All Entries in the "Business & Personal Finance" Category
HIGH IN FIBER: Six Loose Ladies yarn shop to move to Chester
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC By July 1, Six Loose Ladies, the Proctorsville yarn shop with the unusual name, should be settled into its new home in Chester, at 287 Main St., between the Southern Pie Co. and Country Treasures quilting shop. The peach-colored building — which might not stay that color for […]
Nine firms bid on Chester downtown masterplanning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC When all of the responses to Chester’s Request for Proposals were opened on Friday, nine firms had put their names forward hoping to be the consultant who leads the town’s Village Center Master Plan process. Town Manager David Pisha and Executive Assistant Julie Hance said they were […]
Workshop introduces businesses to QuickBooks
The Vermont Small Business Development Center of Brattleboro is sponsoring a workshop, Introduction to QuickBooks, at Marlboro Graduate Center, Room 2E, in Brattleboro from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 10. The workshop will focus on the basics of using QuickBooks to help owners gain control of their business finances. Choosing the right QuickBooks […]
Sign up for start your own business workshop;
Vermont economic future forum set for Chester
Editor’s note: The business start-up workshop has been canceled, the Vermont Futures forum is still scheduled for May 13. Business start-up workshop set Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a four-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 […]
Financial literacy — for children and adults — starts at home
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC April is officially recognized as National Financial Literacy Month since the passing of Senate Resolution 316 in March 2004. The effort was to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. Many government and private efforts have been established, […]
Small business finance forum set for April 22;
USDA offers value-added producer grants
A financing forum will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Friday, April 22 at the NewsBank Conference Center at 352 Main St. in Chester for small businesses looking for sources of funding. The forum is sponsored by the Springfield Regional Development Corp and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. It is free. Whether […]
Road work to impact driving around Andover, Londonderry, Weston this summer
By Christopher Biddle © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Residents of and visitors to Andover, Londonderry and Weston may find it slow going on the roads this summer in part, ironically, because of the mild winter that just ended. The Vermont Department of Transportation and local municipalities may be rolling out a larger than usual number […]
Wilcox develops new ice cream to celebrate GMP program
Wilcox Ice Cream of Manchester and Green Mountain Power are partnering to produce a new flavor of Wilcox ice-cream – eHome Sweet Home. “Wilcox Ice Cream is known for being innovative, just like Green Mountain Power, and so we created a fabulous new flavor with fudge and chocolate truffles – real comfort food – to […]
Dollar General, Jiffy Mart could go head-to-head on construction
By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Gird yourself Chester. If all goes as stated, heavy equipment will descend on Main Street as two large construction projects – within spitting distance of each other – begin in mid-April. After an unexplained delay, the developer the Zaremba Group is expected to start […]
Low-income heating program benefits from bank’s challenge
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Merchants Bank and the Champlain Valley Office for Economic Opportunity have announced the results of their fundraising for WARMTH, a program to help low-income Vermonters pay home heating bills. The statewide fund received a $40,000 challenge grant from Merchants Bank and went on to raise a total of $107,000. The […]
Champlain Oil donates, dismantles house to make way for larger Jiffy Mart
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After unsuccessfully offering to give the Burbank house at the corner of Main and Pleasant streets to anyone who would move it from the site, Champlain Oil has donated the structure to a not-for-profit — EcoBuilding Bargains — and contracted with another company to dismantle it. EcoBuilding […]
Sandri probes land buy for Dunkin Donuts drive-thru in Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With construction of a new Jiffy Mart across the street just a month away, Sandri, the owner of the Sunoco station on Main Street in Chester, is asking the Select Board if it would sell a strip of town-owned land so the company could add a Dunkin […]
All invited to enter video contest sponsored by Vermont Access Network
The Vermont Access Network is sponsoring its first-ever statewide video contest. The VAN Video Challenge will run from March 21 through April 1 and is open to all Vermonters. Overall winners will be chosen in each of three categories: up to grade 9, grade 10 through 12, and college/adult. Winners will be notified in late […]
Self-employed? You can still save for retirement
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC Can I save for retirement if I’m self-employed? The answer is yes … … but how do you do it? You don’t have an employer retirement plan or a department to assist you. The responsibility falls entirely on you. Several surveys have shown that as much as 70 […]
Weston seeks volunteer for Windham Regional Commission
The Town of Weston is looking for someone to fill a one-year term as representative to the Windham Regional Commission. The commission is the link among the 27 towns of the Windham region, state and federal governments. Those 27 towns are located in Windham, Windsor and Bennington counties. Promote economic development, increasing jobs and income; […]
Chester Rotary’s Annual Ladd Scholarship fund-raiser set for March 19
The 8th Annual Ladd Scholarship Auction, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chester, will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the Fullerton Inn, 40 the Common in Chester. In the past seven years, this event has raised funds to provide 41 high school graduates $62,000 in tuition assistance for post-high school […]
April employment fair seeking businesses who need workers
The River Valley Workforce Investment Board will be hosting the 5th Annual River Valley Employment Fair from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at Riverside Middle School in Springfield. The fair, a joint effort among the River Valley Workforce Investment Board, the VT Department of Labor, Creative Workforce Solutions, Springfield Regional Development Corp. […]
Chester wins one of three state grants for downtown planning
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The towns of Chester and Springfield are two of the three municipalities chosen from 10 applicants statewide to receive Strong Communities, Better Connections Grants given by a partnership of the state agencies of Transportation and of Commerce and Community Development. The funds are meant to help municipalities […]
Renovations, expansion at Chester Pilates studio
Made to Move Pilates of Chester recently underwent renovations, creating a larger and more inviting exercise space. The two-year-old business on School Street had been an office with three rooms and carpeted floors. But in December, owner Patty Nader removed walls and replaced the carpeting with cork flooring, which absorbs impact and is hygienic. The […]
Food drive enables Shaw’s in Ludlow to deliver truckloads to BRGNS
On Friday, Feb. 12, Shaw’s Ludlow grocery store director Scott Dickie and grocery manager Jeff Hance personally delivered and unloaded more than $3,000 worth of food for the Food Shelf at Black River Good Neighbors Services. The donation was the result of “The Spirit of Giving” food drive held at Shaw’s Ludlow store during the […]
