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Leahy
Launches Good News Jobs Tour Across Vermont
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. . To Visit With Vt.
Businesses, Workers And Vt. Nat’l Guard
To Announce Major
New Federal Contracts And Economic Initiatives
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Senator Leahy traveled throughout
Vermont on the 2003 Good News Jobs Tour in December.
Senator Leahy tours Infineon Corporation in
Williston Vermont during the 2003 Good News Jobs Tour |
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Newport |
12/11/2003 |
Leahy
will announce a 2004 federal contract with life-saving military
helmet producers MSA Gallet in
Newport.
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St Johnsbury |
12/11/2003 |
Leahy
will participate in a grand opening event with state and federal
officials in St. Johnsbury announcing the reopening of a multi-use
space destroyed in the devastating fire of 2000.
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Williston |
12/12/2003 |
Infineon
Technologies of Williston will brief and thank Leahy and state
officials for their work in helping the firm and its workforce
expand and prosper. The company will formally make a major
job expansion announcement Friday.
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South Burlington
Burlington International Airport |
12/22/03 |
Leahy,
Senator Jim Jeffords, Vermont National Guard and local and state
officials will announce a new Guard initiative at the Burlington
International Airport that will increase the Vermont National
Guard’s capabilities, while also creating new business
opportunities at the airport.
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Burlington
Homeland Security Conference |
12/15/2003 |
Leahy
will make remarks to dozens of
Vermont
businesses at the Homeland Security Conference in Burlington.
Leahy authored the charter for the domestic preparedness grants
being administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Because of Leahy’s all-state minimum formula for the program,
Vermont’s first-responder agencies have received more than $41
million in grants from DHS. |
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Essex Junction |
12/15/2003 |
IBM
officials and employees will meet with Leahy to thank him for his
efforts to help IBM-Essex. |
South Royalton
and
White River Junction |
12/16/2003 |
Leahy
will announce
an influx of new Department of Defense contracts to the Valley
region at ARA in
South
Royalton, and at
Concepts NREC in White River Junction.
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Springfield |
12/16/2003 |
Springfield
business leaders will meet with Leahy to discuss the new
Springfield incubator. |
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Vergennes |
12/17/2003 |
Leahy will announce the use of
Vermont-produced BFGoodrich technology on the battlefields of
Afghanistan and Iraq. Leahy will also announce a Department of
Defense contract with the firm. Leahy will meet with employees
and hold a brief news conference
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Bennington |
12/17/2003 |
Leahy
will announce the first-ever federal contract for
Bennington
Microtechnology Center, kicking off the long-anticipated
Bennington incubator project with RPI.
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