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Pat Heffernan: Sep 23, 2024 10:15:00 AM
"Last fall, three young men of Palestinian descent were shot while out for a walk. All three survived, but one, Hisham Awartani, suffered a spinal...
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Pat Heffernan: Mar 18, 2024 9:16:00 AM
We were thrilled to hear the National Audubon Society announce receiving a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service...
Dave Bowers: Nov 17, 2023 2:58:13 PM
The Celebrating Paid Leave in Vermont passing in the Vermont House event on November 8th was a great success. The speakers – Speaker Krowinski,...
Hiro Soga: Nov 9, 2023 3:18:00 PM
Vermont Public hosted a Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility People. Planet. Prosperity. Speaker Series event with a panel of experts to...
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Pat Heffernan: Aug 17, 2023 11:30:00 AM
WCAX covered the latest in a series of resiliency pivots by the team at Prevent Child Abuse Vermont after the July flooding in Montpelier. This week,...
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Hiro Soga: Aug 13, 2023 11:15:00 AM
Rock Point School, located on a 130-acre lakeside campus here in Burlington, Vermont hosted their 25th annual Wiffle Fest on August 12th, 2023, a...
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Hiro Soga: May 30, 2023 9:42:00 AM
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) hosted its 33rd annual conference at the Hula Lakeside Campus in Burlington, Vermont. The...
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Hiro Soga: Apr 15, 2023 12:30:00 PM
Christina Ubl, CFP®, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, and co-owner of Clute Wealth Management gave her expert insight and tips on financial...
Hiro Soga: Mar 29, 2023 9:38:00 AM
Each year Rock Point School in Burlington, VT, hosts their annual Maple Run 5k to raise funds for the charity of their choice. In 2023 the race...
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Dave Bowers: Oct 7, 2022 2:43:25 PM
It's not uncommon for a membership association to ask us to help when its website no longer meets the current day expectations of members or...
Hiro Soga: Aug 31, 2022 10:45:00 AM
Co-founder and President of WheelPad L3C, Julie Lineberger, was interviewed on the Real Leaders Podcast where she discussed the social responsibility...
Hiro Soga: Nov 19, 2021 11:30:00 AM
On Wednesday, November 17, Rock Point School participated in Outright Vermont's statewide virtual Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) conference. Rock...
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Pat Heffernan: Oct 22, 2021 10:45:00 AM
In October, Christina Ubl CFP®, co-owner of Clute Wealth Management was featured as a guest expert in the MoneyGeek article "How to Start Saving and...
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Pat Heffernan: Oct 30, 2020 4:26:00 PM
In October, Clute Wealth Management team member Akemi Chen was interviewed as part of a Strictly Business Magazine article featuring five alumni from...
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Karen Wilkinson: Jul 8, 2020 4:04:00 PM
Rock Point School is an intentionally small boarding and day school for grades 9–12, situated on a beautiful parcel of waterfront land right here in...
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Dave Bowers: May 21, 2020 11:29:00 AM
Cx Associates, of Burlington, Vermont and Portland, Maine, wanted a new website that engaged potential clients and employees and reflected the firms...
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Hiro Soga: Apr 15, 2020 2:46:00 PM
As the pandemic began to affect Vermont, Paul Raulston, CEO of Vermont Coffee Company, started a fundraiser for Addison County’s H.O.P.E. (Helping...
Pat Heffernan: Apr 2, 2020 10:45:00 AM
After 29 years at the helm, Paul Millman announced his upcoming retirement and shared musings about the state of the iconic employee-owned company,...
Karen Wilkinson: Mar 11, 2020 8:15:00 AM
Vermont Works for Women announced the Trailblazers program for this year, running from March 2 through May 2, 2020. Trailblazers is a training...
Hiro Soga: Feb 19, 2020 2:03:00 PM
Call2Recycle, the first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization in the US, published its annual report on which states had recycled the...
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Karen Wilkinson: Jan 15, 2020 7:45:00 AM
This month the Vermont Commission on Women, in consultation with the Vermont Attorney General’s office and the Vermont Human Rights Commission,...
