| Description: |
The Burlington Business Association is
a non-profit, nonpolitical
membership organization comprised of business
people, merchants, restaurateurs, and professionals in the
central business district. The mission is to enhance and
promote the economic vitality of the Burlington business
district and, to this end, assure that the City of Burlington,
as a whole, will remain the cultural, social, political,
economic, and educational center of northwestern Vermont. |
| Address: |
3 Main Street, Suite 218
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 863-1175 |
| Email: |
bbavt@aol.com |
| Contact Name: |
Nancy Wood |
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| Burlington Business and
Professional Women's Association |
| Description: |
Business and Professional Women promotes full participation,
equity and economic self-sufficiency for working women
through advocacy, education and information. Benefits of
membership include: networking opportunities; social
contacts; community involvement; and scholarship opportunities
for career enhancement. |
| Address: |
PO Box 353
Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Phone: |
(802) 879-0218 |
| Contact Name: |
Kelly Circe |
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| Burlington
Rotary Club |
| Description: |
Active since 1923, the
Burlington Rotary Club is Vermont’s
largest. A community service organization, its membership is
comprised of influential business and professional leaders in
areas from banking and finance to manufacturing and the
military. Rotarians have a common focus: to improve
community life.
Each Rotarian participates in club-sponsored community
events and activities and attends a weekly luncheon meeting.
These meetings offer relaxation, fun and the opportunity to
help meet the needs of others.
The Burlington Rotary Club has sponsored the renovation of
City Hall Park, having raised so far more than $30,000 for
improvements to walkways, flower beds, trash cans and
other park infrastructure. |
| Address: |
53 Alder Lane
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 862-5806 |
| Contact Name: |
Nancy Lawrence |
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| Business Resource
Services (BRS) |
| Description: |
Business Resource
Services develops relationships with
organizations and provides services to help them run their
businesses more efficiently. On behalf of our members, BRS
evaluates providers, conducts due diligence and negotiates
terms typically reserved for large corporations.
Services Include:
• Health Insurance through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Vermont. New for 2003 – BRS Medical Savings Account
• Retirement Plans (401K Plans)
• Payroll Processing
• COBRA and HIPAA Administration
• Flexible Benefit Plans
• Long Distance Phone Service
• Small Business Education
Members receive COBRA and HIPAA monitoring at no cost for
the first 20 benefited employees. All BRS member employees
receive $3,000 of Accidental Life Insurance coverage at no
cost. |
| Address: |
620 Hinesburg Road, Suite
3A
P.O. Box 9367
S. Burlington, VT 05407 |
| Phone: |
(802) 865-4560 |
| Fax: |
(802) 865-4919 |
| Email: |
info@brsvt.com |
| Contact Name: |
Tom McKeown |
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| Church
Street Marketplace |
| Description: |
The Church Street Marketplace District
Commission is a City
of Burlington department that manages the day-to-day operations
of the Church Street Marketplace including permits,
licensing, maintenance, promotion, public safety and capital
improvements. The Church Street Marketplace is a business
improvement district funded entirely through fees. |
| Address: |
2 Church Street, Suite 2J
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 863-1648 |
| Fax: |
(802) 865-7252 |
| Email: |
info@churchstmarketplace.com |
| Contact Name: |
Ron Redmond, Executive Director |
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| Essex
Business & Professional Association (EBPA) |
| Description: |
A membership organization for
businesses in Essex and Essex Junction. |
| Address: |
PO Box 5180
Essex Junction, VT 05453 |
| Phone: |
(802) 878-4088 |
| Contact Name: |
Ann Gray |
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| Hinesburg
Business & Professional Association (HBPA) |
| Description: |
The HBPA is comprised of
members of the business and professional community of Hinesburg.
The HBPA is an organization
devoted to fostering communication and cooperation
among members, stimulating the economic development of
the Town of Hinesburg, and promoting community service. |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 77
Hinesburg, Vermont 05461 |
| Contact Name: |
Jeanne
Wilson |
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| The
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce (LCRCC) |
| Description: |
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of
Commerce is Vermont’s
top source for tourism, travel and business information for
the Lake Champlain/Greater Burlington area. |
| Address: |
60 Main Street
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 863-3489 |
| Fax: |
(802) 863-1538 |
| Contact Name: |
A.
Wayne Roberts |
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| South
End Arts & Business Association (SEABA) |
| Description: |
The mission of the South End Arts +
Business Association is
to enhance the economic vitality and eclectic mix of
Burlington’s arts and business community by:
• Promoting our unique blend of art, commerce, industry
and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Providing an influential voice to promote and ensure
members’ common interest.
