CEDRR Mixer and Real Rutland Meet & Greet on June 10.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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Bring Back The Trades Skills Expo | June CEDRR Mixer and Real Rutland Meet & Greet | Legislative Breakfast |
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Today: Bring Back The Trades Skills Expo at VTSU Castleton Campus
The Bring Back the Trades Skills Expo, presented by F.W. Webb, is gearing up to be one of the most impactful trade-focused events in Vermont!
About 2,200 students and teachers from nearly 40 schools plus community members pre-registered to attend. 72 businesses in the trade are set to provide hands-on experiences and career exploration opportunities for students, parents, and community members alike. Over 30 large pieces of machinery will take part in the "Equipment Rodeo," a touch-a-truck for teenagers and adults. Ten $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to Vermont students.
Brought to you by Title Sponsor F.W. Webb and in collaboration with the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) the event is hosted by Vermont State University Castleton Campus. The Skills Expo will take place today from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, offering a unique opportunity for students to explore high-demand, high-paying careers in the skilled trades.
Governor Phil Scott, Lt. Governor John Rodgers, and John Casella Sr. will speak to attendees during the event.
Why This Event Matters
With the “silver tsunami” of retirements looming, where five tradespeople retire for every two entering the workforce, the skills gap in the trades is more pressing than ever. The Bring Back the Trades Skills Expo provides a solution by exposing students to real career opportunities in fields such as plumbing, HVAC, electrical work, construction, welding, cosmetology, culinary and more—all through hands-on experiences and direct engagement with industry professionals.
Event Highlights
Interactive Exhibits: Experience hands-on trade demonstrations from businesses eager to showcase their work and technologies. “It’s like touch-a-truck for teens and grown ups - there are so many amazing exhibits happening at the Vermont event - I can’t wait for the students, parents, and community members to see the creativity,” said Bring Back the Trades Executive Director Shana Brunye.
Equipment & Tool Demos: See trade professionals in action, high tech industry tools, and learn about cutting-edge innovations.
Industry Engagement: Network with professionals and potential employers looking to invest in the next generation of skilled workers.
Scholarships & Giveaways: Businesses are stepping up to provide scholarship opportunities, prizes, and giveaways to students pursuing careers in the trades.
Click here for more information about Bring Back the Trades →
CEDRR June Mixer and Meet & Greet
On Tuesday, June 10, The Gymnasium in Downtown Rutland will host the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region's June Mixer AND Real Rutland Meet & Greet from 5-7 p.m. We have decided to combine the two events to bring even more people together!
Mixers are a great opportunity to meet other professionals in Rutland County.
Meet & Greets are hosted via our Real Rutland program as a way to introduce some of our newest community members to others who currently live, work, and play in Rutland County. We invite everyone who has relocated here within the past two years via our program, and the businesses and towns that sponsor the program.
Attend this event to learn about the advantages of being a member of The Gymnasium and take part in a FREE class!
4:30 pm Fiercely Chill Yoga with Marnie
5:30 pm EPIC Strength with Melissa P.
6:45 pm KNOCKOUT Boxing
Save the Date: Legislative Breakfast
Join the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) and our Rutland County legislators for a Legislative Breakfast sponsored by OMYA on Monday, June 23 from 7:30-9:00 a.m.
The event will be held at Southside Steakhouse in Rutland City.
More information and a registration link are coming soon!
Welcome to Our New Members
Green Mountain Insulated Glass, Inc. is primarily a manufacturer of insulated glass (Double Pane) units for the custom, true divided lite window and door market. We produce the highest quality of small lite, narrow sightline insulated glass in the industry. We offer some of the best warranties available for insulated glass.
Green Mountain Insulated Glass, Inc. stocks many types of “mouth blown-cylinder” and “drawn” Restoration Glasses. Green Mountain Insulated Glass, Inc. routinely supplies Restoration Glass as insulated Restoration Glass units; custom laminated Restoration Glass (which is safety code compliant for doors and sidelites); and monolithic Restoration Glass in both stock sheets and lites cut to size. Also, Green Mountain Insulated Glass, Inc. can use laminated Restoration Glass in conjunction with other tempered or laminated safety glass to form Restoration/Safety Glass IG units.
