Chamber and REDC Supported Airport to Receive Improved Landing System
 An airport project, years in the making is underway. The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce and Rutland Economic Development Corporation successfully advocated for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport. The $1M upgrade is expected to be completed and fully operational by November, 2012. The new Instrument Approach is a precision guidance system that will fully compliment and complete the approach provided by the recently completed $3M Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR). The improvement will further increase the viability of RSVR Airport by again increasing reliability and safety.
Chamber EVP Tom Donahue stated that Rutland (RSVRA) is the second busiest airportin Vermont (Burlington being first) and now serves much of southern Vermont as well as the greater Rutland region. “Businesses count on an area having a viable airport in the region they are located in”. “We have to continue to upgrade our capabilities here to compete in the global market” said Donahue.
Donahue thanked and credited the strong support of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the entire Vermont Congressional Delegation and the Rutland County Legislative Delegation for aggressively pursuing these essential infrastructure improvements.
Sign Up Now - March RRCC Business Show
 The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce is excited to present the 2012 RRCC Business Show sponsored by the Rutland Regional Medical Center. The 2012 Business Show will take place on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Rutland; hours will be 4-7:30pm.
This is your opportunity to sign up as an exhibitor. Again last year space was sold out! 88 exhibitors’ participated and over 500 people attended in three and a half hours. That is 143 people in front of your booth every hour!
Please click here for the exhibitor sign up form, prices and additional information on becoming an exhibitor. If you need electricity or have any other special requests please make your reservation early and we will do our best to meet these needs.
For more information click here or call the Chamber 802-773-2747.
The RRCC 2012 Perk Card Has Over 100 Area Discounts
 Have you received your 2012 RRCC Perk Card? New this year we have added a QR code to the back of the Perk Card so you can access the list of over 100 area discounts by scanning the card right from your smart phone.
 The RRCC staff has been working diligently througout December to get all members and their employees the 2012 Perk Card. If by chance we have missed you please let us know. You can call us at 802-773-2747 or email us.
Great Member Benefit
 The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce offers free Notary services to our Members.
The fee for Non Members is $10. All staff members are Notary's and are available during regular business hours.
New Marketing Opportunity
 Do you have a Business Facebook Page? RRCC will place a Facebook icon next to your Membership Directory Lisiting on www.rutlandvermont.com with a direct link to your Business' Facebook page. The cost is only $55 per year for this direct link to your page. For more information call 802-773-2747.
December Chamber Mixer
 A capacity crowd attended the December Holiday Mixer held at Heritage Family Credit Union.
The next mixer will take place at Lagasse's Hearthside Grille on Tuesday, January 10th, 5-7pm.
Workers Comp Corner
Electronic Data Interchange makes filing First Reports of Injury Easy
Today, with the use of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and other computer-to- computer exchanges permitting the transfer of electronic information, workers’ compensation insurance carriers or their third party administrators are able to quickly and securely file Employer First Reports of Injury (Form 1s) with the Vermont Department of Labor’s Workers’ Compensation and Safety Division. Employers are encouraged to get to know their insurance adjusters and learn how best to report accidents and injury data to take best advantage of this new technology
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In the past, employers struggled to complete paper Form 1s by hand and then send them by first class mail to the Department and their insurance carriers within 72 hours of notice of injuries. Upon receipt, Department staff had to manually enter the data into the Workers’ Compensation database. Today, with electronic transmissions, injury reports can be sent with lightning speed to the carrier, from there to the EDI vendor, and from the vendor to the Department of Labor for automatic download into the Worker’ Compensation database. With the exception of “first-aid-only injury” claims filed solely with the Worker’s Compensation and Safety Division in strict compliance with 21 V.S.A. §640(e), employers now have little reason to file paper Form 1s with the Department.
So save time, money and trees by working with your carrier to file injury data electronically. For more information about Vermont’s EDI program, contact Becky Morris, VDOL’s Data Analyst and Information Coordinator, at (802) 828-5985 or check out our web site: www.labor.vermont.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=1542
Workers Comp Corner is sponsored by Poulos Insurance: For more information or rates on Workers' Compensation or any other business insurance contact Chuck Rose at Poulos Insurance, 802-775-4443.
Membership Directors Report - Joan Hill
 Hi Everyone,
Happy New Year!
Thank you to Heritage Family Credit Union for hosting the December Holiday Mixer. The food and presentation were wonderful.
The 2012 Perk Cards have arrived and are being distributed to all our members. If by chance, we have missed you, please call the chamber office.
