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Vt. communities to receive brownfield revitalization funding
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Funding from Governor Phil Scott aims to give unused land a second life. All told, the investment is nearly $3 million. Six properties are sharing almost $2 million from the state’s Brownfields Revitalization Fund. Those projects are in Newport, St. Johnsbury, West Rutland, and Windsor.
RRMC sole Vermont hospital named Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care
VermontBiz Improving quality of care for birthing people has been a laser focus for Rutland Regional Medical Center’s (RRMC) Women and Children’s Unit and Birthing Center. This past January, the steady work to improve maternal health outcomes paid off when the hospital was formally named a Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care—the only hospital in Vermont to receive this distinction. This award is for exceptional care demonstrated through specific measurable outcomes at facilities that meaningfully differentiate the delivery of care.
Fidium Fiber continues expansion of multi-gig speed fiber network for Otter Creek CUD communities
Construction continues for more than 3,600 homes and businesses in Castleton, Chittenden, Fair Haven, Pittsford, Poultney, Wells, West Haven and West Pawlet. VermontBiz Fidium Fiber is expanding service of its all-fiber internet network to more than 3,600 homes and businesses in Castleton, Chittenden, Fair Haven, Pittsford, Poultney, Wells, West Haven and West Pawlet. Construction is scheduled to begin as soon as July 8. Through fiber expansion in these and other local communities, thousands of residents and business owners will have access to Fidium’s multi-gig speed fiber internet service.
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