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Dave Bowers: Jan 9, 2020 10:30:00 AM
The American Association of Daily Money Managers (aadmm.com) is mentioned as an option for your financial team to avoid the risk cited by Nancy...
Dave Bowers: Dec 18, 2019 10:20:00 AM
The Chill Program, established by the founders of Burton Snowboards, Jake and Donna Carpenter, is a nonprofit that inspires youth to overcome...
Karen Wilkinson: Nov 7, 2019 4:37:00 PM
Small Dog Electronics had gifts aplenty for lucky audience members who were able to snag tickets for this VPR live event on November 6, 2019 that...
Dave Bowers: Oct 15, 2019 11:02:00 AM
Small Dog Electronics, a long time client, is on the move. Originally started as a mail-order electronics online shop, Small Dog Electronics expanded...
Dave Bowers: Sep 25, 2019 4:13:00 PM
Call2Recycle, Inc. and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources have kicked off the 2nd annual Vermont Battery Collection Challenge. The challenge...
Pat Heffernan: Aug 18, 2019 5:47:00 PM
The Burlington area in summer is glorious in Vermont and this year that drew a film crew to produce a pilot episode at Rock Point School and other...
Dave Bowers: May 16, 2019 12:31:00 PM
WCAX-TV News featured Burlington Electric Department's new incentive to purchase electric lawn mowers, including an incentive for commercial electric...
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Pat Heffernan: Apr 2, 2019 4:02:00 PM
Spring is sugaring season in Vermont and this year that means Audubon Vermont's Bird-Friendly Maple project seems to be in the news everywhere....
Pat Heffernan: Mar 4, 2019 4:19:00 PM
Judith Newman interviewed Spring Lake Ranch's Director of Admissions & Outreach Rachel Stark for an AARP article about national "failure to launch"...
Karen Wilkinson: Feb 5, 2019 11:48:00 AM
Everyone likes to receive good news mail and that was certainly the case the first week of February here at Marketing Partners. The team was excited...
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Karen Wilkinson: Jan 7, 2019 11:50:00 AM
Marketing Partners, Inc. announces the addition of Karen Wilkinson to its team as a graphic design and marketing specialist. In this role, Karen will...
Dave Bowers: Dec 4, 2018 1:34:00 PM
Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) and the State of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation have teamed up to promote recycling...
Pat Heffernan: Nov 16, 2018 12:07:00 PM
C.J. Spirito, Head of Rock Point School, was interviewed by Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce President Tom Torti on Channel 17 public access...
Dave Bowers: Nov 13, 2018 6:02:00 PM
Our own Hiro Soga offered his commentary at the Burlington stop on Facebook's tour of smaller cities. ABC-TV Channel 22 captured the action. "To me,...
Pat Heffernan: Aug 3, 2018 12:18:00 PM
For the fifth year in a row, Heidi Clute, founder and Managing Partner of Clute Wealth Management, joined Road Pitch 2018, a multi-day motorcycle...
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Pat Heffernan: Jul 16, 2018 5:47:00 PM
Vermont Coffee Company publicly announced becoming the nation’s first 100% renewable biogas-powered coffee roastery in May 2018 — but this change has...
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Hiro Soga: Jun 26, 2018 12:16:00 PM
VPR’s Vermont Edition hosted a discussion about the newly recognized ‘Gaming Disorder’ diagnosis and Rachel Stark, director of admissions and...
Dave Bowers: May 21, 2018 4:23:51 PM
Eco-Equipment Supply, in Charlotte Vermont, was created to bring the significant environmental and cost-saving benefits of the all-electric, high...
Pat Heffernan: May 5, 2018 8:28:16 PM
Business Insider selected one school it deemed to be "the most beautiful school" in each state — and our own favorite Rock Point School in Burlington...
Dave Bowers: Apr 20, 2018 7:05:00 AM
Since 1972, the Vermont Rail Action Network (VRAN) has worked to modernize and upgrade Vermont's rail network for passengers and freight. Although...
Hiro Soga: Apr 2, 2018 11:39:00 AM
Marketing Partners, Inc. announces the addition of Hiro Soga to its team as a marketing assistant. In his new role, Hiro will provide client services...
