditional forms of health insurance. Enrollments in a high-deductible health plan - a prerequisite for opening an HSA - have more than tripled during the past three years, according to the state's ...
Vermont Small Business Person of the Year: Jack Glaser
Jun 01, 2007; ... A 5-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a dancing Shiva probably isn't the first thing a visitor would expect to see when entering the Williston offices of MBF Bioscience. But the Indian god of creativity turns out to be an aptly placed icon for a couple of reasons. Innovative brain-mapping ...
Beauregard Equipment Named 2007 Family-Owned Business of the Year
Jun 01, 2007; ... Carl, Mike, and John Beauregard, brothers and co-owners of Beauregard Equipment, Inc., have been selected by the US Small Business Administration as the 2007 winners of the Family-Owned Business of the Year award in both Vermont and the New England Region. The award honors a family-owned and ...
Mark Blanchard Receives Veteran of the Year Award
Jun 01, 2007; ... For his efforts to promote the economic well-being of veterans of the US Armed Forces, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) has chosen Mark Blanchard, Technology Development & Commercialization Advisor, Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC), as the 2007 Veteran Small ...
Cathleen Schmidt leads Vermont's Citizens Bank
Jun 01, 2007; ... Cathleen Schmidt serves as president of both the Vermont and New Hampshire state branches of Citizens Bank. She joined Citizens as an executive vice president in 2002 after holding a variety of retail management positions at M&T Bank in Rochester, NY. Schmidt had earlier worked for ...
Kelpinski Named SBA Financial Champion of the Year
Jun 01, 2007; ... Donald L. Kelpinski, Retired Director, Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC), has been selected as the US Small Business Administration's (SBA) 2007 recipient of the SBA Financial Services Champion of the Year award. Nominated by Charles Nagelschmidt, Associate Professor, Business ...
Cheap Kids II Wins Microenterprise Award
Jun 01, 2007; ... Janice Scruton, owner of Cheap Kids II/Trendy Threads in Barre, has been selected as the 2007 winner of the US Small Business Administration Vermont Microenterprise Award. Nominated by Emily Kaminsky, Fund Manager, Community Capital of Vermont, Scruton was chosen for the award based on her ...
Mary Claire Carroll Selected Vermont Women in Business Champion of the Year
Jun 01, 2007; ... Darcy Claire Carroll, owner of Carroll Photos in Richmond, has been selected by the US Small Business Administration as the 2007 VT Women in Business Champion of the Year. Carroll was chosen for the honor based on her outstanding efforts to increase business opportunities for Vermont ...
Bruce Edwards Chosen Journalist of the Year
Jun 01, 2007; ... The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has selected Bruce Edwards, business reporter for the Rutland Herald, as the 2007 Small Business Journalist of the Year. Edwards was chosen for the award based on his sustained efforts to enhance public understanding of the role of small business in ...
New Williston landfill dispute could end years of planning
Jun 01, 2007; ... For nearly 20 years a new, regional landfill has been planned for the Town of Williston. Currently, opposition to the proposed site from two citizen groups is meeting head on with defenders of the landfill, namely the Chittenden Solid Waste District and the Town of Williston. Residents ...
Ethanol future likely limited
Jun 01, 2007; ... Global warming and the prospects of drying up fossil fuel reserves are two big reasons to look towards ethanol production, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). Ethanol is an alcohol, as well as a renewable fuel source. It can be produced right here in the United States and even in ...
Transportation holds back region's progress
Jun 01, 2007; ... When Rutland County compares itself to Chittenden County, the local economy looks lackluster; but statewide statistics suggest the area is doing pretty well. In March of 2007, Rutland County's labor force of 37,100 included 35,500 employed, and 4.3 percent unemployed. The statewide total ...
Being creative about economic development
Jun 01, 2007; ... In Rutland County, the words "creative economy" mean two things: the subject of a community process mediated by the Vermont Council on Rural Development; and more generally the ties between creativity and prosperity, including but not limited to those identified in such a process. The ...
Mayor Louras: Rutland ready to move forward
Jun 01, 2007; ... Christopher Louras, elected Mayor of Rutland City for the first time in March, keeps a model of a Chinook military helicopter in his office on the second floor of City Hall. He piloted it, Louras said, during 10 years in the military that included the Gulf War. He wanted to serve his ...
Q&A: David O'Brien, Vermont Public Service Commissioner
Jun 01, 2007; ... David O'Brien, 43, was named Commissioner of the Department artment of Public Service by Governor Jim Douglas at the time of his inauguration. The wide-ranging department represents the public interest in regard to utility regulation, energy and telecommunications policy and planning, and ...