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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
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Buy Your Fruits of Labor Raffle Tickets Today! |
A Big Thank You to Rutland County's Heroes|
Save the Date for CEDRR's September Mixer |
What's New in Rutland County | Made at The MINT |
Membership Spotlight | Career Hub | Upcoming Events
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region, in partnership with The Paramount Theatre and Come Alive Outside are excited to bring you the first annual Rutland County Community Celebration Fruits of Labor Raffle! A very special shoutout to the dedicated CEDRR volunteers who have been working behind the scenes to put together 20 prize packages valued at over $500 apiece! Each ticket will cost $100 and there will be a maximum of 500 tickets sold. Winners will be drawn on October 9, 2021, at 3 pm. Be sure to purchase your tickets today while you still can!
On Friday, August 27th, the staff from the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) delivered thank you cards and cases of whoopie pies to essential workers whose organizations had signed up to march in the Parade of Heroes & Community Celebration presented by Heritage Family Credit Union, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 28th. Accompanying the CEDRR staff was Heritage Family Credit Union's Captain Credit Union, The Paramount Theatre's Executive Director, Eric Mallette, and Come Alive Outside's Executive Director, Arwen Turner. The team delivered over 500 whoopie pies generously donated by Vermont Country Store and had the opportunity to thank some of Rutland County's essential heroes personally.
A new date for the Parade of Heroes & Community Celebration has not yet been set. However, the heroes whom the team visited all shared enthusiasm and excitement for the event in the future.
Save the Date for CEDRR's September Mixer
Join the CEDRR crew at the September Mixer hosted by Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty on Tuesday, September 14th from 5 to 7 p.m. The mixer will take place outdoors at Roots the Restaurant located in Center Street Park in Downtown Rutland. Enjoy food, drinks, live music, and door prizes while you catch up with old friends and meet new ones. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP invites you to join fellow businesses and community members in showing support for the work of the Rutland NAACP with a Freedom Fund Dinner sponsorship!
New this year is a restaurant partnership opportunity. The branch is unable to serve dinner at the (virtual) Freedom Fund Dinner this year, so they'd like to partner with local restaurants for that!
The Otter Creek Communications Union District is seeking immediate responses to an RFP for grant administration support and services. Please see the RFP for additional information. Due to the short timeframe associated with the grants funding this work, responses to the RFP are due 9/6/2021.
Questions regarding the RFP should be directed to Bill Moore, OCCUD Chair, at bmoore@townofbrandon.com and Jackie Savela, OCCUD Treasurer, at jsavela@townofbrandon.com. Responses to the RFP should be sent by email to the addresses above.
Efficiency Vermont, in partnership with Vermont’s Regional Development Corporations, is offering enhanced financial incentives for qualified energy efficiency projects.
If your business has been negatively impacted by Covid-19 or other market issues and you have energy efficiency projects that you needed to put on hold, Efficiency Vermont could pay up to 90% of project costs, up to $40,000. These enhanced incentives are only available for projects that complete in 2021. This offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Vermont Legislature has created the following relocation incentives to attract new residents to the state and grow the workforce as well as provide support to Vermont employers. The New Relocating Worker Grant is available to new residents taking a qualifying job with a Vermont employer. The New Remote Worker Grant will be available after February 1, 2022, to new residents that work for an out-of-state employer.
Vermont Works for Women helps women and girls recognize their potential and explore, pursue, and excel in work that leads to economic independence. They work toward the day when women and girls make confident, deliberate choices about life and work that reflect an expansive grasp of the world’s possibilities, a fearless commitment to pursuing their dreams, and that contribute to the vitality of our communities. The MINT: Rutland’s Makerspace is delighted to be hosting Vermont Works for Women for their 2021 Trailblazers program.
MINT Partners with Vermont Works for Women's Trailblazers Program
The MINT will soon be hosting exciting new programming that aims to address historic inequalities in the construction trades. The Vermont Works for Women’s Trailblazers: Women in the Construction Trades prepares women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals for jobs and apprenticeships in reliable high paying work in construction, electrical, plumbing, and manufacturing.