Pat Heffernan: Mar 6, 2018 2:04:00 PM
Photographer Robert Layman returned to the sugarbush at Spring Lake Ranch this spring to take a series of sugaring photos. Gardens Work Crew Leader...
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Pat Heffernan: Feb 5, 2018 1:22:00 PM
We're delighted to welcome the Janet S. Munt Family Room, a Vermont parent-child center in Burlington, to the Marketing Partners' family of nonprofit...
Pat Heffernan: Jan 30, 2018 12:05:00 PM
Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services announced that nominations are open for a new series of awards: "These awards recognize victim activists who...
Pat Heffernan: Dec 1, 2017 11:00:00 AM
We're delighted to welcome NIM.MERSION, a Swedish relocation, immigration, and destination services company, to the Marketing Partners' family of...
Pat Heffernan: Nov 10, 2017 4:32:32 PM
"He started to find himself again on a 10-by-15 foot garden plot, at the Rock Point School in Burlington." This was one of several stories Vermont...
Tara Pereira: Oct 30, 2017 12:40:00 PM
"Currently, about 1,300 children statewide are in the custody of the Vermont Department for Children and Families, and about 650 are in conditional...
Pat Heffernan: Oct 25, 2017 7:05:00 AM
Vermont Rural Ventures through June 2017 has raised more than $47 million in new capital through the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program to support...
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Pat Heffernan: Sep 7, 2017 10:05:00 AM
Locally owned retailer bucks national retail trends. Small Dog Electronics was proud to announce its selection as an Apple Premier Partner, one of a...
Pat Heffernan: Aug 15, 2017 4:04:00 PM
Veteran transportation reporter C.B. Hall of Vermont Business Magazine was onsite as AllEarth Rail's Budd cars pulled into Montpelier en route to...
Pat Heffernan: Jul 5, 2017 10:00:00 AM
'Conserving lands, healing people' is the title of a wonderful piece by Julia Purdy in the Mountain Times about the June event at Spring Lake Ranch...
Pat Heffernan: Jun 2, 2017 8:57:15 AM
Elaine Ezerins of the St. Albans Messenger tells the story of local maple sugar maker Branon Family Maple Orchards in Fairfield, to illustrate how...
Pat Heffernan: May 7, 2017 5:33:26 PM
Judiciary Court Administrator David Kennedy and a volunteer Vermont Guardian ad Litem (GAL) were interviewed in a WCAX news series on a pilot program...
Pat Heffernan: May 1, 2017 3:45:04 PM
In what is (to some people) a dry and technical field like energy engineering consulting — for healthcare, higher education, multifamily,...
Pat Heffernan: Apr 24, 2017 12:00:00 PM
The headline in the Spring 2017 issue of the national Audubon magazine starts the story, "Maple Syrup Makers Are Turning Their Forests Into Prime...
Pat Heffernan: Mar 30, 2017 4:04:40 PM
New website for CCVS Just in time for the annual celebration of Crime Victims Rights Week, the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services launched its...
Pat Heffernan: Feb 9, 2017 12:05:00 PM
Call2Recycle, Inc., the appointed battery stewardship organization in Vermont, announced over 114,000 pounds of batteries have been collected...
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Pat Heffernan: Feb 1, 2017 12:00:00 PM
We're delighted to welcome Spring Lake Ranch, a licensed nonprofit residential treatment program, to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a...
Pat Heffernan: Jan 19, 2017 3:00:00 PM
At a Statehouse news conference, Net Zero Vermont Co-CEOs Deb Sachs and Dan Jones announced the winning design team for the Montpelier 2030 Design...
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Pat Heffernan: Jan 12, 2017 2:05:00 PM
Building Bright Futures unveiled the latest “How Are Vermont’s Young Children and Families?” report at a State House press conference Wednesday,...
Pat Heffernan: Jan 9, 2017 11:00:00 AM
Montpelier's Pavilion Building was packed on Saturday, January 7th and an overflow crowd watched via streaming video from the Unitarian Church during...
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Pat Heffernan: Dec 22, 2016 10:10:00 AM
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Financing High-Quality, Affordable Child Care issued its final report this month, and the Permanent Fund for Vermont's...
