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Fighting Food Insecurity in Vermont and New Hampshire: A Community Effort

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With many pandemic-related food relief programs ending—including increased SNAP benefits and free school lunches —as well as rising inflation and food costs , the risk of food insecurity for residents across our region is ever-growing. It’s also something that we can all work on together to eliminate.

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Union Bank Continues its Support of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital with $100,000 Donation for ER Expansion

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When the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital emergency room opened 50 years ago, it was serving about ten patients per day. Union Bank saw this expansion as a chance to give back to the community in a way that would make a substantial impact. As Emily Hutchison, M.Ed.,

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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

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People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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Walden Mutual aims to serve New England’s food community

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As the first mutual bank to open in decades, Walden Mutual Bank is gearing up to support New England’s farmers, food service industry and sustainable food community. submitted its application to the FDIC at the end of August with the intent to serve New England’s local and sustainable food community with a bank owned by its depositors.

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Non-Profit Community Spotlight: Copley Hospital and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital

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Union Bank has always prioritized giving back to the communities we serve. In fact, last year we provided meaningful support to over 175 non-profit organizations throughout northern Vermont and northern New Hampshire. In this piece, we highlight Copley Hospital and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.

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Navigating the Loan Landscape: A Guide to Small Business Financing

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If you don’t already have one, you can get free help writing a business plan at one of the SBA’s Small Business Development Centers –find your nearest one in Vermont or New Hampshire here. You’ll also need to prepare financial projections for at least the next two years and provide business tax returns from the past three years.

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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK?

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One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses, and in particular, the “mom and pop” shops that line the main streets and side streets of our local communities. This quarter’s edition shows what happened, through the end of 2015, to the businesses that keep our local communities thriving and surviving.

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