The Vermont Employee Ownership Center is a statewide non-profit whose mission is to promote and foster employee ownership in order to broaden capital ownership, deepen employee participation, retain jobs, increase living standards for working families, and stabilize communities. We provide information and resources to owners interested in selling their business to their employees, employee groups interested in purchasing a business, and entrepreneurs who wish to start up a company with broadly shared ownership.
Employee Ownership is a category of business structures that provide a path for full-time employees to become co-owners. To varying degrees, this includes:
ESOPs and Worker Cooperatives are the primary forms of Employee Ownership in the US, but each type offers unique benefits and challenges.
One thing, however, remains constant: Everyone thrives when businesses are employee-owned.
When we say everyone, we mean:
Discover key benefits of Employee Ownership
Green Screen Graphics has joined forces with a Rutland-based graphics company in November to form a 100% employee-owned graphics service provider. With the aim of diversifying its graphics and printing offerings, Tuttle Printing, d/b/a QuickPrint of Rutland, has purchased Green Screen Graphics, combining customers and printing capabilities while bringing Green Screen employees into the fold of Tuttle’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
The Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) is seeking an intern to work for the Summer of 2022 in Burlington, Vermont. This position is generally intended for a rising college junior, senior, or graduate student, but non-students with a college degree and interest in employee-ownership are also welcome to apply.
The VEOC is a statewide non-profit whose mission is to promote and foster employee ownership in order to broaden capital ownership, deepen employee participation, retain jobs, increase living standards for working families, and stabilize communities.
January 19, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
In this free lunch-and-learn webinar, VEOC Executive Director Matt Cropp will cover the basics of broad-based employee ownership from Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) to Worker Cooperatives and more. Employee ownership can be a powerful approach for start-ups and as a business exit strategy, and this is a good opportunity to dig into the details of how it works. The presentation will include ample time for questions and discussions at the end of the hour.
January 31, 2022, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Our Annual Meeting & Report to the Community will take place Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, 3pm-5pm, virtually via Zoom. Anyone interested in hearing about the work we're doing at VEOC is more than welcome to attend.
June 9, 2022, 7:45am to 5:45pm
Vermont Employee Ownership Center's upcoming annual conference will be held on June 9, 2022. After meeting virtually for the previous two conferences, we are highly looking forward to the possibility of meeting in person again next year. Public health permitting, the conference will be held in Burlington at the Dudley H. Davis Center at The University of Vermont. Save the date now and stay tuned for more details soon!
Vermont Employee Ownership Center, P.O. Box 546, Burlington, VT 05402
Tel: 802-338-7448 E-mail: info@veoc.org
