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Rutland receives $1.5M grant for tech startups
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) recently secured a $1.5 million grant to launch Rutland’s Tech Startup Incubator, which will offer technology support and develop a mentor and investor network providing tech entrepreneurs capital needed to […]
Business, Local News
Hartland-based nonprofit supports rural entrepreneurs
By Curt Peterson Five years ago popular Hartland politician and businessman Matt Dunne founded the Center of Rural Innovation (CORI) in a yoga center in downtown Hartland to help rural towns strategize successful development in the tech-driven 21st Century economy. […]
Local News
Hartland Select Board seats in play
By Curt Peterson Two Hartland Select Board incumbents, Phil Hobbie and Mary O’Brien, are facing challengers. Every registered voter received paper ballots that must be submitted on or before Town Meeting Day, May 4. There will be no in-person town […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates meet in Hartland for free public forum
Courtesy of Windsor County Democratic Committee SUE MINTER Monday, March 28 at 7 p.m. — HARTLAND — The Democratic candidates for Vermont Governor will meet in a forum on Monday, March 28 at 7 p.m. at Damon Hall in Hartland. The forum […]
State News
Gubernatorial candidates give prescriptions for fixing state’s economy
By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org Gubernatorial candidates spoke Tuesday, Dec. 15, afternoon to top Vermont manufacturers and businesses at a forum presented by the Associated Industries of Vermont. AIV represents the manufacturing industry and advocates for free-market economics and limited government […]
Local News
Dunne speaks language of new economy, Castleton students share concerns
By Christopher Biddle CASTLETON — Matt Dunne met with about a dozen Castleton University students on Tuesday, Nov. 9, as a guest of Castleton’s Democratic Leadership Club. Dunne is one of three Democratic nominee hopefuls for the Vermont governor’s seat, […]
Local News
Statewide young professionals summit to include several distinguished guests
Saturday, Sept. 12 — RUTLAND — Representatives from Rutland Young Professionals (RYP), Castleton Downtown and the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) have finalized the schedule for the first ever Young Professionals Summit of Vermont and announced the list of […]
State News
Dunne declares run for governor
By Anne Galloway/VTDigger Matt Dunne, former state senator. By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.com A Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2016 is now official. Matt Dunne, a Google executive, announces his bid for governor via email Wednesday morning. Dunne’s candidacy sets up a […]