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The Real World Marketing Group

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).

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Dino’s Pizza and Family Restaurant Reopens in Old North End

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.

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Now Available - "Doing Business in Burlington" CD-Rom

The streetwise guide “Doing Business in Burlington” is now available in CD-Rom from the Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO).

“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.”

(Quoted from the letter on page two of the guide 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's Business Calling Program

Mayor Kiss visits the Shopping Bag on North Street

 

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:

  • Improve communication between city officials and small businesses.

  • Gain a better understanding of the challenges that confront the business community.

  • Identify the needs of businesses to ensure their retention and expansion.

  • Actively encourage businesses to stay in, and where possible, expand in Burlington.


Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Wants Your Input

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.

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Vermont EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)

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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Page last updated April 07, 2008

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