Congratulations to the Chaffee Art Center in receiving a $30,000 grant for their capital campaign which will help pay for needed upgrades to the building. They need to raise a total of $84,000 to match a National Trust for Historic Preservation grant of the same size. Also a new children’s room is now available offering different activities each week.
Thank you to all (volunteers and donors alike) who contributed to the Gift of Life Marathon in Rutland on December 20. The blood drive was a huge success.
Thank you to TD Bank for agreeing to sponsor the upcoming Legislative Breakfast Series and OMYA for sponsoring the bus trip to Montpelier.
Join a committee, offer Perk Card discounts and get involved to receive the most benefits from your Chamber. I look forward to seeing you all at our next mixer at Lagasse’s Hearthside Grille on January 10th.
Welcome New Members
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Stephen S. Woods
PO Box 97 (Location: 378 Route 100 A)
Plymouth, VT 05056
Email: stevewoods@calvin-coolidge.org
www.calvin-coolidge.org
Preserves President Coolidge's legacy and provides
primary and interpretive information to teachers
and students, scholars, the media and the general
public by request and via the Foundation's website.
PerryWinkle's Gold Buying
Martin Bones
46 Diamond Run #240, Rutland, VT 05701
Ph: 802-775-7773
Email: martinb@perrywinkles.com
www.perrwinkles.com
Offers a fair price based on current market conditions
for your gold, silver, and platinum jewelry, chains,
flatware and other items.
Radical Roots Farm
Carol Tashie
74 Baxter St., Rutland, VT 05701
Ph: 802-775-4994
Email: radicalrootsfarm@gmail.com
www.radicalrootsvt.com
We grow a variety of veggies - using all organic practices
- on two acres of beautiful land on Creek Road.
Rutland Skin Center
Dan McCauliffe
3 Mahoney Ave., Rutland, VT 05701
Ph: 802-773-3553 Fax: 802-773-3845
Email: rutlandskin@gmail.com
www.rutlandskin.com
Medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology.
Steven J. Banik, PE
Structural Engineering Consultant
503 Crown Point Rd., Shrewsbury, VT 05738
Ph: 802-492-3512
Email: steban@vermontel.net
Structural engineering practice in the Rutland area since
1984. Structural engineer of record for numerous local
projects including all three sites from this years Gift of
Life Marathon blood drive.
The Home Depot
Andy Shaw
299 US Route 4 East, Rutland, VT 05701
Ph: 802-786-6900
Email: andrew_w_shaw@homedepot.com
asm_4502@homedepot.com
www.homedepot.com
More Saving. More Doing.
Ana's Empanada's Opens at Diamond Run Mall
 The ribbon is cut at the newest location of Ana's Empanada's in the Diamond Run Mall. You can also get Ana's Empanada's at Killington Resort, Rutland Farmer's Market and at their Rutland Bake Shop located at 54 Strongs Ave., they can also be found at various events and festivals throughout the state of Vermont
News From Our Members
American Cancer Society will hold their RELAY FOR LIFE 2012 KICK-OFF on January 11th - 6:00-8:30pm @ The South Station Restaurant, for more information contact- Nancy Mazzariello 802-353-2203 or Pat Blake 802-683-0448.
Keyser Energy has announced that Shane Sweet joined Keyser Energy as the company’s Operations Manager. Sweet is responsible for the coordination of the day to day operations and Keyser Energy. He is primarily responsible for the delivery department, product purchasing and supply, vehicles and facilities maintenance
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RAVNAH will hold numerous blood pressure and foot care clinics throughout the area in January. Please call 802-775-0568 for more information.
Stafford Technical Center is pleased to announce that Cheryl Niedwiecki has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Freedoms Foundation. She received the Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education for her project “Entrepreneurship and the Triple Bottom Line. She will receive the award in Philadelphia in mid -March.
The James T. Bowse Community Health Trust Committee made decisions regarding projects to fund in its recent grant cycle. Three projects will receive 3 years of funding starting in 2012, in addition a fourth program will receive a planning grant to strengthen the development of their program. The projects chosen were: It’s a Girl Thing hosted by Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains; Get Rid of Waste (GROW) hosted by Lothrop Elementary School; RSSU Transitions hosted by RSSU and Three Steops Forward hosted by Workforce Investment Board (Planning Grant). The next grant cycle will be announced in April 2012
United Way of Rutland County will hold their 2011 Campaign Celebration and Annual Meeting on January 18th, 12 Noon at the Holiday Inn. The cost is $18 per person. Please RSVP by January 13th. Call 802-773-7477 for more information
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