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The Chamber VoiceNovember 2014
Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce100 Veterans Memorial Ave.
Bennington, VT 05201P: 800-229-0252 | F: 802-447-1163
www.Bennington.com
Executi ve BoardBrenda Jones PresidentChad Schmidt 1st Vice President
Ed Woods 2nd Vice PresidentTom Dailey TreasurerLindy Lynch Past President
Joann Erenhouse Executi ve Director Art Whitman Ex Offi cio
Board of Directors Mike BarriereSue Congdon
Dimitri GarderMichele HoganMike McKenna
Shannon McLenithanMary Morrissey
TR PaquinKevin RobinsonTracey SchwarzPatt y Surdam
PJ Venti Pat Warner
Ad Hoc MembersMichael Harrington
Peter OdiernaJohn Shanahan
Jim Sullivan
Staff Barbara Bluto
Carol Cameron Gary DormanKathy Gallett
Maddie HaddenMarie Shutt s
Welcome Center Staff PJ DeVito
Melissa HunterPaul KennedyLeslie Knapp
Lowre LaCroixFrank Nolin
Tommi OutwaterJohn Reed
Joseph RussellNancy Smith
Roberta Stange
Member of the MonthThe Apple Barn
Southern Vermont Orchards is a family owned orchard since 1973, located on the east side of Mount Anthony just two miles south of Downtown Bennington, Vermont. Famous locally for its retail store, The Apple Barn, owner Lia Diamond has been helping make Bennington a desti nati on since she took over operati ons in 2004.
Originally part of the Everett Orchards, the orchard in 1910 was the largest privately owned orchard in the world, renowned for its modern agricultural practi ce and high quality fruit. Today, Southern Vermont Orchards operates over 300 acres of orchard and conti nues to benefi t from Everett ’s wisdom and locati on, producing sixteen varieti es of superior apples.
The famous big red Apple Barn is full of Vermont souvenirs, products, and of course their own apples and berries. The bakery is full of mouthwatering pies and pastries, home made fudge, and their famous cider donuts and mini-ciders. You can also enjoy maple fl avor soft serve ice cream, with seati ng in the air conditi oned cafe, or outside at their picnic tables.
A popular stop for tour buses, the Apple Barn has been featured on The Food Network’s $40 A Day with Rachel Ray, Good Morning America, Ron Hazelton’s House Calls and local NBC, CBS and public television affi liates.
The Apple Barn will be closing for the season on November 26. Pie orders are being taken now for Thanksgiving! Lia would like to thank the community for its support and comraderie this fall foliage season – stop in and enjoy a donut on us, as well as 10% off year-end discount.
Bennington Museum Festi val of Trees
604 US Rt 7 South | Bennington, Vermont 05201 | 802-447-7780— Our Proud Partners —
Get ready to enjoy the Annual Bennington Museum Festi val
of Trees. This year the theme of the “Community Creati ons”
is REFLECTIONS. So you may be surprised to see a structure
as the “tree” as well as other types of constructi ons in these
creati ve vignett es. The project runs from the Saturday aft er
Thanksgiving up to New Year’s Eve Day. The Special Gala is
always a festi ve event. Please see the upcoming happenings
at the museum:
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 | 2:00 PM
Bennington Historical Society presents: Mr. and Mrs. Prince:
How an Extraordinary 18th Century Family Moved Out of
Slavery and Into Legend, with Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Free and open to the public
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 | 1:30 - 2:30
Museum ABCs: We Are Family
Free, courtesy of The Bank of Bennington
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
Bennington Museum will be CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving!
DECEMBER 6, 2014 | 7 - 10 PM
Refl ecti ons - Bennington Museum Festi val of Trees GALA
$70 per person for reservati ons paid before Nov. 14
$85 per person aft er Nov. 14
$150 per person - Plati num Museum Supporter
DECEMBER 13, 2014 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Family Day at Bennington Museum
Festi val of Trees Family Day
$3 per person; children under 18 who bring either a
personal care item or food item for the Wall of Thanks
will be admitt ed free.
The Chamber’s November Mixer will be co-sponsored by Adecco, Maple Leaf Realty and Prime Lending Mortgages. Madison’s will be providing light food and drink and there will be some drawings as well.
Date: November 5, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Locati on: 210 South Street (entry and parking on the Union Street side)
Contact: Marie Shutt s (802) 447-3311
Email: [email protected]
Please RSVP to Marie at (802) 447-3311 or email her at [email protected]
November Chamber Mixer
President’s MessageWe had a FABULOUS Fall Foliage this year!!! We are truly blessed to live in such a gorgeous area.
