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Small Business Advocacy
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By industry or by geographic region, there is information available about what laws affect your small business and what resources are available to lobby for your small business interests.
Local Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Montpelier
Associated Industries of Vermont (AIV)
Serving members, industry, and the Vermont business community as an advocate in the formulation of public policy that protects and enhances Vermont's private enterprise economy....
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Montpelier
Vermont Retail Association (VRA)
The Vermont Retail Association (VRA) has helped thousands of Vermont businesses to do business better for over 40 years. VRA is a membership-based trade association open to any Vermont-based...
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State Wide
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR)
A fee-based membership trade organization supporting local economic and community vitality by promoting socially responsible business practices to solve environmental, social and economic problems....
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Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Statewide
Taxpayer Advocacy Service, IRS
An independent organization within the IRS, consisting of highly skilled case advocates who negotiate on your behalf with the IRS to secure the most beneficial resolution for your IRS problem....
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Nationwide
Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) system in the U.S. extends across the nation; coast-to-coast, and in Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Since the founding of the first BBB in 1912, the BBB system...
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Nationwide
National Rehabilitation Association (NRA)
The National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities while also promoting high quality, ethical, and collaborative practice across the rehabilitation...
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Nationwide
Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy
The SBA's online resource for small business advocacy and statistics....
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Nationwide
U.S. Office Of Advocacy
In 1976, the U.S. Congress created the Office of Advocacy within the U.S Small Business Administration to protect, strengthen and effectively represent the nation's small businesses within the...
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