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Employee Wellness

Bookmark UVM’s Employee Wellness for more resources, programs, and information related to wellness, including Employee Assistance Program offerings.

Health care providers and networks

We are working with our partners at Larner College of Medicine and the University of Vermont Medical Center to provide information you need to make decisions about provider care and other health-related services.

You First is a unique program offering support for breast and cervical cancer screening and heart disease prevention, including You First for LGBTQ Vermonters.

You can also check out the Vermont Professionals of Color Network’s listing of BIPOC-owned healthcare services and businesses. Additionally, artist Kiese Laymon is generating a list of providers in every state that comes recommended by others after a personal positive experience.

Personal services

The things that keep us feeling like us. For personal fitness information including private training sessions, see our Gyms and Fitness resources in Gather under Recreation.

Cosmetics, haircare, and nails

• Beauty by Pascale (South Burlington): Specializes in crochet, weave, cornrows, knotless braids, lace install, braiding. Wig and bundle sales.
• Diversity Hair (Burlington)- Salon service for Black hair and care.
• Gentlemen’s Top Option Salon (Burlington): A full-service salon designed specifically for men. Services include men's haircutting, men's grooming, hair removal, coloring, massage and more.
• Hair Forte (South Burlington): Family owned salon established in 1991.
• Lux Barbershop (Burlington): Professional haircut and style, finished with a straight razor and hot towel
• The Shop (Burlington): Specializes in fades; by appointment only.
• Talmo Hair Co. (Burlington): Queer-affirming, inclusive salon.
• Urban Salon Team (Burlington): Lifestyle salon & gift boutique.
• Ulta (Williston) - Chain with a diverse selection of cosmetics & other beauty products, plus on-site salon services.
• Wise Rose Beauty (Winooski): Black-Femme owned salon, with skincare, waxing, brow micro-pigmentation, and hair cutting/coloring services.

Housing

Buying

• Vermont Living Real Estate Database: Includes state-wide resources
• Champlain Housing Trust: A Community Land Trust that supports people in Northwest Vermont through the development and stewardship of permanently affordable homes and related community assets.
• Zillow: The largest online real estate marketplace in the United States where people can search for homes to buy, sell, or rent. 

Renting

• An exclusive benefit for UVM employees and students is that they are eligible to live in UVM’s off-campus apartments in South Burlington
  • Catamount Run: Studio, one, two, and three-bedroom apartments available exclusively to UVM faculty, staff, graduate students, and medical students.
  • University Commons at Catamount Run: Studio, one, two, and three-bedroom apartments exclusively for eligible UVM juniors, seniors, and transfer students.  Offers individual lease liability, with roommate matching offered if required.
• UVM Real Estate Office: UVM’s online destination for UVM graduate and medical students, faculty and staff members, and eligible undergraduate and transfer students looking for off-campus housing near UVM. 
• The Off-Campus Housing Website: A resource for those searching for rentals in the Burlington area. These rentals are offered by private landlords (not UVM-affiliated). All prospective tenants are encouraged to exercise good judgment when evaluating a prospective rental unit or landlord.
• Vermont Housing Data: Vermont's trusted site for high-quality public-access data & research about the state’s housing landscape.
• Zillow: The largest online real estate marketplace in the United States where people can search for homes to buy, sell, or rent. 
• Apartments.com: A leadig online rental marketplace used to find apartments, houses, condos, and townhomes for rent.  

Information for Tenants

• State of Vermont Resources for Renters and Landlords
• Vermont Rental Housing Codes

• Burlington Minimum Housing Code Enforcement

   

Utilities

Below are some links to commonly used utility companies in and around Burlington. If renting, be sure to talk to your landlord to confirm which companies provided the utilities for the previous tenants.