• Informing our members of issues that affect our
community and actions we take on their behalf. |
| Office Address: |
180 Flynn Ave
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Mailing Address: |
431 Pine St.
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 859-9222 |
| Fax: |
(802) 859-0222 |
| Contact Name: |
Lorna-Kay
Peal |
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| Vermont
Barter Network |
| Description: |
The Vermont Barter
Network began operations in 1991. Their
goal is to help business make more money through the use of
a business trade exchange. |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 746
Milton, VT 05468 |
| Phone: |
(802) 893-7557, x11 |
| Fax: |
(802) 893-1446 |
| Contact Name: |
Kathleen
Martin |
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| Vermont
Business Assistance Network |
| Description: |
The Vermont Business
Assistance Network consolidates
many resources into one convenient system that lets you:
• search for new government contracts;
• market your business to visitors to Vermont;
• list your products and services;
• and find vendors and suppliers. |
| Address: |
Government Marketing
Assistance Center
National Life Building, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620 |
| Phone: |
1-800-341-2211
(802) 828-5240 |
| Fax |
(802) 828-3258 |
| Contact Name: |
Robin
Miller |
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| Vermont
Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) |
| Description: |
VBSR is a non-profit
business association. It encourages the
Vermont business community to set a high standard for protecting
the natural, human, and economic environments of
our citizens. With over 400 members, VBSR is the oldest and
largest regional association of values-led businesses in the
country. VBSR’s members recognize the need to make a profit and
make a difference, using the power of business to change the
world. VBSR provides networking and educational opportunities for
business people through two major conferences, numerous
Get-Togethers, and topical Circle Groups at member
companies. It also has an active public policy program and
supports a full time lobbyist in Montpelier working on issues
having to do with the workplace, the environment, and
sustainable economic development. More information and a
variety of helpful resources are available on the VBSR
website, www.vbsr.org.
The Objectives are:
1. Education – Bring together our resources and information
to enable our members to meet their own goals for
improving business practices and solving social, environmental,
and economic problems.
2. Public Influence – Represent a socially responsible
business
ethic to the larger community, including news media
and legislative bodies, to foster positive change and resist
exploitation of our people, our state and our planet.
3. Workplace Quality – Foster a work environment and economic
climate that enables every worker to safely earn a fair income,
contribute his or her labor to a high quality product or
service, and work and live with dignity and respect.
Livable Jobs Toolkit
The Livable Jobs Toolkit is a workbook which was developed by
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility to help businesses
create an employee-friendly workplace with an attractive of
wages, benefits and workplace practices. The goal is to provide
livable jobs, ones that enable full time workers to be
financially self-sufficient. The Toolkit provides helpful
suggestions and analytical worksheets to assist companies in
moving toward livable jobs while remaining profitable. |
| Address: |
30 Community Drive,
Suite. 2
S. Burlington, VT 05403 |
| Phone: |
(802) 862-8347 |
| Fax |
(802) 863-1535 |
| Email: |
info@vbsr.org |
| Contact Name: |
Spence Putnam |
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| Vermont
Chamber of Commerce |
| Description: |
The Vermont Chamber of
Commerce actively lobbies for the
business community at the Statehouse in Montpelier, gives
away more than 500,000 publications and guides to educate
and attract visitors and tourists, publishes a quarterly
newsletter to keep members informed, serves as a conduit
between businesses and the media, maintains an international
trade program including a full-time office in Taiwan,
and houses and works closely with the state’s Business and
Education Partnership. The Chamber also sponsors the
three programs presented below.
