LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 5 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: AECOM, the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that the Los Angeles County Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has awarded the Vermont Transit Corridor Planning and Environmental Study to the Vermont Corridor Partners (VCP), an AECOM-led joint venture with minority-owned small businesses Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. (TAHA) and RAW International, Inc.  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Jan. 4 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: UVM's Center for Community News (CCN) is helping breathe new life into local news outlets across the country. Inspired by the success of UVM's Community News Service (CNS), which matches students with local news outlets in Vermont to provide reporting, CCN already supports around 170 partnerships between universities and local news organizations across the United States--and it's only in its second year of exist  more

BERLIN, Vermont, Jan. 4 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: Governor Phil Scott and Treasurer Mike Pieciak today announced a joint effort to develop a comprehensive Resilience Implementation Strategy by July 1, 2025. This timing will coincide with an update to Vermont's Climate Action Plan, enabling a more coordinated and balanced approach to addressing both the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate efforts to adapt to the consequenc  more

BERLIN, Vermont, Jan. 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Governor Phil Scott today announced two leadership appointments: Nate Formalarie as deputy commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and Heather Pembrook as deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. * * * Nate Formalarie, deputy commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development Nate Formalarie has been with the  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 5 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Governor Phil Scott today delivered his annual State of the State address to a joint session of General Assembly, opening his eighth legislative session as Governor. The Governor outlined challenges and opportunities for the state in the coming year. And having already started working with legislators on key initiatives, he dedicated his address to highlighting why it is so critical fo  more