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Phil Scott on Friday made another turn of the proverbial spigot reopening Vermont’s economy, loosening restrictions on construction, manufacturing and some other outdoor employers who can now deploy crews of up to five people.
Sign up here to get a weekly email on all of VTDigger's reporting on local companies and economic trends. Lindsay Kurrle, secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, declined to discuss additional details Friday about how the latest order will impact businesses — such as those with multiple departments that might qualify for reopening. Scott also said that property management and construction firms could begin operating this week as two-person crews. The briefing is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Click the video player above to view a live stream.As of Friday morning, the Vermont Department of Health has confirmed 1,119 cases of COVID-19; at least 55 people in the state have died from complications associated with the disease. Phil Scott announced Friday, as part of an economic recovery package to spend the remainder of the $1.25 billion allotted to Vermont under the federal CARES Act. Thanks for reporting an error with the story, Agency of Commerce and Community Development, On the eve of the election, Burlington vigil remembers Black…, Farmers’ interest in grants falls under expectations; will $30 million…, For one day a week, Burlington High School students will…, Fanny Allen patients transferred after staff feel sick — again, Chittenden County races could provide some historic firsts for Vermont, In isolated Canaan, town officials defy the state’s food scrap rules, Militia training site terrifies neighbors in West Pawlet, Down to the wire: Gray, Milne make final pitches in lieutenant governor race, Full-length Vermont-based alien science-fiction musical film coming to the Statehouse lawn, Business grants show the creativity underpinning Vermont's economy, Nicholas Edward Pryslak, Jr., home builder, restauranteur, chef and aspiring rock and roller, Richard Clarke Comollo, proprietor of Garlic John’s, Daniel Stewart Grant Rome, athlete and musician, Thomas F. Patterson Jr., longtime UVM academic, On the eve of the election, Burlington vigil remembers Black lives lost to police violence.