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Hello,
Thank you for visiting, staying, working and being a part of the solution to growing prosperity and commerce in Central Vermont.
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1800 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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4th Annual
Vermont ATHENA Leadership Awards® Gala
Saturday, November 5th, 2023
5pm-10pm
Capitol Plaza Hotel, Montpelier
The finalists for this year's Vermont ATHENA Leadership Award have been selected!
For the ATHENA Leadership Award®:
Betsy Bishop- President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Caroline Earle- Attorney, Earle & Freeman PLC
Dr. Elizabeth Gurian- Associate Professor & Associate Director, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Norwich University
For the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award®:
Alexis Dexter- Owner, Forget Me Not Flowers &
Kitty Corner Cafe
Holly Fosher- Career Readiness Coordinator, University of Vermont
Corrina Thurston- Owner, CAT Studios
Congratulations to these six finalists!!!
All finalists will be recognized and honored at the ATHENA Gala, and this year's award recipients will be announced and presented their trophies!
Attend the ATHENA Gala to meet and congratulate these impressive women in person!
Please join us for an evening of celebration and congratulation to this year's finalists and recipients, as well as to hear from our guest speaker, Vickie Wacek, Executive Director of BNI Vermont, and enjoy dinner, music & dancing and camaraderie.
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The ATHENA Leadership Award® is a very prestigious recognition presented to a person who provides significant mentoring and direction to women professionals. This award honors individuals who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, who excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for women to follow.
The ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® program was founded in 2007 by ATHENA International to honor emerging women leaders who demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession. Recipients must also demonstrate their commitment to service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in their community while serving as a role model for young women personally and professionally.
Supporters for the Recognition of
Women Leaders in VT!!
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Member 2 Member Discounts
Utilize your fellow Chamber members to give and receive discounts for products or services to your business.
Deals will be accessible to Chamber members on the regional website.
Send us your offerings to be included!
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1600 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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ANNOUNCING VACEPlus RATES FOR 2023
As Vermont businesses struggle to recruit and retain talent in a competitive labor market, the VACEPlus Insurance program can help small businesses offer quality employee benefits while also enjoying the administrative flexibility and simplicity that comes from working with a local partner.
We are pleased to announce the 2023 VACE insurance plans and rates and which includes the addition of a new vision insurance plan! The VACE VSP plan will continue to be offered next year, with a modest rate increase, but we’ve also added a DeltaVision plan on the EyeMed network. By offering two vision plans with distinct provider networks, our goal is to provide a solution to VSPs recent network changes that have impacted some of our members. Adding DeltaVision also provides those members in less populated areas with the ability to shop vision plans and networks based on what’s available to them locally.
Please see our Vision Plan Comparison file for more details on this exciting new benefit! More details on the benefits of both vision plans as well as the dental plan are also attached, and can be found on our website at www.vaceinsurance.com.
We are also happy to announce there will be no change to the 2023 dental plans or rates.
Please see below for the approved 2023 VACEPlus insurance program rates along with the associated monthly marketing shares. For the third year in a row, the Chamber Benefits, Inc. Board of Directors has approved a doubling of all marketing shares for the Calendar Year 2023. We acknowledge that times are still difficult and memberships are still in recovery mode. We hope this extra amount will help lessen the financial strain from the pandemic on all of us.
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2023 Open Enrollment
As in previous years, we will automatically renew VACE dental and VSP accounts and keep members in their current plan selection unless we hear otherwise. All group-level joinder forms and employee enrollment and change forms can be found on our website. www.vaceinsurance.com.
Important note about administration: Northeast Delta Dental (NEDD) will manage the enrollment, eligibility and invoicing for chamber members who elect DeltaVision. There is no change for VACE Dental and VSP; VACE will continue to manage enrollment, eligibility and invoicing for those plans. Please see the matrix below for more detail. This information will also be communicated to agents and employer groups.
VACE will accept open enrollment changes until December 15th, 2022. Please communicate all policy additions, terminations, and coverage changes to VACE using the appropriate forms available on our website, www.vaceinsurance.com. Most open enrollment changes will be reflected on the February invoice.
New business for January 2023 will be accepted by VACE and NEDD (for the DeltaVision product only) until January 6, 2023.
The VACE office will be closed from December 26th through January 2nd. Any paperwork or communications received during that time will be addressed on or after January 3, 2023.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. Thank you for your continued support of the VACEPlus Insurance program!
