A Message From Our Executive Director
Welcome to the Randolph Area Chamber of Commerce. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to explore our site and see what our area has to offer.
Our region is located in the heart of Vermont and is conveniently accessed by Interstate 89. Not surprisingly, a good many of our first-time visitors stop here on their way to someplace else. What they quickly discover, however, are scenic vistas, warm greetings and unique shopping, lodging, and dining experiences – such that the next time they come this way, this is their destination.
The eleven towns that make up our region offer all of the beauty and charm for which Vermont is well known, as well as all of the amenities and benefits of a more populated area. We are home to an exceptional hospital Gifford Medical Center; outstanding educational institutions, including a four-year baccalaureate college, Vermont Tech, which for four years running has been ranked among the top ten public colleges in the North by US News and World Report; the Chandler Center for the Arts, which hosts a wide range of concerts, programs, and festivals throughout the year; and numerous retail businesses and service industries. We are also home to a number of family and commercial farms that are making a steady move toward sustainable practices.
Like most chambers, our primary focus is to work for the benefit of our members. To that end, everything we do is geared towards:
- Encouraging people to visit or re-locate here; send their children to college here; obtain medical and other professional services here; and do their shopping and business here.
- Encouraging people who reside here to do business here. By shopping and doing business right here in Central Vermont, we are helping our neighbors, building our economy, saving time and money, and reducing our carbon footprint.
- Helping our members market and promote their businesses locally and regionally through a variety of media; and
- Working with like-minded organizations to encourage and promote economic growth.
So take a few minutes to look around our site. Visit our member directory and check out some of our members’ websites. Then come visit us. You’ll like what you see; you’ll like the people you meet; and you’ll like what we have to offer. And who knows…you might even end up being a neighbor.
Welcome to Vermont and the greater Randolph area. We hope to see you soon.
Ben Merrill
Executive Director
Our Mission
The Randolph Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is organized to promote business, commercial and industrial growth and to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the Greater Randolph area.