At Longview Commercial Real Estate, we believe that your real estate investments should fit into the larger vision you have for your life and your business. Taking the long view means designing your own life, and commercial real estate investing can be among the most powerful ways to generate wealth and achieve financial freedom.
If you own a property that is no longer working for you and the life that you are creating for yourself, your family or your community, let us help you sell it! If you are ready to find a real estate asset that will facilitate the next phase of your life, let us help you acquire it! If you are currently working to define how your real estate investments fit into your own long-term plans, let us help offer insight and consulting based on our experience serving other real estate investors like you!
If you are curious about the value of a property you own, we would love the opportunity to provide you an opinion of value and a sample marketing plan. If you are looking for a specific type of real estate asset to invest in, we would love to have the conversation about what is currently available on the market in Central and Southern Vermont!
CEDRR would like to thank the following businesses for renewing their membership:
Bowse Health Trust Opens 2025 Grant Applications
The Bowse Health Trust Grant Application process has officially opened to non-profit organizations that are considering the expansion or development of a program or project that will address the health and wellbeing of Rutland County residents, please consider applying for a Bowse Health Trust Grant.
The Bowse Health Trust (BHT) will kick-off its 2025 grant cycle with Letters of Intent (LOI) due on June 15, 2025. The required documents and all information about how to submit a Letter of Intent can be found on the Rutland Regional Medical Center website.
The BHT is interested in funding the expansion or enhancement of existing projects or new programs that focus on providing residents in the Rutland Region an opportunity to live a healthier life. Specifically, projects that address health equity within the priority needs identified in the 2024 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Priority areas include access to care, community safety, and community connectivity. Ultimately, funded projects or programs will be highly collaborative and have plans for financial sustainability after the three years of funding are complete. To read more about the health priority areas you can find the CHNA here: https://www.rrmc.org/about/community-health-needs-assessment/
Killington has Embarked on a $5 Billion Makeover Designed to Rival Western US Resorts
The ski resort here, already Vermont's biggest with 800,000 skier visits annually, is on the cusp of an unprecedented investment by a Canadian company − as much as $5 billion over the next 20 years − designed to catapult Killington into the top ranks of ski resorts in North America and push skier visits over the 1 million mark annually.
Toronto-based Great Gulf, one of the largest homebuilders and real estate developers in North America, owns 1,000 acres of land at Killington, where it plans to build 2,300 residential units, from condominiums to townhomes, hotel rooms and single-family homes, called LiveKillington, dwarfing the scale of housing on any other resort in Vermont, or the Northeast.
"It is a very large project at a very large mountain," said Michael Sneyd, Great Gulf's president of resort residential. "It will be the largest project of its kind in the Northeast by a long shot."
Emergency Department at Rutland Regional Medical Center Receives Pediatric Readiness Innovator Award
On Tuesday, April 29, Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department received the hospital’s first-ever Pediatric Readiness award, presented by Dr. David Nelson, a pediatric emergency physician at University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) who leads Vermont’s program to improve pediatric emergency services for children.
The Emergency Department at RRMC achieved the Innovator level recognition, which is the highest standard of pediatric readiness. The award was presented to Emergency Department nurses, nurse leaders, clinical educators and physicians prior to a pediatric readiness training in the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center. The training courses are part of a state-wide initiative to improve pediatric emergency services.
“The pediatric readiness trainings focus on simulated emergencies that enable participants to put their skills into practice while building confidence for real emergency situations,” said Dr. Nelson. “Today we are running these simulations with nurses because in real life, the nurses are often the first ones to see the patient before a provider steps in.”
NNEMoCA Comes to The Hub CoWorks
NNEMoCA – Northern-New England Museum of Contemporary Art comes to The Hub in Rutland
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Open Studio. May 24th & 25th and
A Gala Reception on Sunday, May 25th from 3 -7pm
To introduce and celebrate NNEMoCA’s installation of more than forty works from its collection to become Rutland’s newest art venue will participate in the Vermont Craft Council’s Spring Open Studio, Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th, from 10am to 5pm and will host a Gala Reception, Featuring Music, Food, and a Cash Bar.
