Blue Ridge Eco Shop

2008 Best Green Small Business Recipient

Posted by Paige Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:20:00 GMT

I am excited to announce, that the Blue Ridge Eco Shop is to be awarded the Virginia Sustainable Building Network’s 2008 Best Green Small Business award! VSBN is the only statewide organization that brings together representatives from diverse sectors who are interested in building healthy, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly buildings and sustainable communities.

The Blue Ridge Eco Shop and the other 2008 Green Innovation Award recipients will be recognized at the VSBN Annual Meeting on June 25th in Richmond, Virginia.

Since we opened our doors last August, we have quickly gotten involved in the green and sustainable community around Central Virginia. The Eco-Shop is one of the founding sponsors of the US Green Building Council’s Charlottesville chapter, on the steering committee for the 2008 Charlottesville and Albemarle County Earth Week activities, a member of the Charlottesville Regional Environmental Education Coalition steering committee, and one of the “Bakers Dozen” advisory board for Better World Betty. The Eco-Shop has additionally been giving education and training workshops and talks around the community over the past year.

More recently, we partnered with the Habitat Store of Charlottesville to provide green alternatives within the Habitat Store’s Harris Street location, expanding the Eco-Shop and giving back to the community more directly.

I am excited and honored to be the 2008 Best Green Small Business, and look forward to what we can do in year two!