Join Building Bright Futures and First Children's Finance for a focus group where Newport-area employers share how child care is affecting their employees and their business - what you're experiencing now and what you need for the future.

Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder and former CEO of Seventh Generation, spent five decades in the trenches of social entrepreneurship while pushing for a better way of doing business and revolutionizing the relationship between corporations, society, and the environment. In this Story Session, Jeffrey goes behind the scenes of Seventh Generation, the company that helped pioneer the sustainable business movement.

One workshop will include a brief history of HACCP, discussing the importance of quality personnel within the food safety team. Another on improving root cause analyses and corrective action using the 8D methodology.

We will be visiting four local businesses to learn more about them.

Let's celebrate the holiday season with a VBSR Get-Together at Generator, Burlington’s nonprofit makerspace where art, science, technology, and entrepreneurship come together! We’ll spend the evening exploring Generator’s 11,380 square feet of creative space, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the tools and projects happening there, and connecting with fellow VBSR members over drinks, snacks, and some good old-fashioned crafting.

The NEK Together convening is the Northeast Kingdom's premier regional gathering, bringing together municipalities, businesses, nonprofits, institutions, leaders, and community members to strengthen collaboration and determine shared regional priorities.