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Pat Heffernan: Dec 17, 2016 10:05:00 AM
As a temporary exhibit was hung in City Hall, Net Zero Vermont Inc. announced public presentations by the top five finalist teams for the Sustainable...
Tara Pereira: Oct 31, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Congratulation to our clients Heidi Clute and Christina Ubl. The two business partners and their firm Clute Wealth Management were featured in the...
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Tara Pereira: Oct 24, 2016 10:10:00 AM
Women Business Owners Network, in partnership with the Vermont Commission on Women and Change The Story, hosted its 2016 Fall Conference with the...
Tara Pereira: Oct 17, 2016 10:00:00 AM
We are excited to announce that our client, The Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, awarded its second annual Early Educator of the Year Award to...
Pat Heffernan: Oct 4, 2016 7:46:47 AM
Net Zero Vermont opened a pop-up gallery and voting for the Sustainable Montpelier Design Competition on October 2, 2016 in the capitol city. Design...
Dave Bowers: Sep 26, 2016 11:43:00 AM
The Lake Morey Foundation was created in 1984 to give individuals, businesses and community organizations a vehicle by which to make tax-deductible...
Pat Heffernan: Aug 22, 2016 11:00:00 AM
The July/August issue of Conscious Company Magazine focused on women in leadership in business, so we were delighted Pat's article appeared in this...
Pat Heffernan: Aug 8, 2016 11:00:00 AM
Board members of Women Business Owners Network wanted a new look and feel for a mobile-friendly website — a look that reflected the revitalized and...
Pat Heffernan: Jul 8, 2016 11:00:00 AM
"The new website should reflect the vibrancy of our new building." It was a tall order, and although we may be a tad biased, we think the latest,...
Pat Heffernan: Jun 15, 2016 9:59:00 AM
We loved the lede to this roundup article by Joi Sears in TriplePundit. Most brands claim to have some form of social mission, but few act on it....
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Tara Pereira: Jun 6, 2016 2:00:00 PM
Call2Recycle’s expanded household batteries recycling program following Vermont’s first ever mandated primary (single-use) battery stewardship law...
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Tara Pereira: May 25, 2016 4:00:00 PM
The Vermont Action Coalition is pleased to announce the addition of two new videos for Vermontnursing.org. These videos highlight the value and...
Pat Heffernan: Apr 27, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Women business owners from throughout Vermont gathered for the Spring Women Business Owner's Network (WBON) conference April 29th to learn, share and...
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Pat Heffernan: Mar 23, 2016 10:30:00 AM
The Vermont Action Coalition announced a new website resource for Vermont nurses who want to advance their education or are curious about their...
Tara Pereira: Mar 17, 2016 1:00:35 PM
Audubon Vermont's Bird-Friendly Maple habitat project was feature on WCAX-TV's - The :30 during its weekly "Wildlife Watch" segment. Reporter Ali...
Pat Heffernan: Feb 23, 2016 11:00:00 AM
The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) recently honored Rick Davis, co-founder and president of the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children,...
Tara Pereira: Jan 29, 2016 9:00:00 AM
Call2Recycle's Vermont battery stewardship program officially launched with an event at the Vermont State House on January 28th. WPTZ-TV, and VT...
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Pat Heffernan: Dec 8, 2015 10:00:00 AM
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has renewed its commitment to the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Initiative with a new round of grants...
Tara Pereira: Oct 15, 2015 10:00:00 AM
We are happy to announce that our client, The Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, awarded its first Early Educator of the Year Award to Geralyn...
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Pat Heffernan: Oct 7, 2015 10:30:00 AM
We're thrilled that after two years of research and planning, the Bird-Friendly Maple Habitat program materials we developed are available for...
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Pat Heffernan: Oct 6, 2015 2:00:00 PM
We're delighted to welcome nonprofit Call2Recycle, Inc. to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a behavior change and environmental...
Pat Heffernan: Sep 25, 2015 9:30:00 AM
In what has become a favorite local event, Rock Point School will host the Ooky Spooky run again on Saturday, October 24th. Each year, the School...
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Pat Heffernan: Sep 18, 2015 12:30:00 PM
Rick Davis, co-founder and president of the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, was presented with the Vermont Community Foundation’s 2015...
