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If you are already running a business, consider joining the
lively Real World Marketing Group sponsored by the CVOEO Micro
Business Development Program.
Meet with other small business owners and an experienced business
counselor to:
- Share great, practical marketing ideas
- Learn what others are doing for marketing
- Get tactics to add to your marketing plan
- Network with other entrepreneurs like yourself
Meets monthly in Burlington. Next meetings are April 17, 2-3
pm and May 15, 10-11 am. Open to low and moderate income
Vermonters.
Pre-registration required. For information, contact Simeon Geigel
at 802-860-1417, x 106 (sgeigel@cvoeo.org).
After a brief absence, Dino’s Pizza and Family Restaurant has
reopened on the corner of North and North Winooski Ave. at 147
N. Winooski Ave. They have an extensive menu serving pizza, pasta,
subs, salads as well as sandwiches, burgers and they offer daily
specials. Prices are very family friendly. Their first week was very
busy as the news spread that Dino’s was back in the neighborhood.
There is seating for families to enjoy a sit down meal or take out,
and delivery is available.
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss also welcomed Dino’s return to the
neighborhood: “The City continues to make good progress on
revitalizing North Street,” said Mayor Kiss. “Businesses like Dino’s
– locally-owned and part of the community – are helping to make this
happen, along with the efforts of CEDO. I’m glad to see Dino’s come
back.”
Pat first purchased the building and opened the restaurant in
2002. In an effort to meet the goals of the North Street
Revitalization Project, Burlington’s Community and Economic
Development Office (CEDO) was instrumental in proposing and
brokering the sale. One of the Overall Objectives in the
Neighborhood Revitalization Plan is:
“The North Street Commercial District should remain a
mixed-use area that supports locally-owned
destination-businesses, and encourages small,
neighborhood-oriented businesses.”
Pat Mannino’s locally-owned business fit those criteria. Dino’s
Pizza and Family Restaurant turned a building that was once a
blighted property into a quality family friendly restaurant. This
year marks the pizza owner’s thirtieth anniversary in business.
The streetwise guide “Doing Business in Burlington” is now
available in CD-Rom from the Community & Economic Development Office
(CEDO).
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“If you’re thinking of starting,
expanding or relocating a business, you can’t do better
than Burlington. With the help of this guide and the
free assistance of Burlington’s Community and Economic
Development Office (CEDO), you can begin your
entrepreneurial journey with confidence.” |
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from Mayor Bob Kiss) |
The guide, an award-winning publication from CEDO now in its
second edition, features a step-by-step process of technical
assistance for starting and expanding a business in Burlington.
The CD-Rom version offers a new business owner valuable reference
for a successful venture. The disc contains City, State and Federal
Forms and Publications needed to start or run your business. The
information is now on CEDO’s website too,
www.cedoburlington.org.
Direct web links to all resources and business planning templates
for business plans and pro-forma spreadsheets are easily accessible
from both CEDO’s website and the disc. A directory of traditional
and alternative lending options, state and federal agencies to
contact, and even programs on energy efficiency are listed.
Guidelines to writing a business plan, selecting a location,
creating livable wage jobs and insight on permitting and licensing
requirements, even information on what steps to take to be a street
vendor.
This Guide is an invaluable tool even off-line; but the Guide is
best used while online, as you'll find hundreds of linked resources
within.
Every business has different needs when starting up. "Doing
Business in Burlington" can help you start your dream. Pick up a
booklet or CD-Rom today. Schedule an appointment to speak with an
economic development specialist. It is free and confidential.
"Doing Business in Burlington" is available by calling
802-865-7187 or 802-865-7144; E-mail:
cedofd@ci.burlington.vt.us; or stop by 149 Church Street, Room
32 in City Hall. It is also available on the CEDO website, just
visit
www.cedoburlington.org.
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Mayor Kiss has begun meeting with individual
businesses in order to hear one-on-one about their concerns.
The Business Calling Program is part of an effort to:
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Improve communication between city
officials and small businesses.
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Gain a better understanding of the
challenges that confront the business community.
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Identify the needs of businesses to
ensure their retention and expansion.
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Actively encourage businesses to stay
in, and where possible, expand in Burlington.
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Take a survey to help improve socially responsible
business in Vermont.
Your response will help us better serve the
Vermont business community and strengthen Vermont's economy.
All responses will be kept confidential.
Please click on this link to take the survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=617762417887.
Contact Jon Harris at 802·862·8347
with any questions.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-RFPs and related
websites of interest:
http://www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR/Small%20Business%20Innovation%20Research.html
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