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Green Business Partnership
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VRA,
Inc.
1527 Waterford Drive
Venice, FL 34292
941-412-0437
VRA, Inc.
VRA has over 16 years of experience sourcing and procuring
Incentives, Ad Specialties, Promotional and Trade Show Products,
Direct Mail, Custom Trade Show Booths, materials for Special
Events, particularly Sustainable Ad Specialty products where
"eco-conscientiousness" is emphasized. With
Allard PPC , their sister
PR Marketing company, they create campaigns with promotional
products and analytics to achieve measurable ROI and ROO for
fine tuning future campaigns. Whenever possible, VRA endeavors
to locate products from local suppliers or items that are Made
in the U.S.A and recyclable.
VRA, Inc is a home office/virtual based company that has been in
business for 16 years. In 2005, VRA's founder and owner Ross
Allard started a ‘grass roots’ water shed project to help
address the numerous issues related to a severe Red Tide
outbreak. In conjunction with his neighbors, they implemented
pesticide and fertilizer reductions using native plantings.
This helped draw marine life and wading birds back to the area.
Subsequently Ross was approached by Sarasota County to help
present the project with other
N.E.S.T team members for
the
2006 All American Cities Awards
AACA in Los Angeles, California.The Sarasota County TEAM won!
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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