The Hub CoWorks of Rutland, Vermont and Northern New England Museum of Contemporary Art (NNEMoCA) are pleased to announce a collaboration allowing the long-term exhibition of works of contemporary visual art from the permanent collection of NNEMoCA to be displayed in the common space of The Hub CoWorks.
“The positive effects of being in the presence of original art are well known and provide many benefits to those having this exposure. Additionally, this artwork provides substantive enhancement to the environment within The Hub,” Mark Foley, President of MKF Properties and developer of The Hub CoWorks.
“Our vision is to transform and enrich humanity through visual art and ideas. One of the most direct ways to begin accomplishing this is to create additional opportunities for art to be seen and to provide mechanisms for people to be in the presence of original visual art. This ‘completes the circuit’ which exists between the artwork, its maker, and the viewer,” Mark S. Waskow, President of NNEMoCA.
This program encapsulates NNEMoCA’s mission by providing long-term regional hubs to introduce the public to the museum’s resources. To discover more about NNEMoCA, visit www.nnemoca.org.
For inquiries, please contact Mark S. Waskow by phone (802) 793-8482 or email nnemoca@gmail.com.
West Rutland Marsh Monitoring Walk
Join us for bird monitoring of West Rutland Marsh led by a Rutland County Audubon member. From beginners to experts, all are invited! This is a great opportunity to learn more about the birds that call Vermont home and those that pass through on their migrations. Go the whole route around the marsh or halfway.
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region's Career Hub features full-time jobs across Rutland County that provide a salary higher than the Vermont living wage.
Community Growth Manager
The Hub CoWorks/Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region is seeking a Community Growth Manager to join their team.
COSA Coordinator
Rutland County Restorative Justice Center is seeking a COSA Coordinator to join their team.
District Manager
Donuts of Rutland is seeking a District Manager to join their team.
View Rutland County career opportunities & post your position →
Mastering Short Form Video Marketing
May 21 | 11:30 AM-1 PM | Zoom | Free
Shorts, reels, tiktoks & more are still sweeping social media! Views & engagement are prioritized for these over most other types of content, but while it's easier than ever to drive fantastic numbers, it's also just as easy to get swept into obscurity.
In this application-focused training with internationally acclaimed speaker and author Stephanie Scheller, she will break down:
- Tips to getting views
- How to bring together getting views and your marketing message
- How to plan & film your content
Join Stephanie Scheller (a TEDx speaker, a three-time best-selling author, an award-winning entrepreneur and the founder of Grow Disrupt, a company that designs and produces “Grow Your Business” retreats and conferences for ADHD small business owners) and the UTSA SBDC for this webinar.
Annual Vermont Employee Ownership Center Conference
May 30 | 8 AM-4:30 PM | DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington | $40-350 per person
Join Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) at the end of this month for their annual employee ownership conference. It is one of a handful of conferences specifically about employee ownership in the nation and is one of few that bring both worker cooperatives and ESOP companies into a shared space to learn from one another and build community. Other attendee groups include business owners ready to learn about selling a business to its employees, professionals who support employee-owned businesses at the point of conversion and beyond, and still others interested in employee ownership for academic, political, or social reasons. The benefits of employee ownership continue to have broad appeal, and the VEOC conference remains a critical meeting point for all involved in shaping a more prosperous future.
We Rise: Status of Vermont's Women & Girls
June 13 | 12-6 PM | Killington
Our spring gathering explores the status of Vermont's women and girls. This event expands our past events for Vermont Women's Fund grantees to build a broader community to learn and move forward together. It is FREE and open to all genders, gender identities, and life experiences who will bring valuable voices to this work.
12-4 PM Program
- Community building lunch
- Presentations & moderated panel on pressing issues for women & girls
- Roundtable discussions, learning & options to move forward
4-6 PM Networking
- Mix with local woman-owned businesses and VWF friends
