Members in the News

Waitsfield brewery wins prestigious distinction from University of Vermont Grossman School of Business  Waitsfield, VT. (October 18, 2021) – Lawson’s Finest Liquids has been named the 2021 First-Generation Family Enterprise Award winner by the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business’ Family Business Institute. Established in 2011, the UVM Family Business Awards honor four local, […]

Fans of Heady Topper, one of Vermont’s first popular craft beers, can now consume the brewery’s carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide, a gas that contributes to global warming, is one of two main byproducts created during the brewing process. Brewers also need carbon to make the drink fizz. Many large-scale breweries have capitalized on that situation, using […]

Williston, VT – The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) is pleased to announce that Green Up Vermont will be receiving $79,834.60 for the third and final Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) awarded by CSWD and approved by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. This project will fund a grant program to supply and install refillable water bottle stations in […]

Does your business support employees in volunteering? School meal programs need your help! Hunger Free Vermont recently heard from the Agency of Education that many School Nutrition Programs in VT are understaffed to the point where they have had to stop providing extra meals to children who are not enrolled (such as children being home-schooled […]

Vermont non-profits are invited to apply for funds now through November 24  MONTPELIER, VT – VSECU is announcing the annual launch of We Care 2, a member-directed giving program that distributes $50,000 to Vermont non-profit organizations. Now through November 24, VSECU is accepting applications from Vermont-based non-profit organizations that make a positive and direct impact on […]

Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., joined representatives from VBSR Gold member Middlebury College, fellow member Encore Renewable Energy, and Champion member Green Mountain Power (GMP), the state of Vermont, and the town of Middlebury on October 12 to break ground on a new five-megawatt solar project in Middlebury that will provide the College with about 30 percent of […]

Business Culture Consultants has been chosen to provide executive coaching, team facilitation, and skill-building services to the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees office in Guatemala. Business Culture Consultants Founder and Owner Flip Brown states, “It is a profound honor to be working with the world citizens of the United Nations as they support the […]

Burlington, VT – Local Motion Inc. is excited to announce the installation of two new interpretive signs on the Island Line Trail at the Allen Point Access Area on South Hero. The project is funded by a 2019 Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Local Heritage Grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program. The project was also […]

The lack of access to homeownership for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) has been no accident. In the United States several policies such as exclusionary zoning, discriminatory lending and real estate practices, redlining, and others based in racism prevented BIPOC homeownership. Vermont hasn’t been immune: white Vermonters are almost three times more likely […]

VBSR members believe that all children in Vermont deserve universal school meals because it is one of the easiest steps to take to ensure that all kids make the most of their education and are best prepared to positively impact their community! Business leaders, please sign onto our Organizational Support Letter to show your support […]