As you know, the Chamber has begun working on the 2015 Bennington Area Guide. Last year the Chamber staff did a tremendous job with the marketing piece. It shows Bennington in a very positive light and spotlights the “Quality of Life” that we are known for. The Area Guide is a great place to advertise for attracting tourists and travelers into your businesses. 70,000 copies of the Bennington Area Guide were published and distribut-ed to Vermont Welcome Centers, the Chamber of Commerce, member
business, and other Tourist hotspots. The Chamber normally uses the entire quantity that is ordered…and we have been able to keep the pricing the same as last year. I highly recommend taking out an ad in the guide, which also gets your business included on the map insert that many of those tourists use to navigate town. In the coming year, we are also plan-ning to order an additional supply of the map inserts to keep up with the demand of our visitors.
Deadline for the ad order is January 15, 2015. Please feel free to call Marie Shutts (802-447-3311) or email her with any questions. ([email protected])
Brenda Jones, PresidentHappeningsThe First Baptist Church of Bennington is seeking vendors for its Christmas Bazaar taking place on Saturday December 6th, from 10am to 2pm. The market will feature 20+ tables. For more information about table reservations, please contact Grace Wilson at 379-4548
Bringing Together Entrepreneurs in the Community November 6th | 5:30-7:30pm Tech@Bennington Deane Carriage Barn in Bennington College, located at 1 College Drive. For more information, please visit the event on facebook (http://on.fb.me/Zuokhn) or contact Naila Jahan.
A PeaceQuilts Event www.haitipeacequilts.org The Bennington Museum Tickets: $35 in Advance or $40 at the Door Order by Phone: 800-838-3006 Order online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/854664 Buy at the Bennington Bookshop
Grace Christian Annual Craft Show November 22, 2014 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Grace Christian School is holding their 15th annual Craft Show on Saturday, November 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Over 50 vendors will be displaying their unique crafts and edibles. There will also be a full lunch menu, bake sale and children?s activity room, and door prizes will be drawn all day long. Admission is free. Grace Christian School is located at 140 Kocher Drive in Bennington, Vt. across from Kmart. For more information, call 802-447-2233
HBO Def Poet to Perform at SVC
Critically-acclaimed slam poet and perform-er Carlos Andrés Gómez, star of HBO’s “Def Poetry” and Spike Lee’s #1 movie “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington, will perform at Southern Vermont College (SVC) on Fri-day, November 14, at 7 p.m. in the Everett Mansion Theatre as part of his Provoke Freedom College Tour.
Hailing from his native New York City, Gómez has performed at over 200 colleges and universities since 2006. In the past year, he wowed students at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC; was a headline performer at Central Park Sum-mer Stage; and, most recently, showcased his talent in MTV’s first ever poetry slam alongside hip hop luminary Talib Kweli.
A former social worker and public school teacher, Gómez first made a name for himself by winning at the Apollo Theater’s infamous Amateur Night and later as a member of the renowned Nuyorican Poets Café’s slam team. In 2008, he collaborated with Tony Award-winning tap dance legend Savion Glover on Broadway.
Director’s MessageLearn about Career-Focused Majors and More at Southern Vermont College’s Fall Open House
Southern Vermont College (SVC) will host its sec-ond Fall Open House on Saturday, November 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prospective students and their families will have an opportunity to learn about the College’s career-driven majors, athlet-ics, campus life, academic support, scholarships and financial aid.
“ Our Open House is a great way for guests to get an in-depth look at the College,” states Assistant Dean of Admissions Jeremy Gibbons. “Facul-ty, staff, coaches and admissions staff will be available to answer questions about the College’s 15 majors, NCAA Division III athletics and much more. Prospective students will have a chance to meet current SVC students and ask questions about campus life.”
The event includes guided tours of campus and presentations on academic programs by faculty members with live demonstrations in the Health-care Education Center of SVC’s state-of-the-art simulation, skills and energized laboratories.
Pre-registration for the Open House is encour-aged and can be done online at www.svc.edu/openhouse. For more information, contact the Office of Admissions at 802-447-6300 [email protected]. If unable to attend the Open House, visit www.svc.edu/welcome to schedule an individual visit.
The Basement Music Series at the Vermont Arts Exchange
The Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE) is excited to welcome back a fan favorite, Howard Fishman, performing the Basement Tapes Project at VAE’s Basement Music Series. Please join us on Satur-day, November 8th, doors open at 7pm at while the show begins at 8:00pm.
Fishman’s Basement Tapes Project explores the mysterious underground recordings made by Bob Dylan and The Band in 1967. The project has been programmed to wide acclaim at a major national venues, including Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” series, the Steppenwolf Theatre’s “Traffic Jam”; and at “Duke Perfor-mances” at Duke University.
