Feb
09
2015
Solar sector offers jobs for state
by Rick Shappy
It seems a week doesn’t goes by without someone in the media bemoaning the lack of job opportunities for young people in Vermont. While Vermont is an attractive place to live, we...
Feb
02
2015
Solar helps keep young people in Vermont
by R.J. Adler
On Aug. 16, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. I was in Jackson, Wyo., nervously awaiting a call from a potential employer, a solar energy company back in Vermont. After leaving Vermont for...
Feb
01
2015
by Dan D'Ambrosio, Free Press Staff Writer
WATERBURY –Every Monday morning, the employees of SunCommon cram into a meeting area in the open offices of the solar company's headquarters here and get fired up for the week.
The meeting begins with...
Jan
22
2015
SunCommon Presents: Josh Panda live in concert!
SunCommon is teaming up with Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater to bring Josh Panda to town! All proceeds from the February 6 concert will go to Just Power, an Addison County-based energy advocacy organization,...
Jan
20
2015
Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce have announced the top thirty Best Places to Work in Vermont 2015. The awards program was created in 2006 and is presented in partnership with the Society for Human Resource...
Jan
20
2015
by Caleb Elder | January 19, 2015
A recent study from the Solar Foundation found that Vermont had more solar jobs per capita in 2013 than any other state. This is particularly impressive when you consider how the solar industry...
Jan
13
2015
SunCommon Co-Founder and Co-President Duane Peterson is a VCLF borrower and investor who clearly believes in making the most of vital resources — energy and dollars being key among them
Duane first arrived in Vermont via Los Angeles in 1996 at the behest of Ben and Jerry themselves, who recruited him...
Jan
12
2015
We made the list! We've grown considerably in the past year - doubled our workforce - and we continue to build our new Community Solar Array program to fulfill Vermonter's desire to access clean, green solar energy. Vermont Business Magazine notes...
Jan
07
2015
Letter to the Editor: A new working landscape in Vermont
When I moved to Vermont years ago I knew I needed to find a way to affordably heat my Leicester home. At the time fuel oil was my only option but...