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PLAN.  START.  GROW
For a New Business or an Existing Business.
Fulfill Your Dream with Help from SCORE.

"I am so very, very grateful for your time and invaluable suggestions. I felt like I won the lottery when you said you could meet with me again! Thank you again."
                                -- Agnieszka Perlinska, Leadership Performance Initiatives

Champlain Valley SCORE is an all-volunteer organization serving Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, and Addison counties with a new branch in Rutland. Counselors with extensive and wide-ranging business experience provide face-to-face and online counseling for new and existing businesses and present workshops and seminars covering topics from how to write a business plan to internet marketing to business valuations. Whether you’re a new business and need start-up guidance, a current business trying to weather the current economic climate, or you just have an idea for a business you’d like to explore, SCORE can help you realize your dream. 

For the past 25 years, Champlain Valley SCORE has assisted over 5,000 Vermonters to start, run, and grow businesses. Our services are free and confidential. We’re ready to help you!

“Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with us and provide your valuable feedback and counseling. We are grateful to have such a valuable community resource.”
                                —Lindsay Tompkins Henderson, Green Mountain Children's Museum

“I deeply appreciate the counseling and candid advice offered by SCORE. It is exactly what I have been looking for. I find the information not only useful, but exciting as it taps in to what I love to do best.”
                                —Jan Manon, Elf Productions       

  • If you’d like assistance from a SCORE counselor, please fill out the Request for Counseling form and we will contact you.

  • If you’d like to become a SCORE counselor, please fill out the Application for Membership form and we will contact you.

 

UPCOMING WORKSHOP: 

Champlain Valley SCORE is proud to present "Managing in Tough Times".

A panel of SCORE experts with extensive and diverse experiences managing during difficult economic times will cover various issues critical to your small business. Topics include marketing, expense control, credit policies, negotiating with bankers and suppliers for better terms, pricing strategies, and much more.

Thursday, May 14, 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: Citizen's Bank, 84 Pearl Street, Essex Junction

Only $25 per person or $40 per couple!

Register online or call (802) 951-6762


Please watch this website and local media for announcements concerning other upcoming SCORE events. Thank you.     

We are located at the Winston Prouty Federal Building at 11 Lincoln Street Essex Junction Vermont, on the 2nd floor, Room # 207. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 9:30am

Map to SCORE 284 

To send letters to SCORE 284, please click on this score284@comcast.net and fill in your name, address, phone number, and a brief note and someone will get back to you ASAP.