Feedback Opportunity: Give CEDO Your Input on PIAP

Tuesday, May 7th, 9am-9pm and Wednesday, May 8th, 9am-6pm
Location: Fletcher Free Library, Fletcher Room (upstairs)

Please join the Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) at an open house to solicit feedback on project concepts received through the City’s Public Investment Action Plan (PIAP). We received fifty concepts during a two-month Request for Concepts period for infrastructure improvements on the waterfront. These will now be reviewed by a Public Investment Team. Finalists will be invited to put in a full proposal this summer. Citizens can review the concepts and comment on them during two day-long open houses with all feedback going to the Public Investment Team for consideration.

For more info visit: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Public-Investment-Action-Plan/

Questions or need reasonable accommodations? Contact Diana Colangelo at CEDO at dcolangelo@burlingtonvt.gov or 802-865-7187.

Workshop: Learn How To Use Esty

Tuesday, May 21 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Old North End Arts & Business Network (ONEABN) is pleased to announce sponsorship of the upcoming workshop titled “Making Etsy Work for Your Business”.

Laura Hale, owner of Found Beauty Studio, will cover everything from setting up an online Etsy shop to marketing your work….and all those steps in-between.

Join us on Tuesday, May 21 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at North End Studios (Studio A), 294 North Winooski Avenue in Burlington. The cost is $5 for ONEABN members and $10 for non-members.

If you’d like to become an ONEABN member, sign up online at http://www.oneabn.org.

Please pre-register : http://mayetsyworkshop.eventbrite.com/

Workshop: Starting and Running a Food Business in Vermont

Thursday, May 16, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Led by Matt Tucker, a small food business consultant at Small Business Consulting, the workhop will provide an overview of what resources are available, review packaging requirements, discuss pricing concepts, and determine the costs of producing food.

**Space is limited, so please call or email Simeon Geigel at the Micro Business Development Program, 860-1417, ext. 116 or sgeigel@cvoeo.org to register.**

May Meeting – It’s All About Planning & Zoning!

David White from the city’s Department of Planning and Zoning will join us to help us better understand what P&Z does. Are you unsure about all the rules? Are you wondering whether you really need a permit? This meeting’s for you. Bring your questions – you’ll leave with answers!

When: Wednesday, May 8 @ 5:30pm
Where: Nunyuns – 139 N Champlain Street, Burlington

Spring Business Fair – April 18th

Want to know how to ramp up your existing business? Are you a startup?

We can help!

Come to the Spring Business Fair and meet business advisors from federal, state and local organizations, traditional and alternative lenders, and more! The free event offers owners and start-up entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to take the next step. Check out a workshop or sign up for a free consultation with a lawyer, accountant, insurance agent, marketing professional, or design professional at one of the Professional Corners. And of course, network with the dozens of exhibitors that will be there to help you and your business!

New this year:  If you have a food-related business or are thinking of starting one, be sure to visit the Localvore Food Sector!  Food-related agencies can answer your questions about the special challenges and opportunities for your business.

When:Thursday, April 18, 10am-2pm Where: Burlington City Hall

Download the flyer here. This event is free and open to to the public! To register call 802-865-7187 or e-mail dcolangelo@burlingtonvt.gov

 

April Meeting – What’s your business? What’s your beef?

Do we know you? Do you know us? Join us for a laid back conversation with fellow ONE business owners and artists – we’ll be sharing who we are and what we we do. Is there an issue that’s been bugging you? Bring it along – there will be an opportunity to vent, in a civil and productive fashion, of course.

When: Wednesday, April 10 @ 5:30pm – Late comers welcome!
Where: ONE Pepper Grill – 260 North Street

Updates from our March Meeting

Thank you to all who came to our March general meeting, and for the lively discussion with city counselor Max Tracy about several Old North End issues, including traffic flow, property development, and the need for more foot traffic to businesses.  For those who had questions on the development plans for the corner of North St. and Elmwood Ave, here are the plans and notes that were presented to Planning & Zoning at their January 22nd meeting:

http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/WorkArea/LinkIT.aspx?itemID=9874

March General Meeting – Let’s Talk Local Government

Got Issues?

Here’s a great chance to meet with some of our ONE City Councillors and state legislators. The Old North End Arts & Business Network has invited all of them to join us from 5:30-7:00 THIS Wednesday, March 13 at 99 Asian Market at 242-244 N Winooski Ave (across from QT’s on North Winooski Avenue). We’re not sure who will be able to make, but it’s a great chance for your voice to be heard. We’ll keep track of the issues discussed and pass them along to the City Council and our legislators. Hope to see you then!

Although you don’t need to be an ONEABN member to attend our meetings, we encourage you to join our membership for only $25 annually. Please see our membership page for more info on the benefits.

February’s General Meeting is Just Around the Corner!

Meet More of Your Neighbors!

February’s General Meeting
Wednesday, February 13, 5:30 p.m.
Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV)
20 Allen Street, 3rd Floor

AALV Executive Director Jacob Bogre will give a short presentation about AALV followed by Alisha Laramee’s overview about their New Farms for New Americans program as well as a tour of the facility.  The event is free and open to the public.

January’s General Meeting – What is your goal for 2013?

Wednesday, January 9
5:30 p.m.
ONE Pepper Grill, 260 North St.

Let’s start off the New Year with setting some goals and then getting helpful ideas on how we might achieve them! And in the process, we can get to know our neighbor artists and business people even better. Kelly McCann, owner of Organizing Maven, came up with this month’s program. Please come with a goal in mind for 2013. You’ll have 2 minutes to share your goal. Then, the rest of the group can provide some suggestions and helpful hints about ways you might reach your goal. It could be a nice way start off the year with some fresh ideas all the way around. Free and open to the public (though we’d love to have you become a member). Hope to see you there and Happy New Year!