Contact: Duane Marsh
Phone: (802) 223-3443
Fax: (802) 223-4257
Email: info@vtchamber.com
Address: P.O. Box 37
Montpelier, VT 05601
Business-Education Partnership
(VCCBEP)
Believing that business and education partnerships are
fundamental to the future of Vermont's economy and business
community, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce Business-Education
Partnership (VCCBEP) was created in 1990. Specifically,
the goal was to create partnerships between businesses and
educators to broaden and enhance the student's classroom
learning. There are presently over 1,600 VCCBEP members
who work to achieve this goal through job shadowing programs,
mentoring, work-based learning opportunities, internships and
apprenticeships. Some of the benefits of such programs include:
• Increasing the pool of qualified applicants who can meet
current and future workforce demands;
• Reducing the cost of employee recruitment, selection and
training;
• Strengthening the links between work and learning as well
as between labor market supply and demand;
• Enhancing a company’s reputation by helping it become
involved in the important issue of education reform. Contact: Robin Morton, VCCBEP Vice President
Phone: (802) 223-0603
Fax: (802) 229-4257
Email: info@vccbep.org
Address: VCCBEP
P.O. Box 649
Montpelier, VT 05601 Vermont Construction Careers
Council. (VC3)
For more information on this program, click
here. Vermont Mentoring Partnership
(VMP)
The overall goal of the Vermont Mentoring Partnership (VMP) is
to improve the lives of Vermont youth through quality mentoring
relationships. The original mission was to assess the
short-term and long-term strategies necessary to help achieve this
goal. Specifically, the Vermont Mentoring Partnership was
created to identify and fill the need for:
• a review of the statewide mentoring information available;
• increased public awareness and coordinated recruitment
of mentors;
• technical assistance to and training of mentors;
• funding and resources for mentoring programs;
• developing quality mentoring programs and a system to
maintain their integrity and safety. As a result, the Vermont
Mentoring Partnership has helped to increase public awareness
and provide more safe, supportive mentor relationships. Contact: Damon Tabor, VMP Executive
Director
Phone: 1-888-886-3686
Fax: (802) 229-4257
Email: info@vtmentoring.org
Address: VMP
P.O. Box 649
Montpelier, VT 05601
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| Vermont
Consultants' Network (VCN) |
| Description: |
Vermont Consultants’
Network (VCN) has been serving the
Vermont business, non-profit and government communities
since 1990. We provide a monthly forum for practicing
consultants, and network and referral opportunities for
consulting clients.
Members include consultants working in financial management,
computer services, engineering, human resources and
marketing. For a list of members and services, please see the
VCN web site at www.vtconsultants.org.
Meetings are the third Thursday of each month.
VCN membership is open to practicing consultants. |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 194
Colchester, VT 05446 |
| Phone: |
(802) 658-4673 |
| Fax |
(802) 863-9587 |
| Contact Name: |
Larry
Keyes |
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| Vermont
Lodging and Restaurant Association (VLRA) |
| Description: |
Involved in the promotion
and advancement of the hospitality
and tourism industry in Vermont, Vermont Lodging and
Restaurant Association is the only statewide association
dedicated solely to the hospitality industry, keeping close to
the pulse of tourism statewide. |
| Address: |
Three Main Street, Suite
106
Burlington, VT 05401 |
| Phone: |
(802) 660-9001 |
| Fax |
(802) 660-8987 |
| Contact Name: |
Kathleen
Sweeten |
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| Vermont
Association of Realtors |
| Description: |
Vermont Association of
Realtors® is a membership
organization for professional real estate agents in Vermont
who adhere to the National Association of REALTORS®
standards. |
| Address: |
148 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602 |
| Phone: |
(802) 229-0513 |
| Fax |
(802) 229-0995 |
| Contact Name: |
Robert
Golden, EVP |
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| Vermont
Retail Association |
| Description: |
The Vermont Retail
Association was established in 1968 by
leading Vermont merchants for the purpose of fostering and
protecting the interests of retail merchants in the legislative
and regulatory arenas. The VRA is owned and operated by
its members on a non-profit basis, and is governed by a
Board of Trustees.
The VRA also offers a variety of services to its members,
including group health insurance, discounts on shipping,
credit cards, workers’ compensation, payroll service, and
collection. |
| Address: |
71 Lincoln Street
Essex Junction, VT 05453 |
| Phone: |
(802) 879-6999 |
| Fax |
(802) 879-6419 |
| Contact Name: |
Ann
Lindberg |
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| VT-NH
Direct Marketing Group |
| Description: |
The VT-NH Direct
Marketing Group provides education and
management information to the Direct Marketing industry in
Vermont and New Hampshire. Membership benefits include
educational meetings, seminars on special topics, user
groups and roundtables, networking opportunities, newsletters,
and mailing list rental.
The group also provides members with many other services
including a free Job Bank, initial consulting and vendor
services through the Free Hour Club, and advocacy on
legislative issues. |
| Address: |
P O Box 280
Hinesburg VT 05461 |
| Phone: |
(888) 886-4364 |
| Fax |
(802) 457-2807 |
| Email: |
vtnhdmg@vtnhdmg.org |
| Contact Name: |
Sari White,
Administrative Coordinator |
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| Women
Business Owners' Network |
| Description: |
Women Business Owners’
Network (WBON) is Vermont’s
statewide association for women business owners. It
provides a forum for members to exchange information and
resources in an atmosphere of candor, humor and mutual
respect. WBON was created in 1984 when five Vermont
women business owners saw a need to:
• Encourage and support women who own and operate
businesses
• Foster the economic stability of women-owned businesses
• Encourage the ownership of businesses by women
• Improve the climate for entrepreneurship and small
business |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 334
Underhill, VT 05489 |
| Phone: |
(802) 363-9266 |
| Email: |
info@wbon.org |
| Contact Name: |
Meredith Martin
Davis |
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