Holiday shopping, year-end giving buoy local businesses, organizations
In what has become a modern holiday tradition, today is dubbed Giving Tuesday across the nation and beyond.
The Bridge marks 30 years with gala, panel discussion on democracy
MONTPELIER — The Bridge newspaper will celebrate 30 years of publication and the news media’s critical role in protecting democracy on Friday, Nov. 17, with an art auction, refreshments from local chefs, and a lively panel of local journalists.
Foliage season brings crowds, tangled traffic, even after summer floods
Waterbury tourist operations saw plenty of traffic during the peak foliage weeks. Amid the onslaught of crowds and congestion, the season is crucial for local businesses to take in enough revenue to keep them viable for the rest of the year.
Blackback Pub changes hands, keeps the spirit
After owning Blackback Pub for nine of its 14 years at 1 Stowe Street, Lynn Mason and Dave Juenker have handed off the business to new owners, general manager Ehren Hill and chef Cory Swafford.
Foundry Street entrepreneurs cook up new business in Waterbury
There’s a hum of creative energy coming from 40 Foundry Street, where new food and beverage businesses are coming to life in this historic building a block away from Main Street.
Community support buoys Waterbury’s flood-hit businesses
Waterbury’s flood-hit downtown businesses are bouncing back thanks to hard work that included numerous community volunteers. UVM Community News Service reporters Shannon Flaherty and Will Thorn filed this report.
First big test comes fast for new owners at Craft Beer Cellar
When you’ve just bought a new business, “flood” is not a word you want to hear — or an event you want to experience — after just one month of ownership.
Stowe inn owners buy Michael’s on the Hill
After several years on the market, Waterbury fine-dining stalwart Michael’s on the Hill has been sold to the owners of Stowe’s Brass Lantern Inn.
Local news forecast: Cloudy with a chance of a ‘news desert’
More than three years since its launch, Waterbury Roundabout is enjoying healthy readership and steadily growing support from community members. Yet financial sustainability is not on the horizon anytime soon. We have to ask: Does the community want this to continue?
French cycling company Mavic rolls into Waterbury
Waterbury has a new reason to stake its claim as an outdoor recreation destination. Mavic, a bicycling wheel and equipment manufacturer based in France, has set up shop in Pilgrim Park to open its North American sales and service center.
State opens $20 million grant program for flood-affected businesses
Gov. Phil Scott and the Vermont Department of Economic Development this week announced the opening of the $20 million Business Emergency Gap Assistance grant program for flood-affected businesses.
Recipe for unique prep kitchen partnership includes community love + mutual admiration
What is the secret for small business success? For local businesses Stowe Street Cafe and Paprika Catering Company, their recipe calls for a large dose of out-of-the-box thinking, no small measure of hard work, and a few handfuls of community love, topped off with a sprinkling of friendship.
Where's Waldo in Waterbury?
Waterbury businesses are in on a secret and they are hoping that folks out and about in town will figure it out. Organized by Bridgeside Books, the Where’s Waldo Local game is a promotion to get people into local businesses, have some fun and give away some Waldo-related prizes.
Recovery fund launches to support flooded small businesses
The Vermont Main Street Flood Relief Fund has begun a fundraising campaign with the aim of extending financial assistance to those Vermont small businesses severely impacted by the recent flooding.
Waterbury businesses roll with flood’s punches
Waterbury’s downtown companies have taken a hit from this week’s flood. But just hours into taking stock of the damage and disruptions, owners and managers are looking ahead and digging in and getting back on their feet. Again.
Dine and dance at Waterbury Arts Fest, July 14-15
The annual Waterbury Arts Fest is the main fundraising event for Waterbury’s nonprofit economic and community development and tourism organization, Revitalizing Waterbury.
Collaborations, connections abound at new Stowe Street gallery, music venue
In a nod to the public artwork that rises up on the exterior of its building, The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall opens on Stowe Street this Friday, June 23, with its inaugural five-artist exhibit, “Art is Candy,” along with the season’s first Music in the Alley concert.
MakerSphere looks to add Moretown workshop
A year ago, MakerSphere put out a survey to gauge community interest in launching a shared workshop for woodworking, metal and glass crafting, and more. Now they have a lease on a Route 2 commercial building that they hope to transform into such a facility.
Company with Vermont ties secures $850M loan for battery manufacturing plant in Arizona
The U.S. Department of Energy announced plans on Friday to loan KORE Power Inc., a battery manufacturing company with offices and a manufacturing facility in Waterbury, $850 million to fund the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Buckeye, Arizona.
Hen of the Wood opens – again – in downtown Waterbury
After nearly three years of renovations, one opening night, and nearly two months of water damage repair from a faulty sprinkler system, award-winning restaurant Hen of the Wood held its second official opening May 31 at its new South Main Street location without a hitch – or drip, as the case may be.