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Photo: Grant Spates owner of Spates Construction at his sugarhouse. Courtesy photo from Grant Spates.
by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine People say it s hard to make a living in Vermont, but it s even harder to make a living in the Northeast Kingdom. The north country has always been the state s economic stepchild, rich in natural resources but poor in population and almost everything else.
You have to be stubborn and determined to make your business thrive there. And general contractor Grant Spates, the owner of Spates Construction, Inc, is making it work, and on his own terms, too.
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BRATTLEBORO Kevin Lambert and Matt Casabona are looking forward to making the Brattleboro Fire Department as strong as ever.
They were both promoted to lieutenant this month. I m super excited for this opportunity and position, and I m looking forward to what the next few months and years are going to bring, Lambert said. I m excited to see what we as a department can continue to do to get people the best service possible.
Lambert was hired by the department as a full-time firefighter in May 2015. Previously, he was a volunteer for the fire department in Charlotte, Vt., which he joined when he was 18.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) and Vermont Technical College (Vermont Tech) recently announced a new partnership which will financially assist employees of the manufacturing company who either want to attend the college or already have.
GF employees will be able to enroll in Vermont Techâs undergraduate, graduate, or certificate programs at discounted tuition rates. Additionally, Vermont Tech alumni who work at GF will be able to benefit retroactively through a tuition reimbursement program.
While the manufacturer gets to have its staff members further their education for a discounted price, the college also gets to benefit by having seasoned professionals join the campus and learning community â broadening the experience for current students.
Jim Kenyon: No bad guys, just bad ideas in Norwich Farm Creamery dispute
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Despite what the Norwich Farm Foundation would have you believe, when it comes to the fate of what it calls the town’s last dairy farm, the Upper Valley Land Trust isn’t the villain.
The foundation is trying save the farm and an on-site private creamery. In a VtDigger story last week, Kate Barlow, the farm foundation’s president, characterized what’s happening in Norwich as a “profit-making scheme” for the land trust.