Anne Wallace Allen
Business Writer at Seven Days
Business writer at Seven Days. American by choice. Tweets and opinions are my own.
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3 weeks ago |
sevendaysvt.com | Anne Wallace Allen
click to enlarge My house in Marshfield village was small and a century old — hardly deluxe. But when I decided to move last fall, I had a feeling I'd have no trouble selling it. I settled on an asking price of $225,000, which seemed fair for a cute but aging structure with few modern conveniences, nor space for them. But I knew that would be considered a bargain.
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3 weeks ago |
sevendaysvt.com | Anne Wallace Allen
click to enlarge Summit Properties had had its eye on 35 acres near downtown Middlebury for years. The South Burlington company was looking for a place to build a housing development, but the cost of the land made the project too expensive. Middlebury College had been on the lookout, too.
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1 month ago |
sevendaysvt.com | Anne Wallace Allen
click to enlarge Border crossings from Canada into the U.S. dropped 17 percent in February 2025 when compared with the same month in 2024, data show. Trips declined as Canadians expressed anger over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his statements about annexing their country. Canadians face unfavorable exchange rates, as well. The decrease in Vermont appears to be lower, said state Treasurer Mike Pieciak.
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1 month ago |
sevendaysvt.com | Anne Wallace Allen
About 975 businesses have signed up for a new state-run program intended to make it easier for Vermont companies to offer retirement plans for their employees. Those companies collectively employ about 10,000 workers, according to state Treasurer Mike Pieciak. He was the driving force behind the 2023 bill that created the program, called Vermont Saves. It’s based on similar programs in other states.
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1 month ago |
sevendaysvt.com | Anne Wallace Allen
click to enlarge Marlene Tromp was confirmed as University of Vermont’s 28th president on Thursday. She will start in the position this summer, university officials said. Tromp, a humanities scholar who has led Boise State University since 2019, will move to Burlington with her 23-year-old son, her sister and a family friend.
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Stuart Ledbetter, 62, a Winooski resident for the past 30 years, is running for the Vermont Senate as a Democrat. https://t.co/Zs0JLGvwPI
A few of the wealthy people who are asking Vermont lawmakers today to increases taxes on the rich signed on to a similar letter in 2011. https://t.co/6GDTb6euwZ
A $1.3 billion federal grant to chipmaker Globalfoundries will mean $130 million for the Vermont plant, and 400 new jobs in Vermont. https://t.co/AzDUaNNeEP