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ALRA Conference --
Burlington, Vermont
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July 19 - 23, 2008
ALRA 2008 CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN
VERMONT
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The
official ALRA 2008 conference website is up and running! Please
visit
http://www.regonline.com/ALRA08 to register for this year's
conference. The website includes a registration form, detailed
agenda, hotel information, information on Vermont and more.
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Click here to
preview the social activities!
The Vermont Labor Relations Board is
looking forward to once again hosting the ALRA Conference from July
19-23, 2008. The Board was pleased and honored to host the 1991 ALRA
Conference, and welcomes the opportunity to again have Vermont as the
venue for ALRA’s annual gathering.
As was the case in 1991, Burlington
again is the site for the conference. Located on the eastern shore of
Lake Champlain, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks and just
south of the Canadian border, Burlington is the economic and cultural
center of Vermont. Burlington has long been rated as one of the most
desirable places in the United States to live and visit. It is a
cosmopolitan city in a setting of lake and mountain beauty. It is easily
accessible from all points of North America via major interstate
highways and the Burlington International Airport, which is served by
seven major airlines and has over 100 flights a day. In addition, Amtrak
offers daily service to Burlington from Washington, New Jersey, New York
City, Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
The conference hotel is the Sheraton
Burlington Hotel and Conference Center. The Sheraton, site of the 1991
conference, is Vermont’s largest conference center. It is adjacent to
the attractive University of Vermont campus and is a mile from downtown.
It has 309 guestrooms that have all been renovated recently, and a
conference center accommodating up to 1,000 that also recently has been
completely renovated. Daily room rates below $100 have been arranged
with the Sheraton.
Burlington’s location is ideal for the
social activities of ALRA delegates and their families. There are many
attractions available within minutes of the hotel, including:
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Lake Champlain Shoreline Cruises – 500 passenger
triple-deck cruise ship offers sunset dinner cruises with live
entertainment.
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Shelburne Museum – Diverse and extensive collection
of Americana, folk art, French Impressionist and American paintings, and
New England history. 150,000 works are uniquely displayed in 39
exhibition structures on 45 acres.
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Shelburne Farms – 1,400 acre working farm and
national historic landmark. It includes walking trails, children’s
farmyard, cheese-making tour and perennial gardens.
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ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
– Lake Aquarium and science center on
Burlington’s Lake Champlain waterfront.
Other attractions less
than an hour away include the ever popular Ben and Jerry’s Factory Tour,
Stowe and the Morgan Horse Farm. Montreal is only 90 miles to the north.
Summer recreation opportunities for swimming, boating, fishing, golf,
tennis, hiking, running, bicycling and hiking are abundant. There is
much to offer in the Burlington area in July with respect to cultural
activities, including the Mozart Festival, St. Michael’s Playhouse and
offerings at the beautifully restored Flynn Center for the Performing
Arts. Those interested in fine dining will not be disappointed.
Burlington is known for its many fine restaurants serving a variety of
cuisine. Burlington also offers shopping opportunities from the Church
Street Marketplace to malls as diverse as you would find in much larger
cities. Although there is no major league baseball in Vermont, there is
a minor league baseball team which plays at University of Vermont’s
historic Centennial Field.
If you have questions on the
conference, contact conference arrangements coordinator Tim Noonan:
telephone - (802) 828-2700; e-mail –
tim.noonan@state.vt.us.
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