Fishman began his musical career on the streets of New Orleans and in the subways of Brook-lyn New York in the late 90’s. Since then, he has headlined in some of the most prestigious venues in the US and abroad, including: Lincoln
Center, The Steppenwolf Theatre, The Blue Note, The Pasadena Playhouse, Merkin Concert Hall, The Great American Music Hall, and Le Petit Journal in Paris. His brass band, The Biting Fish, recently headlined the Augustibluus Festival in Estonia and at Storyville in Helsinki, Finland. A testament to his wide-ranging appeal, Fishman has appeared on bills with such diverse artists as: Odetta, Yo Yo Ma, Maceo Parker, Califone, Robyn Hitchcock, Madeleine Peyroux, Allen Holdsworth and Nellie McKay.Fishman is a frequent NPR guest, and has made feature-length appearances on “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, “World Cafe” with David Dye, “The Leonard Lopate Show” and “Soundcheck” with John Schaefer, among many others.
Tickets to this concert are $20 ($10 for students with valid ID) through Brown Paper Tickets, the first and only fair-trade ticketing company, at brownpapertickets.com or vtartxchange.org/bms.php, or by calling (toll free) 800-838-3006— a small processing fee will be charged. Tickets are $24 at the door on the day of show on a first-come, first-served basis. Libations will be available from Thyme Tables Catering.
Up next in 2015, Dustbowl Revival, Gypsy Layne Burlesque show, The Citizens, Ethan Lipton’s play “No Place To Go” and more!
Vermont Arts Exchange is an accessible facility, call for specific accommodations. For more infor-mation about Vermont Arts Exchange, the 2015 Basement Music Series season, or the upcoming Fall Art classes contact VAE at 802-442-5549 or visit vtartxchange.org.
The Wizard of Oz comes to Mt Anthony High School. The Drama Club presents this timeless classic on November 20, 21, and 22, 2014. Our talented students always amaze us with the professional level of their shows. This will be a real treat. If you can help sponsor a character or scenery contact Lynn Sweet at 447-7511 ext. 229 or [email protected] See you there.
The Chamber will be sending out the Ad Insertion Information to secure your place in the 2015/2016 Area Guide. Advertisers must be Members in Good Standing and submit the ad copy according to the schedule as well as pay by the due date. Our Area Guide is a great mar-keting tool. It has wide distribution, electronic version on our website, is taken to Trade Shows, and is mailed across the country and to Canada. Our website hits have multiplied exponentially
this year. The Welcome Center has enjoyed a continuing rise in foot traffic. Be a part of the expanding good stories about Bennington. Marie Shutts at 802-447-3311 is our lead on the Area Guide so contact her with any questions on how to get your ad in the publication. We need to start now to get the project process completed shortly after the holiday season.
The Vermont Chamber President, Betsy Bishop is coming to Bennington County on December 10th. She is meeting with Manchester in the morning and coming here for a luncheon meet-ing. This is a Legislative Preview to go over topics that concern our businesses. The luncheon meeting will be held at the Mt Anthony Country Club at Noon on December 10, 2014. Chamber Member Tickets are $20/person, non-Members are $25/person. We are inviting other business organizations who sit at the Bennington Econom-ic Development Partnership table so that we can offer a multitude of issues for discussion. Betsy Bishop will facilitate and guide us through the various topics. She will also share the issues the Vermont Chamber has brought forward. This should help us all understand what Bennington’s “Ask” can look like for the upcoming legislative session.
PLEASE RSVP by December 8, 2014 to Marie at 802-447-3311 so the lunch can be planned.
Our Director, Joann Erenhouse has been ap-pointed to another term on the Vermont Rail Advisory Council. The Council holds regular meetings every quarter in Montpelier. Most recently the Rail Division has been developing its 2015 Rail Plan. Statewide cuts in budgets and the unsuccessful bid for the Track II Rutland to Burlington Passenger Service Grant have made the future of Bennington and Manchester rail projects look less likely to move forward in the near future.
With that said, there may be other funding op-portunities down the road. Keeping Bennington at the table must be a priority.
Remember to request Area Guides for your business for the Fall Foliage and Holiday season. Pick them up from the Chamber Office on Veterans Memorial Drive.
A Night of One Act Operas: Menotti’s: The Telephone
and Toscano’s: The Interview.
“The Telephone” is a heartwarming 20-minute comedy about a young couple. HE- wants to propose, SHE - just got a new telephone, which she won’t stop using. It will have you laugh, cry and remember fondly similar events in your own life!