Cable and Internet

• Burlington Telecom (offers a student discount)
• Xfinity

Electric

• Burlington Electric Department
• Green Mountain Power (outside of Burlington)

Natural gas

• VGS

Trash, Compost, Recycling

Composting and recycling is MANDATORY in Vermont. It may only be put out on your assigned day for pick up. This information should be provided by your landlord, or you can check at Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD).

• Trash
• Recycling
• Composting

Water

• Burlington Water Resources Division 

Vermont Residency and Voter Registration

Information on establishing residency can be found on Vermont's DMV website. 

Residents 18 years or older who are citizens of the U.S. may register to vote in Vermont and may do so any day leading up to and including the day of an election. Vermont has registration and voting options both online and in-person.

Visit Vermont's Voter Information page for more information on registration, ways to vote, and Vermont's accessible voting system.

Animal Medicine

• Burlington Emergency Veterinary Services (Williston): Vermont's only specialty and  24-hour emergency and critical care clinic.  Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Green Mountain Animal Hospital (Burlington and S. Burlington)
• Large Animal Medical Associates (Westford)
• Orchard Veterinary Hospital (S. Burlington)
• Peak Veterinary Referral Center (Williston): Offers specialty veterinary services as well as urgent care for pets in stable condition and minor emergencies.
• VCA Brown Animal Hospital (S. Burlington)

Assisted Living

• Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare (Burlington)
• Converse Home (Burlington)
• Gazebo Senior Living (S. Burlington)
• Loving Home Care (Colchester)
• The Residence at Quarry Hill (Burlington)
• St. Joseph’s Home (Burlington)
• Wake Robin (Shelburne)

Childcare

Vist Vermont Bright Futures Child Care System for support finding childcare in Vermont.

Child Care Resource is a referral agency that helps families find childcare options and provides support connecting to resources to help paying for it.

Trinity Children’s Center (TCC) is an independent, nonprofit program that, for more than 40 years, has offered high-quality early care and education for 3–5-year-old children. Trinity Children’s Center has a set number of slots reserved each year for UVM staff, faculty, and graduate student families. Information about the program, applications, and enrollment can be found on the TCC website. The Waitlist Form must be completed no later than March 1^st to be considered for the academic year beginning in August.

Vermont 211 is a free, confidential information and referral program of the United Ways of Vermont, helping to connect Vermonters with a wide range of community, health, and human resources and services. Call 211 or search the 211 site for information about childcare resources and child care expense assistance. 

UVM Child Care Mixer: Each semester, the Office of Student & Community Relations hosts a meet-and-greet for area families in need of childcare and UVM students interested in a childcare job. These events will be publicized through Inside UVM.

Tip from Parents: 

Once you know you're moving to Vermont or are expecting a child, get your name on waitlists as finding childcare can be challenging. Below is a list of childcare services utilized by peers.

• Burlington Children’s Space (Burlington)
• Frog & Toad Child Care & Learning Center (Burlington)
• One Arts Community School (Burlington and Colchester locations)
• Pine Forest Children’s Center (Burlington)
• The Edge Kids & Fitness (Essex, South Burlington and Williston)
• The Schoolhouse (South Burlington)
• Trinity Children’s Center (Burlington)
• Old School of South Burlington (South Burlington)

Parking

• UVM Parking and Transportation Services
• Park Burlington: Go-to resource for all things parking and transportation, including rates, municipal garage locations, permits, and parking ticket payment (it happens!).
• Download the ParkMobile App for metered parking on campus and around town.
• CATpool: UVM Student-run rideshare board.
• UVM Vanpool Program: Employees can sign up to join an existing vanpool or start their own. 

Electric Vehicle Charging

• On-campus charging stations map
• Plug-Share map for the Greater Burlington area

Bicycles

For those who bike or walk to work, make sure to check out Chittenden Area Transportation Management Association's (CATMA) reward program where you can get freebies like movie tickets and gift cards for not driving to work!

