Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce & Community Development have announced that NuHarbor Security has been awarded a total of nearly $325,000 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP) and the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive (VEGI)…
Vermont Systems, an employee-owned recreation management software company headquartered in Essex Junction, has received a workforce development grant of $150,353 through Department of Economic Development’s Vermont Training Program (VTP). The grant will be used to help train…
Burlington Code’s drive to make Burlington the tech center of Vermont and New England just received renewed support from the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) to keep up the meetups. Volunteer-run Burlington Code, which brings together…
A partnership between a university researcher, a Vermont small business, and state funding has led to a much-needed food storage innovation that improves yield, quality, and savings for growers. Chris Callahan, an assistant professor of agricultural engineering…
Childhood friends Alex Horner and Benny Boas started the Burlington Code Academy to create more software developers. Now they’re ready to open their doors to their first cohort of students, who will complete coding boot camp in…
Written by Sarah Gliech, Photographed by Caleb Kenna (This article first appeared in the Winter 2017-2018 edition of Vermont Life magazine.) A 2008 graduate of Middlebury College, Heather Neuwirth returned to Middlebury in 2011 to work at the…
Professor Chris Callahan invented the “DewRight”, a new device that could consequently save Vermont’s produce growers an average of $6,500 annually. The new device will modernize older technology to more accurately measure temperature on food storage and…
Sometimes, solving a difficult problem requires new thinking. The State of Vermont is well-known for its innovations, and state government is no exception. The Phosphorus Innovation Challenge is the latest in a long line of innovations aimed at…
BTV Ignite launched a new program that will help established “tech” startups succeed while building their businesses in Vermont. The program will provide a level of expert advising on business and financing strategy, and advanced training on topics including…
Vermont leaders were featured today on Cheddar, a tech and business news network broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Joan Goldstein, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development, discussed the impact…