“Made In America, Episode 1” deals with the ongoing Middle East conflict. Two women: Anat, a Jewish woman living in West Jerusa-lem, and Alzubra, a Muslim woman converted from a Presbyterian Maryland upbringing and now living in East Jerusalem, meet and share a dual tragedy. As their friendship grows they decide to create an organization called, Mu-Je-Lif, Muslim and Jewish Women for Life. Concerned, but, not overly so, the U.S. Dept. of Defense sends a journalist, to hear their story. What follows, The Interview, transforms all three of them. DISCUSSION : As part of the performance there will be an audience dis-cussion, question-and-answer period with the cast, pianist and conductor.
Both operas will be performed in English, and because both are short, these could be a per-fect introduction to opera for those who have shied away from that musical form.
Saturday November 8th at 7:30PM Sunday November 9th at 9PM Tickets are $25, Students $10
For more information, or to reserve tickets, call The Box Office at (802)-447-0564
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Let’s encourage our young people. A daughter of a Chamber Member would like very much to have your in-put on a college project survey. Please take a minute and go to the link and take the survey.
Thank you very much,Joann
Survey Link:http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1836754/Year-Round-Recreational- Resort-Survey
Public Forum at the CAPA Building, Bennington College November 13 - 6:30 p.m.
The Transportati on Board at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 13
will hold a Bennington public forum specifi cally
designed to engage young adults (ages 18-34)
in a conversati on about what Vermont needs to
do transportati on-wise to meet their needs and
be an att racti ve place for them to live, work and
raise a family.
The forum is one of eight the Board is holding
around the state, and will be held in The Sym-
posium at the Center for the Advancement of
Public Acti on at Bennington College.
Nati onal studies indicate that young adults drive
less than their older counterparts, and that
their transportati on priories diff er from those of
previous generati ons. The Board wants to discuss
this with young adults to determine how future
transportati on policy can be shaped to best
positi on Vermont to meet their needs and thrive
in the economic marketplace.
For those who cannot att end, comment can also
be submitt ed via email. For more informati on,
please visit the Board’s website at htt p://tboard.
vermont.gov.
At the Clark The East Coast tour of A Salute to Traditi on,
featuring Japan’s preeminent shamisen players,
comes to the Clark Art Insti tute on Saturday,
November 22. Shamisen player Fujii Hirokazu
performs a free twenty-minute piece in the
Kyushu regional jiuta style at 10:30 am; at 5 pm,
two traditi onal shamisen musical styles—nagauta
and gidayu—are performed by chanters, sham-
isen players, and a traditi onal nihon buyo dancer.
The morning performance is free; ti ckets to the 5
pm performance are $15. Tickets are available at
clarkart.edu or by calling 413 458 0524.
The shamisen is a three-stringed instrument
originally from China that reached Japan in the
sixteenth century, where it underwent changes
in shape, size, and sound. The shamisen became
a central element in Japan’s unique performing
arts and entertainment culture, featured in kabu-
ki and bunraku theaters, salon, folk and vaude-
ville music, and more. The shamisen has been at
the center of art and entertainment culture in
Japan for centuries and conti nues to shape new
spheres in world music.
The 5 pm performance features arti sts Takemoto
Komanosuke (gidayu chanter, considered a living
nati onal treasure), Tsuruzawa Yumi aka Tanaka
Yumiko (gidayu shamisen), Tsuruzawa Tsugahana
(gidayushamisen), Imafuji Chotatsuro (nagauta
shamisen), Kineya Katsujuro (nagauta shamisen),
Kineya Mitsuya (nagauta chanter), and Hanayagi
Genkuro (nihon buyo traditi onal dancer).
The East Coast tour of A Salute to Traditi on is
produced and organized by Japan Society, New
York. This program is supported by The Japan
Foundati on and Arts Council Tokyo and is pre-
sented at the Clark with funding from the Scone
Foundati on.
Save the Date!November 6
Save the date! SBIR/STTR Funding Workshops:
November 4 - Burlington at the Davis Center,
UVM Campus
Confi rmed Panelists: Robert Davis, Stromatec;
Kenneth Puzey, Quantaspec, Inc.
November 5 - Montpelier at the Capital Plaza
Hotel
Confi rmed Panelists: Christopher Hancock, Tertl
Studios; Ed Sawyer, SBE Inc.
November 6 - Bennington at Bennington
College
Confi rmed Panelists: Gary Carver, Omega Opti cal
To register or fi nd out more, please contact us at
Please register by October 29, 2014
For more informati on, please visit us on the web
at htt p://epscor.w3.uvm.edu/2/node/2365
Please note this Workshop Series is coming to
Bennington on Nov 6th 10:00-3:00 at Benning-
ton College.
New Members
Hale Resources – Jon Hale
CAKE Gallery – Meike Williams
Jeff Heimbach Photography –
Jeff Heimbach
NSK Steering Systems America
– Ben Nichols
John Ahearn – Friend of the
Chamber
Welcome!
