The mission of the Vermont Women’s Business Center is to provide women with the training, assistance and support necessary to start and expand successful businesses, promoting economic independence and healthy communities.

We assist women who are starting or growing their businesses by providing resources, training, and networking opportunities for women state-wide to achieve business success, including:

• One-to-one business counseling
• Classes and workshops
• Networking events
• Business lending library

E-mail VWBC at vwbc@cvcac.org 

Phone VWBC at 479-9813 or toll free 877-524-1998

Directions to our main office and lending library 

VWBC is located on the second floor of the historical “Firehouse at Barre” building which also houses the Ladder 1 Grill restaurant at 8 South Main St. (Route 14) in downtown Barre.  There is ample parking in the back.

From I-89 southbound: Take exit 7, go straight through three sets of lights and follow the signs to Barre. At the light at the junction of Routes 302 and 14, take a right, go through downtown to the next set of lights. VWBC is the second building on the left just past the lights (across from US Post Office and Shell station; kitty corner from the Barre Opera House).

From I-89 northbound: Take a right off Exit 6; go down hill to lights and junction with Route 14. Turn left heading toward Barre, continue straight a couple miles until you come to VWBC on the right just before traffic light at the main downtown intersection (across from US Post Office and Shell station).  

Traveling to Barre on Routes 302 or 14: Route 14 becomes North and South Main through downtown -watch for landmarks noted above. 

From 302 westbound, take a left at the 5-way instersection. From 302 eastbound, bear right, staying on Route 14 at the 5-way intersection (gazebo and statue on left coming from either direction). VWBC is second building on left after you go through lights. 

The Vermont Women’s Business Center is a project of Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc.

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).