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Resource Guide for Chittenden County Businesses - Business Organizations & Associations

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Burlington Business Association
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
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 
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
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
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
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 
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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 
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
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
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 
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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