The training will provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment for folks to build skills, gain confidence and explore fields that tend to be male-dominated, but where research shows time and again women have equal abilities to thrive and succeed.
An informational session takes place at 6 pm on September 9th. For more information, contact Program Manager Missy Mackin at mmackin@vtworksforwomen.org or visit vtworksforwomen.org/trailblazers
Fox Creek Inn was built in 1830 as a country house and opened as an inn in 1975, It has had several names--Fiftepine Lodge, Tulip Tree Inn, and most recently Fox Creek Inn. The home was bought by William Barstow, a philanthropist who was one of the nation's first electrical engineers, for his son Frederic to serve as a hunting lodge. William Barstow entertained the likes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone.
You can also add: The Barstow family was instrumental in Chittenden's history and built the Fox Creek Inn as well as Mountain Top Inn and Resort (then known as Mountain Top Lodge), the Frederic Duclos Barstow Memorial School, and the Vermont Silver Fox Company.
Although the Fox Creek Inn closed in late 2018, Rita and Corey Wood bought the Inn in June of this year and are eager to preserve the history of such an icon in Chittenden. They will be offering full breakfasts including homemade muffins, fruit cups, and breakfast entrees with homemade toast, Jacuzzi tubs, and fireplaces in most rooms but Rita and Corey have added an optional picnic basket lunch as well as a homemade dinner. All included in the price of the room! Check out the website: www.foxcreekinnvt.com.
Educators are taking care of our children's futures, and they deserve someone in their corner taking care of them. At Horace Mann Insurance Company, we believe this to our core.
The Rose Agency shares Horace Mann's commitment to providing quality service and lifelong financial well-being to educators and their families and has been proudly serving Central Vermont educators since 2018. We offer insurance and retirement solutions that put educators first — to help them protect what matters most today and prepare for a successful tomorrow.
Schedule an appointment to learn more about any of the following topics. I look forward to speaking with you!
CEDRR would like to thank the following businesses for renewing their membership:
Comcast | Gateway Church | Green Mountain Marketing & Advertising |
Joseph A Giancola Real Estate | Killington Music Festival | Marge Johnston |
Mendon Mountain Orchards | Rob Stubbins Electric | Robert Carl Williams Associates | Rutland County
Parent Child Center | Rutland Radiologists |
Rutland Regional Planning Commission | Ted's Pizza | Vermont Department of Labor |
WCAX
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region's Career Hub features full-time jobs across Rutland County that provide a salary higher than the Vermont living wage.
Assistant Manager of Recreation and Wellness
Spring Lake Ranch is seeking an Assistant Manager of Recreation and Wellness to become a member of their team.
Director of Operations
Dunkin' Franchise in Vermont is seeking a Director of Operations to become a member of their team.
AVP Heritage Way Financial Advisor
Heritage Family Credit Union is seeking an AVP Heritage Way Financial Advisor to join their community.
View Rutland County career opportunities & post your position →
September 1, 2021| 12 - 12:45 p.m.
This VMEC session will describe the array of resources available in Vermont to assist companies with global expansion and include a case example of a Vermont exporter talking about the evolution of their export sales.
September 4, 2021| 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Join RYP for a casual Meet Up to cheer on the Castleton Spartans! Castleton has invited us to tailgate in the parking lot before the game. RYP will be grilling, providing snacks and water, and will have lawn games and other entertainment. BYOB.
September 9, 2021| 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Vermont PTAC is a presenter and Gold Sponsor at the 2021 Manufacturing Summit held virtually this year. Members of the VT PTAC team will be available to discuss our free government contracting programs and services. Be sure to register to meet with one of them.
September 14 , 2021 |5 - 7 p.m.
We look forward to seeing you outdoors at the CEDRR mixer presented by Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty at Roots the Restaurant.
