Making Business Better

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Created on Wednesday, 03 December 2014 17:45

Written by Cassandra Bernier

BURKE- Small business owners and those with new business ideas came out to Juniper's last night with a want to learn how to make their business more succesful.

The Burke Chamber of Commerce held their first "Forging Connections" networking event, with a goal to connect emerging and exsiting owners to some of the local resources available to them.

Tim Tierney, President of the Burke Area Chamber of Commerce, was excited about how succesful the event turned out.

With the reaction from the people attending, he is hopeful that they will have more networking events in the future.

He said, "I definitley think, you know, just hearing what these folks had to say-- and then justing looking at the crowd. I think there's people that are here for a reason and they wanna know what can I bring back to my business to make it better."

Representatives at the event included Vermont Small Business Development Center, Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Northeastern Vermont Development Association, Northern Community Investment Corporation, the Center for Rural Enterpreneurship at Lyndon State College, and the Working Lands Enterprise.

The organizations explained what services they provide for free or low costs. Some of these things included financial planning, grant funding, government contracts, loans and technical assistance, just to name a few. 

If you are interested in learning more about the oppurtunities the Burke Chamber has to offer you can call them at 802-626-4124.