Business

Flood resiliency award winners

MONTPELIER– Gov. Phil Scott has announced that the second round of Resilient Communities Fund grants will fund buyouts of flood-vulnerable homes, floodplain restoration, and other natural resource projects that will help protect life and property from future floods in Vermont. More than $2.1...

A construction crew working at 80 Flat Street, the new location for Experienced Goods Thrift Shop.

Thrift shop moves to new location

BRATTLEBORO - Experienced Goods Thrift Shop is moving. The store, which is operated by Brattleboro Area Hospice, is on track with this exciting project to move across the street to the Church building at 80 Flat Street. Plans are for the store to close in mid-May at the Transportation Center at...

BDCC business plan competition

WINDHAM COUNTY - Attention Windham County, have a great business idea but lack the funds to get it off the ground? The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation is here to help.
Applications are now open to compete in the 2022 Windham Country business plan competition. This competition is...

Towns awarded transport funds

SOUTHERN VERMONT - The Vermont Agency of Transportation has announced the recipients of more than $2 million in federal funds for municipal grant projects under the Transportation Alternatives Program. This year’s funding will be used for all TAP category types throughout Vermont.
The...

Jay’s Art Shop & Frame Gallery

Jay’s Shop celebrates 50th

BENNINGTON- Jay’s Art Shop & Frame Gallery will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a presentation and honorary ribbon cutting on Friday, April 29 at 11 am.
Jay and Joan Zwynenburg moved to Bennington from Pennsylvania in 1971 after Jay’s career as a general manager. They fell in love...

Anne Spalter

Explore BMAC’s first-ever exhibition of NFTs

BRATTLEBORO- The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present two free online talks in connection with the NFT art exhibit “Anne Spalter: The Wonder of It All,” which features AI-generated digital videos of fantastical, morphing spaceships. Register at brattleboromuseum.org.
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Voters seeking more transparency, communication from town officials

WHITINGHAM - At their regular meeting on Wednesday, the Whitingham Selectboard held a hybrid informational meeting on the budget and town report in anticipation of Town Meeting day. All board members attended in person except Greg Brown, who joined the Zoom call 45 minutes after it had begun....

BDCC hosts roundtable to discuss loan programs for local business owners

BRATTLEBORO - On Tuesday, February 22, from 3 to 4 pm, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation will host a roundtable event that will bring together commercial lenders with business owners to discuss loan programs and application requirements. Loan officers will be available to answer any...

Photo from Tito's Facebook post announcing their return to Wilmington

Tito’s Taqueria food truck hopes to return to Wilmington, at WW’s design center

WILMINGTON- Tito’s Taqueria food truck may make a return to Wilmington, this time at WW Building Supply’s design center parking lot.
Carlos Garza and Ian Rose, of Tito’s Taqueria, along with Steve Wolf, of WW Building Supply, met with DRB members Monday afternoon, seeking a permit for...

Business moves to Wilmington

WILMINGTON - Catamount Carpet Cleaning Inc. announces the start of their first full year of running their business in an office in Wilmington.
Owners Don and Jane Jones along with their staff are now completely operational in Wilmington. The new office is located at 19 Haystack Road,...