BENEFITS AND MEMBERSHIP



The Green Alliance consists of an exceptional group of exclusive, local, noncompetitive, green businesses. With the Green Alliance's business to business networking and partnerships you'll:

• Generate New Business with consumer Co-op
• Get Qualified Referrals
• Expand Your Knowledge of the Green Marketplace
• Align With Respected and Successful Sustainable Businesses
• Build Community & Local Press Relations
• Green Branding by a Respected Third Party
• Receive Support in Further Greening Your Business
• Reduce Your Impact on the Environment While Increasing Your Profits
• Develop Relationships With Other Green Businesses - Monthly B2B Meetings
• Benefit From Cross-Promotions of Other GA Companies
• Monthly E-Newsletter Sent to GA-wide Database
• Access Employee Base of Local Participating Corporate Partners

The Economic Advantage

For less than the price of a small direct mail campaign or print ad, members get a twelve month investment in a constant flow of contacts, prospective customers and information which is inherently more productive than any other means of generating new business. The GA website will be a constant source of promotion for your business and a way for Seacoast consumers and CO-OP members to know what makes you sustainable.

Costs

Yearly membership dues:
1-5 employees: $1,000
6-15 employees: $1,500
15+ employees: $2,000

The Quality of Association and Reputation

The Green Alliance will maintain a high caliber of business people whose relationships will stress accountability to the customer and the best possible green products or services available. Because the Alliance will be engaging in Co-Branding, your business will benefit from the reputation and association of other local green partners. Green Alliance businesses offer a superior standard of sustainable products and services at competitive prices.

While we hope to grow the Green Alliance to include some 100+ businesses and 10,000+ CO-OP members, we will start with a small and manageable number of local companies. Only 1 "type" of business will be encouraged to join the Alliance to foster a non-competitive exchange of ideas and customer networks. Similar businesses that offer substantially different or complimentary services may be partners in the Alliance with the exception of the two founding business types, (Biofuels and Organic lawn care) and no direct competitors in the same market place.

The seacoast Green Alliance is local in spirit, and so in an effort to honor that strength, we discourage membership of the largest national chains.