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Pat Heffernan: Apr 17, 2015 1:00:00 PM
We're delighted to welcome Champlain Valley Head Start, a program of nonprofit Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, to the Marketing...
Pat Heffernan: Mar 16, 2015 10:00:00 AM
Despite the slow start to the spring season, Rock Point School prepared for sugaring season as usual. On March 14th, Rock Point School held their...
Dave Bowers: Dec 1, 2014 11:44:00 AM
Heidi Clute, of Clute Wealth Management, has continued to help and educate WCAX viewers about their financial future. In recent monthly WCAX segments...
Dave Bowers: Nov 3, 2014 11:47:00 AM
Let’s Grow Kids and thirteen other Vermont organizations sponsored a sneak peek of a powerful new PBS documentary, The Raising of America: Early...
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Tara Pereira: Sep 3, 2014 11:39:00 AM
Marketing Partners, Inc. announces the addition of Tara Pereira to its team as visual story-teller. In her new role, Tara will provide strategic...
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Dave Bowers: Aug 16, 2014 11:34:00 AM
Vermont HITEC and Husky Injection Molding Systems have teamed up to provide opportunities to high school juniors and seniors in Advanced...
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Dave Bowers: Jul 28, 2014 11:32:00 AM
Vermont HITEC was featured in a lengthy story in the Valley News about an apprenticeship program recently launched at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. More than...
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Dave Bowers: Jul 15, 2014 11:17:00 AM
Vice President Joe Biden put the success of Vermont's HITEC program in the spotlight during his address to the National Governors Association summer...
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Dave Bowers: Jun 24, 2014 11:12:00 AM
The books just arrived, but already new author Bill Maclay of Maclay Architects has been interviewed about his book the New Net Zero in both the New...
Dave Bowers: May 22, 2014 10:48:00 AM
The Let’s Grow Kids! campaign officially launched in late April, signifying the start of a three-year statewide effort to educate Vermonters about...
Dave Bowers: Mar 28, 2014 10:43:00 AM
Kids’ VT recently did a nice profile of Rick Davis and his work with the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children.
Dave Bowers: Mar 17, 2014 10:28:00 AM
As the days began to grow longer, Seven Days captured the School's maple sugaring classes and tours on video, while WDEV's Mark Johnson interviewed...
Dave Bowers: Feb 3, 2014 10:23:00 AM
Marketing Partners worked with the Vermont Area Health Education Centers, independent 501c3 nonprofits, to develop coordinated yet separate web site...
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Pat Heffernan: Feb 3, 2014 10:00:00 AM
We're delighted to welcome nonprofit PaintCare, Inc. to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a behavior change and environmental mission....
Dave Bowers: Oct 14, 2013 10:19:00 AM
Rick Davis, co-founder and president of The Permanent Fund for Vermont's Children, was among guests featured recently on two CCTV programs to talk...
Dave Bowers: Jun 1, 2013 10:14:00 AM
The new Executive Director of Mobius Mentoring, Chad Butt, was interviewed on Live at 5:25PM. The Permanent Fund for Vermont's Children is a major...
Dave Bowers: Jan 16, 2013 7:00:00 PM
SOH Wind Engineering in Williston recently had a visit from WCAX to showcase their new calibration wind tunnel. The largest of its kind in the world,...
Dave Bowers: Nov 12, 2012 10:30:00 AM
We are proud to welcome Rock Point School into our client family. A nonprofit co-ed college prep school with a non-traditional approach to learning,...
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Dave Bowers: Oct 10, 2012 9:00:00 AM
The Marketing Partners team has lost our co-founder, dear friend and valued colleague with the passing of Peg Devlyn. It is difficult to put into...
Dave Bowers: Aug 15, 2012 4:44:00 PM
In the aftermath of the crisis surrounding the presence of persistent herbicides detected in CSWD's Green Mountain Compost, Peter Post described...
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Sally Kieny: Aug 15, 2012 2:00:00 PM
Business Executives Call on White House and Congress to Help Move U.S. to a Sustainable Economy Patricia C. Heffernan, president of the...