• Bike racks are conveniently located across campus. To see what your options are for outdoor, covered, and indoor bike parking, as well as electrified options, visit the campus map. 
• UVM Bikes!: Student-run bicycle co-operative offers free access to its shop space and tools, free repair services, low-cost parts, and low-cost rental bikes.
• Local Motion: Statewide nonprofit organization working to make biking and walking a way of life in Vermont. Offers a lot of resources and has rental bikes.

UVM Shuttle Buses

The Campus Area Transportation System or CATS shuttle buses provides safe, sustainable, and convenient shuttle service across campus to the UVM community (students, staff, and visitors).

Public and Commercial Travel

Airports

• Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV):Located 10-15 minutes by car from downtown Burlington, BTV is served by American, Breeze, Delta, Sun Country, and United airlines. Through these carriers travelers can access non-stop flights to Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Fort Meyers, New York (EWR JFK and LGA), Orlando, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Tampa, Vero Beach, and Washington DC (IAD and DCA), and seasonal non-stop flights to Charleston, Denver, Houston and Minneapolis. The airport is busiest in the morning but lines through security usually move very quickly no matter the time of day.
  • For early morning flights, make sure you schedule taxis ahead of time.
• Montréal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport: Approximately 30 airlines operate within Montreal’s international airport serving 100s of destinations domestically within Canada as well as destinations within the US and abroad. The airport is 1.5-2 hours away from Burlington depending on traffic and time at the border. You will need a passport or a Vermont Enhanced Driver's License to cross the border and utilize the airport, but it is often a cheaper option than Burlington International Airport especially when traveling abroad.
  • Many hotels near the airport will provide shuttle service and free parking for up to 7 days upon booking a one-night stay.
  • Flix Bus and Greyhound provide bus service between Burlington and Montreal

Buses

• Green Mountain Transit (GMT): Serves 5 major regions including Chittenden County, Capitol District, Franklin/Grand Isle, Stowe/Lamoille, and Mad River Valley. Buses are reliable, comfortable and safe. The Transit App allows you to track buses from your mobile device and Google Transit syncs with GMT routes and schedule to make catching the bus easier than ever. 

  All buses, including the Link Express, are FREE to the UVM community using the GMT RideReady App. There are also 10-ride and monthly passes available for discounted fares. General information and questions: 802-864-2282

• Greyhound stops in Burlington, Middlebury, and White River Junction.
• Megabus offers direct service between Burlington and Boston.
• Flixbus stops in Burlington, Montpelier, and White River on the way to Montreal, Boston, and New York City.
• Vermont Translines makes many stops between Colchester, VT and Albany, NY

Car Sharing Services

• CarShare Vermont: This nonprofit provides 24/7 access to a neighborhood-based fleet of vehicles, which includes gas, insurance, parking, roadside assistance, and more. CarShare Vermont offers a discounted membership rate to UVM faculty, staff, and students and also provides financial assistance through their mobilityshare program.
• Turo: Short-term car rentals from individuals.

Ride Shares, Shuttles, and taxisT

• Burlington Airport Taxi (To and from Burlington airport, to Montreal, Canada and New England area, as well as to and from major ski areas): 24/7 availability with special rates for students, military, and government employees. 802-239-1515
• SSTA (Special Services Transportation Agency): Accessible transportation for people with specialized mobility needs, people with physical or mental disabilities, health and human services organizations, and private contracted services.
• Lyft (Burlington, Montpelier, and Middlebury as well as their immediate surrounding areas)
• Uber (Burlington, Killington, Stowe, and Montpelier as well as their immediate surrounding areas): Generally reliable if catching a ride in Burlington and headed out of or within the city, not so much if you’re >20 min outside of Burlington or the aforementioned cities.
• Vermont Ride Network: environmentally conscious transportation company that employs alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids.  806-864-2424

Trains

• Amtrak Vermonter offers daily service between Washington D.C. and St. Albans.
• Amtrak Ethan Allen offers daily service between Burlington and New York City.