Citizens Bank is offering Qualified Veteran-owned businesses lower loan rates. Further demonstrating its longstanding commitment to veterans and their families, Citizens Bank today announced a new offer that enables qualified veteran-owned businesses to benefit from lower loan rates. Citizens Business Banking will offer an interest rate reduction on both SBA and conventional loans for qualified…
Get Back to Your Roots at Rick & Kat’s Howlin’ Mouse We are dancing in our seats and so happy to welcome Rick & Kat’s Howlin’ Mouse as a new member of the Chamber. Rick & Kat’s Howlin’ Mouse record shop is independently owned and offers new and used vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, DVDs and…
Area Businesses Awarded Grants Five Rutland-area businesses have been awarded a total of $104,141 in Regional Economic Development Grants sought by Rutland Economic Development Corp. (REDC) and provided by the State of Vermont. The awards were announced at REDC’s annual meeting last week. “Investment spurred by the grants will create 20 new jobs in the…
News From Our Members – October 2016 Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting Bank®, is excited to announce its acceptance of two graphic design awards from Graphic Design USA. Berkshire Bank received two awards; for its digital work on the Game Plan website and collateral development and branding for Firestone Financial, a Berkshire Bank affiliate. Graphic…
Charrette for new natural play space at RRMC planned for Oct 28-29 Over the course of two days in October, a plan for a new natural play space, to be constructed at the Rutland Regional Medical Center, will begin taking shape with input from the Rutland community and landscape design students from SUNY.…
REDC kickstarts Greater Rutland Makerspace with $50,000 grant Rutland County is about to make a new makerspace! The Rutland Economic Development Corp. board has approved a broad plan to support the launch of a nonprofit makerspace for the Rutland region, including $50,000 of startup capital provided by a special job creation fund donated to REDC…
Hello Chamber Members! As the summer winds down, we are very excited to welcome 13 NEW BUSINESSES to our membership! The whole staff has been very busy working on improving our services and giving our members the most for their membership dollars! We are now offering website advertising by the month! If you have a…
BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, October 11th, 12 noon at the Holiday Inn in Rutland. The keynote speaker will be U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy In addition, BROC will be presenting the inaugural Community Action Awards. The meeting is open and the public is encouraged to attend. RSVP will…
Parking Kiosks are Live! The new parking kiosks have been installed on Center St. (section between Merchants and Wales) and Merchants Row (section between West and Center). The Kiosks are live as of TODAY Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Representatives from the kiosk manufacturer, Cale, will be on hand to help customers and business owners throughout the day outside along…
AMERICAN PICKERS To Film In Vermont Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Vermont! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region this fall. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank,…