Join VBSR for breakfast as we announce our 2017 legislative agenda!
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What’s better than talking policy and politics over breakfast and coffee? VBSR kicks off the start of the new legislative session with this morning of networking and conversations between socially responsible business owners and Vermont legislators.
After breakfast, members of VBSR’s Public Policy Committee will announce the organization’s 2017 legislative agenda. Rep. Helen Head, the chair of the House, General, Housing, and Military Affairs Committee will also be awarded VBSR’s 2016 Legislator of the Year award for her work on issues such as Earned Paid Leave and Ban the Box.
Additionally, Senate president-elect Tim Ashe will be addressing the crowd.
VBSR members are encouraged to stay for the organization’s brief Annual Meeting for an update on our 2016 activities.
This event is free for VBSR members, Vermont legislators, and state officials; $10 for non-members. More than 120 people attended last year – don’t miss this event!
To Register: Register Here.
Cost: Free for VBSR members/legislators, $10 for non-members
For more information: contact Daniel Barlow
Carpool
Whether you're coming from near or far, please consider your impact on the environment when attending this event. SIGN UP TO HOST A CARPOOL AND/OR FIND A RIDE.
Parking
Waterfront City Parking Lot (bottom of College Street, to the right before the train tracks): Pay and display $5/day. Enforced 7am-5pm. Currently takes credit cards only. Need to enter license plate at kiosk. Also metered parking along Lake Street, College Street and Battery Street.
Event Sponsors
Thank You to our Presenting Sponsor!
Cx Associates
CX ASSOCIATES is an energy engineering consulting firm founded in 1994, with offices in Burlington, VT. We offer a full spectrum of energy services including commissioning, retrocommissioning, energy analysis, evaluation, measurement & verification, and LEED consulting to building owners, architects, and efficiency program administrators throughout the Northeast. Cx Associates is noted in the region for delivering the most rigorous and thorough commissioning and evaluation services. From customer service to business operations, Cx Associates models our commitment to an integrated approach, enabling us to contribute to the success of high performance projects, successful programs and the larger goal of sustainability.
Thank You to our Site Sponsor!
Main Street Landing
Main Street Landing is an environmentally and Socially Conscious Redeveloment Company with yearly, monthly, and daily rentals for all types of businesses and individuals. A great place to work, live, & play! Learn more at WWW.MAINSTREETLANDING.COM.
Thank You to our Supporting Sponsors
Action Circles
ACTION CIRCLES is a consulting firm that offers a full range of political strategy services to our clients, including campaign planning & management, lobbying, media and public relations, content development, field organizing, organizational capacity building, and meeting facilitation and design. We also offer trainings in the Action Circles model of campaigning and organizing, including all aspects of planning and running a successful political issue or candidate campaign. Find out more about us at www.action-circles.com.
New Moon
NEW MOON CAFÉ is a local café offering Sandwiches, Salads and Soups from our open bar which allows you the freedom to design your own entree from over 40 fresh ingredients. We create all the spreads, dressings and soup recipes in house to ensure the best flavor possible. We bake our pastries (including our infamous Cupcake Kisses) in house and feature our own line of breads. Our Espresso Bar features our own House & Espresso blend from Brio Coffee Works as well as the Harney & Son's tea selection. Breakfast is cooked daily every morning and we catering throughout the entire Burlington area. We look forward to feeding you soon!
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.
The Alchemist
THE ALCHEMIST is a family run brewery specializing in fresh, unfiltered IPA. Visit our tasting room and retail shop at 100 Cottage Club Road in Stowe.
alchemistbeer.com
Three Penny Taproom
THREE PENNY TAPROOM is proudly Vermont's premiere home for locally sourced, hand-crafted food, paired perfectly with an award-winning and nationally renowned craft beer selection which features 24 taps of some of the finest and rarest beers made from Vermont to California to Europe. We're proud to maintain top ratings on national craft beer review websites such as Beer Advocate and Rate Beer, and have been featured every year since 2010 as one of Draft Magazines "America's 100 Best Beer Bars".
WrightJones
WRIGHTJONES is an employment law firm that combines legal solutions with sustainable business practices to solve the workplace problems that Vermont employers face every day. We have substantial legal experience handling labor and employment matters for clients who seek to incorporate a triple-bottom-line approach in their legal strategy, and we combine that legal background with over a decade of actual HR management experience. We create solutions that address both the legal element and the human element of workplace issues.