Go! Vermont/ Way to Go! 

It’s Go Time! Win Prizes. Get Moving. And Battle Carbon Pollution.

Join the 2 week WAY TO GO! Challenge September 26th through October 7th. Pledge to walk, run, bike, bus, carpool or telecommute on as many days as you can. The more you participate, the more carbon you'll save, the healthier you'll feel, and the more chances you'll have to win great prizes like Darn Tough socks, an iPad, GoPro, Nest Thermostat, or gift cards. You can even challenge another business to a Carbon Throwdown, for a chance at a Carbon Throwdown Trophy. Visit HTTP://WWW.WAYTOGOVT.ORG TO learn more and sign-up! 

Johnson Law Group

Founded in 1985, JOHNSON LAW GROUP maintains a diverse civil practice, representing individual and business clients on a wide range of issues, both in and out of the courtroom. We have state-of-the-art communication and research capabilities, which provide our clients with access to the most current strategies and theories to solve legal issues. Our approach is to work closely with clients to design successful and cost-effective strategies that are tailored to their individual needs. In general, our goal is minimize the expense and uncertainty of formal judicial proceedings, although we are fully capable of seeking redress in the courts if necessary. Our practice areas include a range of civil issues. We have extensive experience in the issues listed below. 

Let's Grow Kids

LET’S GROW KIDS is a statewide public awareness campaign that seeks to raise the general public’s understanding about the importance of the earliest years in the lives of Vermont’s children. Funded by a collaboration of private foundations, Let’s Grow Kids is working in partnership with Vermont organizations, businesses, and individuals to build support for positive, lasting change that will allow all of our children to succeed in life. For more information and to join our movement, visit LETSGROWKIDS.ORG 

Merritt & Merritt

MERRITT & MERRITT is a B Corporation law firm based in Burlington, Vermont representing emerging growth companies with a focus on financing and intellectual property. The firm also represents angel, family office, venture capital and private equity investors and is an active participant in the New England venture ecosystem. 

SunCommon 

SUNCOMMON believes that everyone has the right to a healthy environment and safer world -- and clean energy is where it starts.  Energy from the sun can power our lives, heat our homes and fuel our cars.  Our mission is to tear down the barriers to renewable energy.  We do that by making it easy and affordable for all Vermonters to go solar.

Organized as one of Vermont's pioneering Benefit Corporations, SunCommon is committed to the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. Most of our 100 workers operate out of The Energy Mill, Vermont's largest net-zero office building. Just 2 years old but now Vermont’s largest solar business, SunCommon installs half of all the residential solar systems in our state.  This is fun stuff. 

 

Vermont Community Loan Fund

THE VERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND's mission is to create opportunities that lead to healthy communities and financial stability for all Vermonters. An expert in finding and financing opportunities that don’t qualify for credit from traditional lenders, the Loan Fund puts capital in the hands of entrepreneurs and community organizations who can’t access it anywhere else, to benefit the Vermonters who need it most. The money we lend comes from the community: individuals & families, corporations, state & federal governments, foundations, financial institutions, faith-based groups and others who want to align their investments with their values, earning them a social or "community" return as well as a financial return.

Since our inception we’ve lent over $90 million to local businesses, affordable housing developers and community-based organizations that has created or preserved over 5,200 jobs; built or rehabilitated more than 4,000 affordable homes for Vermont’s families, individuals and seniors; created or preserved quality care for over 3,700 children and their families and supported community organizations providing vital services to hundreds of thousands of Vermonters. 

For more information about the Loan Fund and its lending and investing programs, visit www.investinvermont.org

 

Vermont Trophy and Engraving 

VERMONT TROPHY AND ENGRAVING is a woman-owned awards, recognition, signage and trophy company, in business since 1959. Our focus is on developing customer relationships that make both parties successful – to that end we make repeating event reminder calls, have no phone menus and always meet our deadlines. Our commitment to the highest quality work in the industry has led us to invest in staff, a wide range of equipment and state of the art software. This allows us to use the best method for every piece we make.

We believe our motto, “Recognition is Respect Made Visible” and it shows.

Vermont Web Marking Summit/ Curve Trends Marketing 

Bibi Mukherjee, the founder of CURVE TRENDS MARKETING, a digital marketing firm based out of South Burlington,VT, started the VT WEB MARKETING SUMMIT in 2010 with only 80 attendees and a goal to instill digital mindset to marketing professionals in the area. Since the, the summit, put together by Curve Trends every fall, has grown to attract almost 300 attendees and is recognized as one of the leading conferences delivering some of the boldest, brightest and immersive digital trends, strategies, challenges and success stories. This year, it’s on Oct 25th at the Hilton, in Burlington, VT. Early birds rates expire Oct 4th . (VTWEBMARKETINGSUMMIT.COM)