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Resource Guide for Chittenden County Businesses - Business Resource Centers

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Business Information Center (BIC)
Description: BIC is an SBA sponsored source for extensive business resources. It provides the latest in high-tech computer hardware, software and publications to help start-up and expanding businesses. It includes a comprehensive library of business publications, which cover both general start-up and management information as well as industry-specific data. Volunteer business counselors can also help with business planning. No appointments necessary, call for hours.
Address: KeyBank
149 Bank Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 660-4580
Fax: (802) 660-4579
Contact Name: Tom Schroeder
Phone:  (802) 828-4422, x 204
Fax: (802) 828-4485
DET - Community Resource Center
Description: Department of Employment & Training staff help people explore new career ideas, get career counseling, network, make phone calls, and get help with a resume. There are workshops and training programs available free of charge to job seekers.
Address: 59-63 Pearl Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 652-0317
Fax: (802) 863-7692
Contact Name: Ann-Marie Nichols
Food Venture Center
Description: The Center provides resources for entrepreneurs to start or expand specialty food businesses. An annual membership fee of $75 entitles members to services, including: a half-day food safety and sanitation course, initial product development assistance (recipe, packaging, regulatory, and label approval), marketing assistance, wholesale food and packaging purchases, and supplier and distributor information. The center has extensive kitchen, baking, and processing equipment and facilities that can be used for an hourly or per piece price.
Address: PO Box 138, Main Street
Fairfax, VT 05454
Phone: (802) 849-2000
Contact Name: Brian Norder, Project Director
MBDP -- Marketing Research Center
Description: MBDP is a statewide non-profit program of the five Vermont Community Action Agencies. The program offers low- and moderate- income entrepreneurs technical assistance for starting, expanding, or improving their businesses. Services include: one-on-one business counseling, classroom training in the NxLevel Business Plan Basics curriculum, facilitated peer support groups, workshops on special topics, and loan application assistance. Some business funding assistance is available directly from MBDP for income-qualified people through Individual Development Accounts or matched savings programs. Each MBDP office also has a computer lab with high-speed internet connection and business resource materials for client use. All services are free of charge to low and moderate income Vermonters. To obtain services, please call to set up an initial interview with a counselor.
Address: 431 Pine Street, Suite 2
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 860-1417 or (800) 287-7971
Fax: (802) 860-1387

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