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Green Business Partnership
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V.R.
Allard & Associates Ltd., Inc.
1527 Waterford Drive
Venice, FL 34292
941-412-0437
V.R.
Allard & Associates Ltd., Inc.
Founder and owner Ross Allard and his wife run a home-based
marketing business. They are using Green Business Partnership
principles and standards as a component of their marketing plans
and images for clients, especially those who do business on an
international level, where "eco-conscientiousness" is
emphasized. Allard recently led a neighborhood group project to
plant Florida-friendly landscaping around his community's
stormwater retention pond, reducing pesticide and fertilizer use
and drawing marine life and wading birds back to the area.
Venice Golf & County Club
250 Venice Golf
Club Drive
Venice, FL 34292
941-492-9600
Venice Golf & Country Club
Venice Golf & Country Club
recycles more than 55 percent of its waste stream, which saves
nearly $3,000 annually in avoided collection and disposal costs.
It buys recycled-content products, including water-permeable
recycled tire paving material for golf cart paths. The club
composts grass clipping and landscaping debris and applies it to
the finished golf course. Certified as an Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary, it plants Florida native and drought-resistant plants
and trees, while eradicating invasive species. It has also
established no fertilizer zones around its waterways. Its
stormwater system is state-of-the-art.
View a case study of Venice Golf and Country Club
Vista System
1800 N. East
Ave., Suite 102
Sarasota
941-365-4646
Vista
System
Vista is an international firm that manufactures an array
of sign products. Vista not only recycles paper, cans and
cardboard, it also recycles plastic residue from their
production line and reuses packing materials. The company
reduces energy by using skylights in its warehouse, uses
high-efficiency lighting elsewhere, and has replaced cleaning
materials containing hazardous materials with less-toxic products.
The company diverts condensation from its air conditioning
system to water its landscaping.
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