People Networking

VBSR Networking Get-Together Hosted by Caledonia Spirits

Event Details:
When: July 18, 2019 5:30 pm – July 18, 2019 7:30 pm
Location: 116 Gin Lane, Montpelier, VT

Cost To Attend:
Nonmembers – $20
VBSR Members – Free

Registration is open

Join us for an evening of networking and education! VBSR members and friends are invited to a Networking Get-Together hosted by Caledonia Spirits. Free for members, $20 for non-members to attend. Hors d’oeuvres provided by our generous host, cash bar. Attendance is limited and will be first come, first served.

Click here to register to attend!

Thank you to our host, Caledonia Spirits!

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Beginning as a partnership between a beekeeper and a distiller, Caledonia Spirits distillery uses raw northern honey to capture the countless botanicals foraged by honey bees buzzing through fields of wildflowers in their award winning Barr Hill Gin, barrel aged Tom Cat Gin, and Barr Hill Vodka. Visit their new distillery and bar overlooking the Winooski River on Gin Lane in downtown Montpelier for a cocktail, free spirits tasting, and distillery tour.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Founded in 2003, the Alchemist is a family-run brewery specializing in fresh, unfiltered IPAs. Their commitment to social responsibility includes providing good jobs, maintaining quality of life for employees and creating new opportunities in the community – while staying focused on innovation to lessen environmental impact. They have recently launched the Alchemist Foundation, focusing on providing educational and career opportunities for local youth.

The Alchemist team is dedicated to brewing great beer while having as much fun as humanly possible!

 

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Forward Philanthropy was founded in 2011 to help people and institutions give well. They offer flexible philanthropic advising for individuals, families, foundations, and corporations and believe that this era demands philanthropy that is both proactive and responsive, informed and accountable. Their philanthropic advising helps people and institutions articulate their values and goals, then creates the strategies to achieve the change they seek. They geek out on research and data and love helping Millennials find their philanthropic voice. They get excited about helping clients develop efficient systems and technology for giving and challenge themselves to incorporate issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion into philanthropy. Proud to be a certified B Corp using business as a force for good.

 

GBA logogbA is an award-winning architectural design studio located in Montpelier, Vermont. They are a small studio that stresses 100 percent principal participation and a “hands-on”, collaborative design process. They believe that their designs and business practices represent their values concerning economic, social, and environmental issues, and that the built environment should enhance the greater community. The communities in which they live and work are our inspiration. Their daily interactions and working collaborations continuously refine their thoughts on architecture and place making.

 

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Hunger Mountain Co-op is a full service, natural foods grocery store and deli, which has been owned by our community since 1972. They believe that good food helps to create sustainable local food systems and vibrant, healthy communities. They are committed to offering a wide variety of high-quality products produced in an environmentally sound and socially conscious manner for a fair price. Their emphasis is on wholesome foods that are grown and produced locally. They provide natural and organic products free of artificial preservatives, sweeteners, colorings, and flavorings. They give preference to products that are humanely raised, sustainably harvested, and produced without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, or antibiotics. The Co-op is located at 623 Stone Cutters Way in Montpelier, Vermont, and is open 8am-8pm daily. Everyone is welcome!

 

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Let’s Grow Kids is a statewide movement to make Vermont the best place to raise a family and our mission is to ensure affordable access to high-quality child care for all Vermont families by 2025. We work with our partners throughout the state to build high-quality child care and we’re calling for more public investment in child care so that it’s affordable for families. Together, we will make historic change that will lead to opportunity for our children, families and Vermont’s future.

 

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The Center for New Leadership merged with Common Good VT in October 2018, to form a statewide “one-stop shop” for nonprofit professional development to improve the performance of Vermont mission-driven organizations. They are offering two of their signature programs this fall.

Their Nonprofit Management Certificate, designed for those interested in gaining skills to better serve their nonprofit organizations, will be offered in Middlebury and Woodstock starting in September.

Their Training, Facilitation, and Consulting Program, designed for those who deliver trainings, facilitate meetings, or manage groups, will help participants develop skills, awareness, and knowledge immediately relevant to their work.

 

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National Life Group is a mission-driven and purposed-filled business where the cause of what they do is as important as the products they sell. Their cause is a very simple one, directed at the people who live and work on America’s Main Streets: To Do good in their communities and with the individual families they serve. For 170 years, they have aimed to keep their promises to provide families stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history they have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

 

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At SunCommon, they believe everyone has the right to a healthy environment and brighter future – and renewable energy is the place to start. They’ve divested their employee retirements from dangerous and financially insecure fossil fuel investments. They also work hard to ensure vendors and suppliers share many of their values-driven business practices and sentiment. SunCommon® is a proud Certified BCorp (B Corporation) in Vermont and New York State, having passed a rigorous assessment of responsible business practices. They are also proud to be a Public Benefit Corporation, organized that way from the very beginning. The know that energy from the sun can power our lives and build vibrant communities. SunCommon’s mission is to tear down barriers to clean energy and use their business as a force for good.

 

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The Woods Hospitality Group offers event space and overnight accommodations, as well as on- and off-site catering and bar services. The Woods Lodge is a secluded and inspiring location, with indoor and outdoor meeting spaces, guest cottages and a full-service main lodge with group accommodations. It is the perfect place for a business meeting, retreat, family gathering, special event, or just a weekend get away. For off-site events, FullPlate Catering and Liqwoods Bar Services’ dedicated staff are committed to customer care and quality catering with excellent food and attentive bar services.

 

Wiemann Lamphere Architects LogoWiemann Lamphere Architects operates with the mind-set that everyone is entitled to live, work, learn, and play in spaces that are beautiful, functional, efficient, and affordable. They seek opportunities to strengthen communities and local economies in a manner that minimizes the impact on the natural environment. They work collaboratively with clients, users and contractors and strive to create beautiful and thoughtful architecture led by strong planning, engagement, and creativity. They understand sustainability and the relationship of the built environment to nature and strive to educate their clients to foster positive change in the world.