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2008 Wood Products Activities &
Important Dates to Remember

5th Annual Vermont Wood Design Competition entry deadline
September 1, 2008
Register your entry here

5th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture
& Woodworking Festival

September 27-28, 2008
Union Arena; Woodstock, VT
Visit the Event website

Design Competition Evening Reception
Saturday, September 27; 5:30-7:30pm
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
National Historical Park's Forest Center

13th Annual Providence
Fine Furnishings Show

October 24-26, 2008
Providence, RI
Registration


Congratulations to the 2007 VWMA Woodworker of the Year Thomas Lathrop of Lathrop's Maple Supply and Exclusively Vermont Wood Products, LLC!



Above: Tommy Lathrop (left) and Mike Rainville, VWMA Vice President at the VWMA Annual Meeting


Vermont Statehouse
Furniture Display

Photo: Statehouse furniture display provided by Pompanoosuc Mills in E. Thetford, VT.

Furniture Makers previously on display:

Lyndon Furniture
Copeland Furniture
The Lazy Pear Gallery
Far Beyond Woodworking
Maple Corner Woodworks
Pompanoosuc Mills
Reid Richardson Woodturnings


Photo: This previous display at the Vermont Statehouse featured the work of The Lazy Pear Gallery (wall hanging), Far Beyond Woodworking (bench and table), and Reid Richardson Woodturnings (platter).

The Vermont House of Representatives passed a house resolution on February 27, 2007 to honor Vermont wood artisans, with special regards to the 2006 Design Competition winners and 2006 Woodworker of the Year, Janet Collins. There will be a rotating Vermont wood products showcase on the second floor lobby of the Vermont Statehouse. Take a tour today!


$450,000 Awarded to Vermont Wood Product Organizations

Read the Grant Award announcement

Art Fits Vermont:
A Statewide Community Arts Project

Art Fits Vermont is the Vermont Arts Council's new statewide community arts project.  Over the next two years, 60,000 Vermonters will create and celebrate art using wood and paper puzzle pieces. The wood pieces are 15"x15" oak laminate produced by the Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association.

To learn more about the Art Fits Vermont project, please visit
www.vermontartscouncil.org


"Dragonflies" by Theresa Somerset

VWMA is excited to announce that we received the 2007 Governor's Award for Tourism Marketing Excellence at the recent Vermont Travel Industry Conference.
(Tourism Marketing Award shown above)
Read the VTIC award announcement

 

The Cornerstone Resource Manual



The Essential Buyers Guide

The Essential Buyers Guide allows you to view furniture, woodenware, toys and games, building supplies, carvings and architectural wood products from over 100 Vermont wood artisans.

New! Open to new companies

Content management is now available for businesses to update their data, photos, & product individually. Please contact the VWMA office for direction. If you don't have a link to the Essential Buyers Guide on your website, please add a reciprocal link.


Vermont Woodshop & Forest Tours:
The Vermont Forest Heritage Trail


Add your business to the Vermont Forest Heritage Trail website.

 

Contact Us:
Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
PO Box 6004
Rutland, VT 05702
802-747-7900 Phone
802-747-7989 FAX
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