Today, Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced the statewide and Federal candidates for the upcoming Primary election in August. Additionally, Secretary Copeland Hanzas makes a statement about the newly enacted statewide law regarding firearms in polling locations. The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Voters will choose which candidates will represent their party in the November General Election. The following offices are up for election: U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Acco ..read more

Department of Housing and Community Development  The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) did a presentation at the recent Southern Vermont Economy Summit at Mount Snow in Dover making the case for more Missing Middle housing and sharing how to build it using the Homes for All Toolkit. You can register now to learn more about the state's Missing Middle efforts at Small-Scale Housing Solutions for Southwestern Vermont on June 11 in Rutland ..read more

Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Aliena Gerhard as state’s attorney for Lamoille County, replacing former state’s attorney, Todd Shove. Gerhard joined the office in 2021 as a deputy state’s attorney and has been serving as acting state’s attorney since December 2023. Prior to that role, she spent over 10 years actively practicing, specializing in the areas of criminal, environmental, and administrative law. Before moving to Vermont in 2010, Gerhard worked as an assistant district attorney in Pennsylvania, where she prosecuted thousands of cases from trial through appeals ..read more

Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have announced the availability of $5.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to help manufactured housing communities improve stormwater practices. DEC is seeking proposals – due July 5, 2024 – from organizations interested in helping targeted communities access this funding. Vermont's regulations require sites with impervious surfaces of three or more acres to get a 3-Acre Permit. These sites must treat stormwater runoff from hard surfaces – like roof tops, roads, and parking areas – to reduce pollution e ..read more

Evernorth closed Housing New England, Fund V on May 30, 2024. This fund will provide equity to finance affordable housing in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. 15 investors committed a total of $61,000,000 in equity making Housing New England, Fund V (HNE Fund V) a significant financial resource for the region’s critical affordable housing needs. HNE Fund V’s investors include community, regional and national banks. Five of the properties are in ME, one in NH, and four are in VT. Since Housing Vermont and Northern New England Housing Investment Fund merged in 2020 to become Evernorth, it has ra ..read more

The Vermont Economic Development Authority, or VEDA, today unveiled a new loan program available to businesses in the state’s forest economy. Three million dollars in total financing can be provided in the form of loans up to $500,000 with subsidized interest rates for loggers, foresters, log haulers, biomass producers, sawmills, firewood producers and wood product manufacturers, for working capital, equipment and refinancing. According to the Vermont Forest Futures Strategic Roadmap, the forest-based economy in the Green Mountain State accounts for about $2.1 billion annually and more than 13 ..read more

Join VermontBiz and U.S. Small Business Administration as we celebrate the 2024 Vermont SBA Award Winners! June 12, 2024 11 am - 2 pm at The Essex Resort & Spa, 11am - 12pm - Registration and Networking Reception; 12pm - 2pm - Luncheon and Award Ceremony ..read more

by Cecilia Larson Community News Service Forged by the American Forest Foundation and the Nature Conservancy, a program that pays people to set aside forest to store carbon has been growing in Vermont over the last two years. The Family Forest Carbon Program launched in 2020 in Pennsylvania, and after learning from the foresters, stakeholders and landowners down there, its organizers migrated north in the summer of 2022 seeking to benefit Vermont communities. Since then, those involved say, close to 500 landowners have expressed interest in enrolling in the program and being paid close to $300 ..read more

Breeze Airways and Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV) proudly announce the launch of non-stop service to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and Breeze-Thru service to Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). This marks an exciting milestone for both travelers and the Burlington community. The inaugural flight from Raleigh-Durham to Leahy BTV is scheduled to touch down at 12:07 p.m. EST, with the return flight departing for Raleigh-Durham at 12:52 p.m. EST. This debut flight follows Breeze’s successful launches at Tampa International Airport (TPA) and Orlando Internat ..read more

by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business Magazine President Joe Biden said Thursday he intends to nominate Mary Kay Lanthier, the supervisory attorney for the Rutland County Public Defender's Office since 2007, to serve as the US District Court Judge in Vermont. Vermont News First was first to report on Wednesday that Lanthier had recently moved to the head of the line to replace Chief Federal Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford, who is moving to "Senior Status."  Three other lawyers that had been proposed were put on the back burner in recent weeks, while the FBI and Department of J ..read more