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MEMBER NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Members, please send us the link to employment opportunities at your business and we will post it to our growing online list!
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Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity Inc. (CVHFH) is seeking to hire a full time Residential Construction Site Supervisor who will be responsible for overseeing the construction from excavation to occupancy of a two family duplex in Randolph, VT. The duplex will be affordable housing for two partner homeowners selected for CVHFH’s Homeownership Program. The Site Supervisor will be under the supervision of the Executive Director and will work with volunteers to build to a duplex and a local volunteer building committee for planning, permitting, budgeting and design work.
This is a full-time salaried exempt position. Full time work starts April 2023, with the possibility of some part-time work starting Jan. 2023. Salary is $58,000- $63,000/year.
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Contact Bernie at 802-734-7038 or bernie@star929.com for more info or if you're interested! |
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1600 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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Holiday Cards for Our Military
Presented by
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Holiday cards can be given to any M&T Bank branch or employee in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine by November 14th, and they will ensure the cards are delivered. Envelope and postage are not necessary. Take this opportunity to show the brave men and women of our armed forces that we support them and wish them well this holiday season! |
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The idea for this Project stemmed from a request from a BIPOC community member that VTDigger offer free underwriting to BIPOC-owned businesses as a means of redistributing resources and advancing equity in Vermont. This suggestion was adopted as part of VTDigger’s ongoing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in support of its core mission to serve the news needs of all Vermonters.
VTDigger invites businesses to apply to participate in the Project for placement over the course of the next twelve months. Successful applicants can use VTDigger underwriting ads to increase general awareness of their activities in Vermont by, for example, driving traffic to their websites, facilitating email list growth, promoting an event, or something else depending on each organization's goals.
Each successful applicant receives up to $2,000 worth of underwriting. You don’t need a marketing expert or graphic designer to participate in this program. VTDigger is available to design ad creative for participants if needed. This includes up to two hours of design work. For more information, click here.
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1600 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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VEDA is now accepting applications from businesses in priority sectors. On October 15, 2022, the program is scheduled to open to all sectors. Please visit the VEDA website to review the FLP Instructions and the FLP Calculator Tool (download) and determine your Eligibility and an Estimated Tentative Loan Amount.
The VEDA Short Term Forgivable Loan Program will provide financial assistance to businesses that continue to experience current and on-going economic harm due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PRIORITY SECTORS: In accordance with guidelines developed by the State, VEDA will initially accept applications from the following industry sectors and business owners:
· Travel & Tourism
· Restaurants and Eating Establishments
· Lodging
· Childcare
· Agriculture
· BIPOC owned businesses in all industry sectors
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1600 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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Beaulieu Place Conference Rooms
Open for Meetings & Events
The conference rooms at the Central VT Chamber offices, also known as Beaulieu Place, are available for meetings and events again!
Two conference rooms separated by a fold away wall can host meetings and events from just a few people to over 40. Centrally located in a prime space just off exit 7 from I-89, with free parking, coffee/tea, LCD projector, speakerphone and more, what more could you ask for in a conference room space?!
For more information on these meeting rooms and rates, click here.
We are leaving it up to the discretion of users to monitor attendance and social distancing while meeting at Beaulieu Place.
Don't hesitate as dates are filling up quickly and reserved on a first come, first served basis.
Reserve your next meeting or event by calling 229-5711 or email tonya@centralvt.com. We look forward to hosting you in our great space!
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Help Us Work For You!
Are you looking for more ways to promote your products, services, sales and deals? Let your Chamber membership work for you!
Send the Chamber images and information on your goods and services so we can share on our social media campaign and among our networks.
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Get Your News Out There!
If you have an upcoming event, product promotion, or congratulations you would like to share, please send your press releases to The Chamber at info@centralvt.com so we can update others on news and happenings with your business.
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Show Your Chamber Pride!
When you advertise your business in the local media, be sure to include that you are a proud member of the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce!
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This issue of Chamber Chatter is gladly sponsored by: |
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For only $200 a year, see your business featured here four times a month in this weekly newsletter sent to over 1600 subscribers by emailing info@centralvt.com. Use your company logo, or an image of a product or promotional offering, along with a live link to your website!
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Thank you,
Central Vermont Chamber
802-229-5711
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